Results of Quantitative Visual Fish Censuses Conducted at Six Locations Offshore of Sand Island, Oahu, 
Hawaii, 78 September 1993


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FAMILY and Species

1
2
3
4
5
6

MURAENIDAE






Gymnothorax meleagris





1
G. petelli 

1











AULOSTOMIDAE






Aulostomus chinensis
1












SCORPAENIDAE






Scorpaenopsis diabolus
1












CARANGIDAE






Decapterus macarellus



19









MULLIDAE






Mulloides flavolineatus
117
28




Parupeneus multifasciatus
12
10
4
5
6
14
P. cyclostomus

1



1
P. bifasciatus
4
1


2








CHAETODONTIDAE






Forcipiger flavissimus
3
2


1
1
Chaetodon multicinctus
2
4




C. miliaris
1





C. unimaculatus
2





C. quadrimaculatus
1












POMACANTHIDAE






Centropyge potteri

1



1







POMACENTRIDAE






Dascyllus albisella





9
Abudefduf abdominalis
27





Chromis vanderbilti
50
1

6
10
31
C. hanui

1


7
8
C. ovalis
10





C. agilis





11
Stegastes fasciolatus




3
7







CIRRHITIDAE






Paracirrhitus arcatus
6
6

1


P. forsteri




1

Cirrhitops fasciatus

1


1

Cirrhitus pinnulatus




1








LABRIDAE






Labroides phthirophagus





1
Bodianus bilunulatus


1
1


Cheilinus bimaculatus
1

1
2


Pseudocheilinus octotaenia

1


1
1
Thalassoma duperrey
10
10
7

29
27
T. ballieui

1


2
6
Gomphosus varius




1

Continued


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FAMILY and Species

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2
3
4
5
6

Coris gaimard



1
1

C. venusta



2
1

Pseudojuloides cerasinus
20
18
7
5
1
4
Stethojulis balteata
5
1



1
Macropharyngodon geoffroy

1


2
7
Anampses chrysocephalus

1




Halichoeres ornatissimus




1








SCARIDAE






Scarus psittacus
3
1




S. sordidus





12
S. perspicillatus
2

9
6

22







BLENNIIDAE






Cirripectus variolosus





1
Gnatholepis anjerensis



1









ACANTHURIDAE






Acanthurus nigrofuscus
37
26
4
2
24
20
A. nigroris
5
10
6


12
A. olivaceus
2
1

2

1
A. dussumieri
1 





A. mata

7




Ctenochaetus strigosus
5



46
33
Zebrasoma flavescens

1




Naso lituratus
2




2
N. hexacanthus
8
3











ZANCLIDAE






Zanclus cornutus





2







BALISTIDAE






Melichthys niger




2
3
Sufflamen bursa
1
3
3
3
1
1
Rhinecanthus rectangulus



2









MONACANTHIDAE






Pervagor spilosoma

1




Cantherhines dumerili



1









OSTRACIONTIDAE






Lactoria fornasini

1











CANTHIGASTERIDAE






Canthigaster jactator
1
6
1

8
5
C. cornata
2


2









TETRAODONTIDAE






Arothron hispidus
1


1


Diodon holocanthus



1



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Total No. of Species
31
30
10
19
23
29
Total No. of Individuals
343
150
43
63
152
247
Estimated Standing Crop (g/m2)
1,039
273
31
96
61
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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.


