Table 3. Species maximum depth recorded during this study compared to previous published records.
Family | Species | Max depth (m) | Family | Species | Max depth (m) | ||
Previous | Current study | Previous | Current study | ||||
Acanthuridae | Acanthurus grammoptilus | 20 | 105 | Lethrinidae | Lethrinus miniatus | 35 | 109 |
A. blochii | 15 | 80 | Gymnocranius audleyi | 40 | 109 | ||
A. mata | 25 | 80 | L. ravus | 35 | 103 | ||
Naso annulatus | 60 | 80 | L. nebulosus | 75 | 101 | ||
A. triostegus | 5 | 13 | L. laticaudis | 35 | 54 | ||
Balistidae | Sufflamen chrysopterus | 30 | 97 | L. rubrioperculatus | 40 | 57 | |
Balistoides viridescens | 50 | 101 | L. atkinsoni | 25 | 36 | ||
Caesionidae | Pterocaesio marri | 30 | 36 | Gymnocranius grandoculis | 100 | 109 | |
Carangidae | Carangoides hedlandensis | 50 | 101 | Lutjanidae | Symphorus nematophorus | 50 | 84 |
C. chrysophrys | 60 | 109 | Lutjanus vitta | 72 | 100 | ||
C. gymnostethus | 70 | 103 | L. sebae | 100 | 109 | ||
C. ferdau | 60 | 92 | Mullidae | Parupeneus spilurus | 30 | 109 | |
C. fulvoguttatus | 100 | 104 | P. barberinoides | 15 | 33 | ||
Carcharhinidae | Carcharhinus albimarginatus | 20 | 97 | P. cyclostomus | 92 | 104 | |
Chaetodontidae | Coradion altivelis | 15 | 101 | Pinguipedidae | Parapercis nebulosa | 30 | 82 |
C. assarius | 40 | 102 | P. clathrata | 50 | 75 | ||
C. auriga | 35 | 86 | Pomacanthidae | Chaetodontoplus personifer | 30 | 103 | |
Heniochus acuminatus | 75 | 109 | Pomacanthus semicirculatus | 40 | 105 | ||
C. plebeius | 10 | 30 | Apolemichthys trimaculatus | 60 | 109 | ||
C. speculum | 30 | 42 | P. imperator | 60 | 103 | ||
C. trifascialis | 12 | 24 | Pomacentridae | Pomacentrus milleri | 6 | 32 | |
Chanidae | Chanos chanos | 30 | 37 | Pomacentrus coelestis | 12 | 33 | |
Echeneidae | Echeneis naucrates | 50 | 99 | Neoglyphidodon melas | 12 | 21 | |
Platax teira | 25 | 80 | Rachycentridae | Rachycentron canadus | 40 | 55 | |
P. batavianus | 40 | 86 | Rhynchobatidae | Rhynchobatus djiddensis | 50 | 83 | |
P. pinnatus | 25 | 34 | Scaridae | Scarus rubroviolaceus | 30 | 105 | |
Haemulidae | Diagramma pictum | 40 | 80 | S. ghobban | 30 | 103 | |
Kyphosidae | Kyphosus biggibus | 25 | 30 | S. frenatus | 25 | 84 | |
Labridae | Choerodon jordani | 40 | 109 | S. schlegeli | 50 | 72 | |
Labroides dimidiatus | 40 | 86 | Scombridae | Scomberomorus commerson | 70 | 82 | |
Cirrhilabrus punctatus | 32 | 60 | S. queenslandicus | 100 | 109 | ||
Choerodon cauteroma | 30 | 54 | Serranidae | Epinephelus multinotatus | 90 | 103 | |
Coris pictoides | 30 | 42 | Siganidae | Siganus fuscescens | 4 | 33 | |
Thalassoma lunare | 20 | 32 | Sphyraenidae | Sphyraena barracuda | 15 | 109 | |
C. caudimacula | 25 | 33 | Stegastomatidae | Stegostoma fasciatum | 70 | 102 | |
Hemigymnus fasciatus | 25 | 33 | Tetraodontidae | Lagocephalus sceleratus | 100 | 109 | |
T. lutescens | 30 | 36 |