Table 5.

Abundance of ecotypes of reef-associated bony fishes in the Greater Caribbean and the USVI.

	Region	St. John-Thomas	St. Croix
All species (n)	992	470	493
Pelagic species % of fauna	8.0	10.4	10.3
Non-pelagic species % of fauna	92.0	89.6	89.7
Demersal species %	34.6	46.3	45.0
Benthic species %	65.4	53.7	55.0
Cryptobenthic species %	64.6	53.0	54.3
Small cryptobenthic species %	42.6	31.6	32.5
CCRF species %	45.9	36.3	35.7
SHALLOW NON-PELAGIC SPECIES (n)	772	400	424
Percent of fauna	84.6	95.0	95.9
Demersal species %	34.9	45.3	44.0
Benthic species %	65.1	54.7	56.0
Cryptobenthic species %	64.0	54.3	55.2
Small cryptobenthic species %	42.5	33.3	34.0
CCRF species %	46.0	37.5	37.3
DEEP NON-PELAGIC SPECIES (n)	141	21	18
Percent of fauna	15.4	5.0	4.2
Demersal species %	33.3	66.7	66.7
Benthic species %	66.7	33.3	33.3
Cryptobenthic species %	66.7	33.3	33.3
Small cryptobenthic species %	43.3	4.8	0
CCRF species %	45.4	19.0	0

Notes: Data for the region pattern are from Robertson and Tornabene (2021), for St. Croix are from Robertson et al. (2022), and for St. John-Thomas are in File S5. Bold percentages indicate whether the value(s) for either the region or the USVI islands were > 5% higher than the value(s) for the other group in each case.