Table 2. Large fish (≥29 cm) commonly found <55 m deep around St. John.
Number | Species Scientific Name | Species Common Name | Inhabited Depths (m) | Preferred Habitat |
1 | Caranx crysos | Blue runner | <100 | water-column/seafloor (hardbottom) |
2 | Lutjanus griseus | Gray snapper | 0–180 | seafloor (hardbottom) |
3 | Epinephelus guttatus | Red hind | 2–100 | seafloor (hardbottom) |
4 | Ocyurus chrysurus | Yellowtail snapper | 10–180 | water-column/seafloor (hardbottom) |
5 | Lutjanus analis | Mutton snapper | 40–95 | water-column/seafloor (hardbottom) |
6 | Lutjanus apodus | Schoolmaster | 2–63 | water-column/seafloor (hardbottom) |
7 | Pomacanthus paru | French angelfish | 3–100 | water-column/seafloor (hardbottom) |
8 | Cephalopholis fulva | Coney | 2–150 | seafloor (hardbottom) |
9 | Melichthys niger | Black durgeon | 0–75 | water-column/seafloor (hardbottom) |
10 | Bodianus rufus | Spanish hogfish | 3–70 | seafloor (hardbottom) |
Species of large fish commonly found in depths <55 m around St. John. The 55 m cutoff was used because >70% of both the training and validation sites were shallower than this depth. The most commonly observed species were identified from surveys conducted from 2001 to 2011 around St. John [28]. These fish species may represent the species of fish detected in the SBES data.