APPENDIX TABLE A. RESULTS OF QUANTITATIVE VISUAL CENSUSES CONDUCTED AT SIX 
LOCATIONS OFFSHORE OF SAND ISLAND, OAHU, 21 DECEMBER 1992 (STATIONS 14) AND 
25 JANUARY 1993 (STATIONS 5 AND 6)
	TRANSECT NUMBER
FAMILY AND SPECIES	1	2	3	4	5	6
						
MURAENIDAE						
Gymnothorax undulatus	1					
G. meleagris			1			
G. eurostus	1					
G. petelli			1			
						
AULOSTOMIDAE						
Aulostomus chinensis		1				1
						
SCORPAENIDAE						
Scorpaenopsis diabolus	1					
						
SPARIDAE						
Monotaxis grandoculis						1
						
LUTJANIDAE						
Aprion virescens	1					
						
MULLIDAE						
Mulloides flavolineatus	109	37				
Parupeneus pleurostigma	2				1	
P. multifasciatus	8	5	8		12	12
P. cyclostomus	3					
						
CHAETODONTIDAE						
Forcipiger flavissimus	1	2			1	2
F. longirostris						1
Chaetodon multicinctus	2				1	
C. ornatissimus	2					
C. miliaris	6					
						
POMACANTHIDAE						
Centropyge potteri		3				2
						
POMACENTRIDAE						
Dascyllus albisella		1				9
Abudefduf abdominalis	9					
Plectroglyphidodon johnstonianus	1	1				
Chromis vanderbilti	29	69		4	1	26
C. hanui					2	9
C. ovalis	27					8
C. verator	4					
C. agilis						9
Stegastes fasciolatus					3	2
						
CIRRHITIDAE						
Paracirrhitus arcatus	4	11	2	1	1	
Cirrhitops fasciatus		1			1	
Cirrhitus pinnulatus						1
						
LABRIDAE						
Labroides phthirophagus						2
Cheilio inermis						1
Bodianus bilunulatus	1		1			
Cheilinus bimaculatus			1	12		
C. rhodochrous						1
Pseudocheilinus octotaenia	3	1				1
P. tetrataenia	2					
Thalassoma duperrey	16	4			4	5
T. ballieui	1	1				1
Gomphosus varius					3	7
Coris gaimard	2		1			
Pseudojuloides cerasinus	4	5	3			1
Stethojulis balteata	1				3	1
Novaculichthys taeniourus			1			
						
SCARIDAE						
Calotomus carolinus						1
Scarus sordidus					4	19
S. psittacus					1	3
S. rubroviolaceus	1					
						
BLENNIIDAE						
Cirripectus variolosus						1
						
ACANTHURIDAE						
Acanthurus nigrofuscus	12		2	1	24	30
A. nigroris					5	5
A. thompsoni						26
A. olivaceus	1		1			
Ctenochaetus strigosus					56	48
Zebrasoma flavescens	3	1				
Naso lituratus	3				1	
N. hexacanthus	43					
						
ZANCLIDAE						
Zanclus cornutus	2				4	1
						
BALISTIDAE						
Melichthys niger					3	6
Sufflamen bursa	2	5	5	5	3	1
						
MONACANTHIDAE						
Pervagor spilosoma	1	1				
P. melanocephalus						1
Cantherhines dumerili				1		
						
OSTRACIIDAE						
Ostracion meleagris			1		1	1
						
CANTHIGASTERIDAE						
Canthigaster jactator	3	3	4	1	1	1
C. cornata			1	1		
						
TETRAODONTIDAE						
Arothron hispidus		1		1		
						
						
Total No. of Species	36	19	15	9	23	36
Total No. of Individuals	312	153	33	27	136	247
Biomass (g/m2)	736	247	30	14	69	108
						
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.

