APPENDIX TABLE A.	RESULTS OF QUANTITATIVE VISUAL CENSUSES 
CONDUCTED AT SIX LOCATIONS OFFSHORE OF 
SAND ISLAND, OAHU, 56 DECEMBER 1991
	TRANSECT NUMBER
FAMILY AND SPECIES	1	2	3	4	5	6

MURAENIDAE0
Gymnothorax flavimarginatus	1					
G. meleagris			1			
G. eurostus						1
Uropteryginus tigrinus	1					
						
HOLOCENTRIDAE						
Myripristes amaenus						15
						
AULOSTOMIDAE						
Aulostomus chinensis	1					1
						
FISTULARIIDAE						
Fistularia commersoni			1			
						
SCORPAENIDAE						
Scorpaenopsis diabolus	1			1		
						
SERRANIDAE						
Cephalophosis argus						1
						
APOGONIDAE						
Apogon kallopterus		13				
						
SPARIDAE						
Monotaxis grandoculis						2
						
MULLIDAE						
Mulloides flavolineatus		37				
M. vanicolensis					11	4
Parupeneus pleurostigma	8	1	1			
P. multifasciatus	32	5	23	6	11	3
						
CHAETODONTIDAE						
Forcipliger flavissimus						2
Chaetodon multicinctus	4	2	1	2		2
C. ornatissimus		2				
						
POMACANTHIDAE						
Centropyge potteri		2	2		2	8
						
POMACENTRIDAE						
Dascyllus albisella			10			10
Plectroglyphidodon imparipennis					1	1
Chromis vanderbilti	77	52	52	10		
C. hanui	1	3			3	6
Stegastes fasciolatus					2	2
						
						
						
						
APPENDIX TABLE A.Continued
	TRANSECT NUMBER
FAMILY AND SPECIES	1	2	3	4	5	6

CIRRHITIDAE						
Paracirrhitus arcatus	3		1	2	1	
Cirrhitops fasciatus		1			1	
Cirrhitus pinnulatus					1	
						
LABRIDAE						
Labroides phthirophagus			1			1
Bodianus bilunulatus	1		2		1	
Cheilinus bimaculatus		4	1	1		
Pseudocheilinus octotaenia		6				
P. tetrataenia	1					
Thalassoma duperrey	52	28			15	21
T. ballieui					1	2
Comphosus varius					3	3
Coris gaimard	1	1	1			1
Pseudojuloides cerasinus	13	19	13	32		
Stethojulis balteata					1	1
Macropharyngodon geoffroy	3	2				
						
SCARIDAE						
Calotomus carolinus	6		1			
Scarus perspicillatus	1		2		3	2
S. sordidus	3				2	14
S. psittacus	3				4	
						
BLENNIIDAE						
Exallis brevis					1	
						
ACANTHURIDAE						
Acanthurus achilles					2	
A. nigrofuscus	27	17	19	4	34	37
A. nigroris	5				60	
A. olivaceus	4					
A. dussumieri	1					
Ctenochaetus strigosus		1	1	1		43
Zebrasoma flavescens	4				1	4
Naso lituratus	1	7				
N. hexacanthus		29				
						
ZANCLIDAE						
Zanclus cornutus		2			1	2
						
BALISTIDAE						
Melichthys niger					2	3
M. vidua	1					
Sufflamen bursa	1	2	2	5	6	2
						
MONACANTHIDAE						
Pervagor spilosoma	1	1			1	
Cantherhines dumerili			1			
						
						
APPENDIX TABLE A.Continued
	TRANSECT NUMBER
FAMILY AND SPECIES	1	2	3	4	5	6

OSTRACIIDAE						
Ostracion meleagris	1	1				
						
CANTHIGASTERIDAE						
Canthigaster jactator		1	1	2	3	8
C. cornata	1		1	2		
C. rivulata					2	
						
TETRAODONTIDAE						
Arothron hispidus		2				
						
						
Total No. of Species	31	26	22	12	28	29
Total No. of Individuals	260	240	138	68	176	202
Biomass (g/m2)	148	221	72	20	101	183
						
NOTE: Each entry in the body of the table represents the total number of individuals of each species seen; totals are 
presented at the foot of the table along with an estimate of the standing crop (g/m2) of fishes present at each location.  
All censuses were carried out by the author.

