Results of the Quantitative Visual Fish Censuses Conducted at Six Locations Offshore of Sand Island, Oahu, 
Hawaii, 20 September and 1314 October 1994


Transect
FAMILY and Species

T-1
T-2
T-3
T-4
T-5
T-6

MURAENIDAE






Gymnothorax meleagris

2











HOLOCENTRIDAE






Myripristis amaenus




1








CARANGIDAE






Scomberoides laysan
2












LUTJANIDAE






Aprion virescens
4
1











MULLIDAE






Mulloidichthys flavolineatus
52
80




Mulloidichthys vanicolensis




1

Parupeneus multifasciatus
5
2


3
1
Parupeneus porphyreus
2





Parupeneus pleurostigma
3












CHAETODONTIDAE






Forcipiger flavissimus
2
2


1
2
Chaetodon multicinctus
4

2


2







POMACANTHIDAE






Centropyge potteri


1

1








POMACENTRIDAE






Dascyllus albisella





6
Plectroglyphidodon johnstonianus
3





Chromis vanderbilti

13
2

4
9
Chromis hanui




14
8
Chromis agilis





3
Stegastes fasciolatus




8
2







CIRRHITIDAE






Paracirrhitus arcatus
7
3
3

2
1
Cirrhitops fasciatus




1
1
Cirrhitus pinnulatus




1
1







LABRIDAE






Labroides phthirophagus





2
Bodianus bilunulatus
2





Chelio inermis
1





Cheilinus bimaculatus

3
1



Pseudocheilinus octotaenia




3

Thalassoma duperrey
8

5
2
11
17
Thalassoma ballieui





1
Gomphosus varius




5
7
Coris gaimard
2
2



1
Coris venusta 




2
1
Pseudojuloides cerasinus
2

4
3


Stethojulis balteata




2
11
Macropharyngodon geoffroy




2

Anampses chrysocephalus





1
Halichoeres ornatissimus
2



1
1







Continued


Transect
FAMILY and Species

T-1
T-2
T-3
T-4
T-5
T-6

SCARIDAE






Calotomus carolinus
1





Scarus psittacus
12
4




Scarus sordidus




12
37
Scarus perspicillatus
5





Scarus rubroviolaceus

1











GOBIIDAE






Gnathelepis anjerensis


2
2









ACANTHURIDAE






Acanthurus nigrofuscus
15
13
1

30
47
Acanthurus nigroris

4




Acanthurus olivaceus
27
15

3


Acanthurus dussumieri

1

1


Acanthurus triostegus
12





Ctenochaetus strigosus




46
54
Naso lituratus




5

Naso hexacanthus
108





Naso brevirostris
1





Naso unicornis

10


4








ZANCLIDAE






Zanclus cornutus

2











BOTHIDAE






Bothus pantherinus


1










BALISTIDAE






Melichthys niger




2
3
Melichthys vidua

1




Sufflamen bursa
3
3
6
4

1
Rhinecanthus aculeatus



1









MONACANTHIDAE






Pervagor spilosoma




1

Pervagor melanocephalus





1
Cantherhines dumerilii



1









CANTHIGASTERIDAE






Canthigaster jactator
2
4
1
3
6
3
Canthigaster coronata
2












TETRAODONTIDAE






Diodon holocanthus

1
1











Total No. of Species
27
22
13
9
26
27
Total No. of Individuals
289
168
30
20
169
224
Estimated Standing Crop (g/m2)
726
723
27
23
63
86
	
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 of fishes present at each location. All censuses 
were carried out by the author.




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