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. 2014 Jun 25;9(6):e100142. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100142

Table 3. Biogeographic distribution of fish species observed among the Pitcairn Islands based on species presence.

Distribution Total Ducie Henderson Oeno Pitcairn
Anti-tropical 6 (2.9) 4 (3.3) 4 (2.6) 3 (2.0) 4 (2.8)
Circumtropical 8 (3.9) 6 (4.9) 5 (3.3) 3 (2.0) 5 (3.4)
Central Pacific 3 (1.5) 3 (2.4) 3 (2.0) 3 (2.0) 3 (2.1)
Indo-Pacific 131 (63.9) 75 (61.0) 98 (64.9) 98 (64.9) 92 (63.4)
Pacific 29 (14.1) 19 (15.4) 22 (14.6) 23 (15.2) 22 (15.2)
Pitcairn endemic* 1 (0.5) 1 (0.8) 1 (0.7) 1 (0.7) 1 (0.7)
Pitcairn regional endemic# 22 (10.7) 13 (10.6) 15 (9.9) 16 (10.6) 13 (9.0)
South Pacific 1 (0.5) 1 (0.8) 1 (0.7) 1 (0.7) 1 (0.7)
Subtropical South Pacific 4 (2.0) 1 (0.8) 2 (1.3) 3 (2.0) 4 (2.8)
Total 205 123 151 151 145

Values are numbers of species with percentages in parentheses for all four islands combined and for each island individually.

Pitcairn endemic*: only found at the Pitcairn Islands;

Pitcairn regional endemic#: found at Pitcairn and Easter/Salas y Gómez and/or Tuamotus/Austral Islands.