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. 2016 Oct 5;11(10):e0163407. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163407

Table 2. Indicator categories for fish, invertebrates, substrate and reef impacts, modified from comparable surveys [4, 35, 36].

Fish Families (spp) Fish Species (spp) Invertebrates Substrate Impacts
Angel (Pomacanthidae) Butterfly (Chaetodontidae) Cardinal (Apogonidae) Cods/Groupers (Serranidae) Damsel (Pomacentridae) Emperors (Lethrinidae) Goat (Mullidae) Leatherjackets (Monocanthidae) Lion/Stone (Scorpaenidae) Morays (Muraenidae) Parrot (Scarridae) Pipefish/Seahorse (Sygnathidae) Porcupine (Diodontidae) Puffer (Tetraodontidae) Rabbit (Siganidae) Snappers (Lutjanidae) Surgeon (Acanthuridae) Sweetlips (Haemulidae) Stingrays (Dasyatididae) Trigger (Balistidae) Wrasse (Labridae) Wobbegong (Orectolobidae) Moorish Idol (Zanclus cornutus) Keyhole Angelfish (Centropyge tibicen) Barred Soapfish (Grammistes fasciatus) Flagtail Triggerfish (Rhinecanthus aceculatus) Black-saddled Toby (Canthigaster compressa) Bluespot Butterflyfish (Chaetodon plebeius) Guenthers (Crochet) Butterflyfish (Chaetodon guentheri) Orange (Klein’s) Butterflyfish (Chaetodon kleinii) Bigscaled Scalyfin (Parma oligolepis) Indopacific Sergeant (Abudefduf vaigiensis) Buffalofish (Parma polylepis) Coral Sea Gregory (Stegastes gascoynei) Blue damsels (Pomacentrus coelestis, P. pavo) Black bar devil (Plectorglyphidodon dickii) Sunset + Moon wrasse (Thalassoma lutescens, T. lunare) Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) Red Morwong (Cheilodactylus fuscus) Magpie Morwong (Cheilodactylus vestitus) Happy Moments Rabbitfish (Siganus fuscescens) Sixplate Sawtail (Prionurus microlepidotus) Silver drummer (Kyphosus sydneyanus) Anemones (various spp.) Trochus (Trochus niloticus) Triton (Charonia tritonis) Collector Urchin (Tripneustes spp.) Long Spine Urchin (Diadema spp.) Pencil Urchin (Phyllacanthus parvispinus) Drupella spp. Giant Clam (Tridacna spp.) Crown of Thorns (Acanthaster plancii) Banded Coral Shrimp (Stenopus hispidus) Sea Cucumbers: Prickly Green Fish (Stichopus chloronotus) Prickly Red Fish (Thelenota ananas) Pink fish (Holothuria edulis) Hard Coral: Plate, Encrusting, Foliose, Branching, Massive Soft coral: Zoanthids, Leathery, Ornate Substrate: Rock, Rubble, Sand, Silt, Recently killed coral with turf algae or crustose coralline algae Algae:Ulva spp., Dictyota spp., Halimeda spp., Lobophora spp., Laurencia spp., Caulerpa spp., Asperogopsis spp., Chlorodesmus spp., Turbinaria spp., Sargasum spp.,Lyngbya spp. Coral Stress: Bleaching, Disease Damaged Coral: Anchor, Unknown Scars: Unknown, Crown of thorn, Drupella Macro-debris: Fish Nets, Fish Lines, Trash