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Appendix IV

Fish data

Table A. 

Fish visual counts in Ulugan Bay along 50 m transects at various study sites
The total number of individual fish, the number of species, the Shannon-Weiner Diversity Index (H’) and Evenness (E(H’)) for each site are listed. Commercially important taxa (*) and the feeding habits of each taxon are indicated.
   
Family Feeding habit ** Species

Site
2 7 8 9 14 15
Acanthuridae a Acanthurus gahhm* 9     6 10 1
Acanthuridae a Prionurus sp.* 1          
Apogonidae bc Apogon sp.*   10 30 500    
Apogonidae bc Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus     10   1  
Aulostomidae de Aulostomus chinensis 2          
Balistidae cef Sufflamen fraenatus * 6     1 2 2
Blenniidae t Aspidontus taeniatus         3  
Caesionidae acf Caesio cuning* 10   5   25  
Caesionidae acf Pterocaesio diagramma * 550          
Carangidae predator Carangoides dinema *         1  
Chaetodontidae bcdfg Chaetodon lineolatus       3    
Chaetodontidae bcdfg Chaetodon sp.   2 2 4   1
Chaetodontidae Gi Chaetodon trifascialis 3         6
Chaetodontidae hgjf Chaetodon vagabundus 2   3 5 1  
Chaetodontidae c Forcipiger longirostris     1      
Chaetodontidae gu Heniochus sp.       2   2
Chaetodontidae gu Heniochus varius       1    
Ephippidae fue Platax orbicularis   3        
Haemulidae k Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides *   1       1
Holocentridae B Myripristis sp.*     6   5 3
Labridae cnlm Cheilinus chlorourus* 12 4 3 2 1  
Labridae cnlm Cheilinus undulatus* 1          
Labridae cnlm Cheilio inermis 1       2  
Labridae cnlm Choerodon anchorago *   2 1 2    
Labridae cnlm Coris pictoides     2      
Labridae cnlm Halichoeres sp. 28       6  
Labridae cnlm Labroides dimidiatus 4     6 5 7
Labridae cnlm Thalassoma lunare* 20   3 3 21 15
Labridae cnlm Thalassoma lutescens *   1       1
Labridae cnlm Thalassoma sp. *     13 6 1  
Lethrinidae dn Lethrinus lentjan*         1  
Lutjanidae dea Lutjanus decussatus*       1   5
Lutjanidae dea Lutjanus fulviflamma *         1 5
Lutjanidae dea Lutjanus vitta*         1  
Mullidae c Parupeneus barberinoides* 1          
Mullidae c Parupeneus sp. * 4       1  
Mullidae c Upeneus moluccensis* 3          
Mullidae c Upeneus tragula* 1     5 2 3
Nemipteridae ca Scolopsis affinis* 11   1 5    
Nemipteridae ca Scolopsis bilineatus*   2 6   8  
Nemipteridae ca Scolopsis ciliatus* 1          
Pempheridae Bb Pempheris sp. *          8  
Pomacentridae Bbf Abudefduf notatus         35  
Pomacentridae Bbf Abudefduf sexfasciatus           54
Pomacentridae Bbf Abudefduf sp. 121 80 70 240 310 67
Pomacentridae Bbf Amphiprion frenatus 1         1
Pomacentridae acf Chromis caudalis           5
Pomacentridae fd Chrysiptera parasema     150      
Pomacentridae acf Dascyllus trimaculatus   8 5   3  
Pomacentridae fad Neoglyphidodon sp. 10 20 33 25 36 49
Pomacentridae fv Pomacentrus sp. 164 12 15 5 3 10
Scaridae o Scarus dimidiatus*       1    
Scaridae o Scarus sp. * 48 1     9 1
Serranidae Bbd Epinephelus fasciatus*     1 2    
Serranidae Bbd Plectropomus maculatus* 1   2     6
Siganidae Fpq Siganus fuscescens*         30  
Siganidae f Siganus virgatus * 1 2 2 2 4  
Synodontidae r Synodus variegatus * 1     1    
Zanclidae s Zanclus cornutus 3     3   5
Number of individuals 1020 148 364 831 536 250
Number of species 29 14 22 24 29 22
Shannon-Weiner Diversity Index, H’ 1.650 1.657 2.006 1.199 1.805 2.209
Evenness, E(H’) 1.637 1.613 1.977 1.185 1.779 2.167
Site 2 = Rita-Manaburi, site 7 = Umalagan II, site 8 = Bulalakaw, site 9 = Buenavista I , site 14 = Sabang, site 15 = Saint Paul

** Feeding habit: a - planktivore; B - large zooplankton; b - small zooplankton; c - small benthic invertebrates; d - small crustaceans; E - fish; e - small fish; F - filamentous algae; f - algae; G - Acropora polyps; g - coral polyps; h - small anemones; i - coral mucus; j - polychaetes; k - sand-dwelling invertebrates; l - wide variety of invertebrates; m - toxic, prey e.g. crown-of-thorns, boxfish, sea hares; n - mollusks; o - algal film growing on coral rocks; p - leafy algae; q - seagrass; r - voracious predator of small fish; s - primarily on sponges; t - tubeworms, demersal fish eggs; u - other invertebrates; predator, eats fish, mollusks, crustaceans, etc. in various sizes.

 

Table B. Pairwise comparison of the coral reef, fish study sites in Ulugan Bay using Sorensen’s Similarity Index (SSI)
SSI = 2c/(a+b). Where a is the number of fish species present at one site; b is the number of fish species present at the other site; c is the number of fish species present at both sites.

                        Site
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Buenavista I (9) 1 x            
Bulalakaw (8) 2 56.5 x          
Rita-Manaburi (2) 3 50.8 42.6 x        
Sabang (14) 4 45.3 51.0 58.8 x      
Saint Paul (15) 5 52.2 31.8 45.9 43.1 x    
Umalagan II (7) 6 42.1 55.6 34.0 37.2 38.9 x  
Entire data set 7 55.2 51.8 76.5 63.0 51.8 36.4 x

 

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