SPC PROCFish/C Fish Observations Wallis and Futuna 2005

Study Extent

Futuna, Halalo and Vailala in Wallis and Futuna

Sampling

The status of finfish resources in selected sites was assessed by distance-sampling underwater visual census (D-UVC). The method involves recording the species name, abundance, body length and distance to the transect line of each fish or group of fish observed; the transect consists of a 50 m line, represented on the seafloor by an underwater tape.

Method steps

1. Multiple observations for the same species aggregated by transect and side.

1. Acanthurus achilles
2. Acanthurus albipectoralis
3. Acanthurus blochii
4. Acanthurus dussumieri
5. Acanthurus guttatus
6. Acanthurus lineatus
7. Acanthurus nigricans
8. Acanthurus nigricauda
9. Acanthurus nigrofuscus
10. Acanthurus nigroris
11. Acanthurus olivaceus
12. Acanthurus pyroferus
13. Acanthurus sp.
14. Acanthurus thompsoni
15. Acanthurus triostegus
16. Acanthurus xanthopterus
17. Aetobatus narinari
18. Aluterus scriptus
19. Anyperodon leucogrammicus
20. Aphareus furca
21. Aprion virescens
22. Balistapus undulatus
23. Balistoides conspicillum
24. Balistoides viridescens
25. Bodianus loxozonus
26. Bolbometopon muricatum
27. Caesio caerulaurea
28. Calotomus carolinus
29. Cantherhines pardalis
30. Carangoides chrysophrys
31. Carangoides ferdau
32. Caranx ignobilis
33. Caranx melampygus
34. Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos
35. Cephalopholis argus
36. Cephalopholis leopardus
37. Cephalopholis urodeta
38. Cetoscarus ocellatus
39. Chaetodon auriga
40. Chaetodon baronessa
41. Chaetodon bennetti
42. Chaetodon citrinellus
43. Chaetodon ephippium
44. Chaetodon lineolatus
45. Chaetodon lunula
46. Chaetodon lunulatus
47. Chaetodon melannotus
48. Chaetodon ornatissimus
49. Chaetodon pelewensis
50. Chaetodon quadrimaculatus
51. Chaetodon rafflesii
52. Chaetodon reticulatus
53. Chaetodon semeion
54. Chaetodon trifascialis
55. Chaetodon ulietensis
56. Chaetodon unimaculatus
57. Chaetodon vagabundus
58. Chanos chanos
59. Cheilinus chlorourus
60. Cheilinus fasciatus
61. Cheilinus trilobatus
62. Cheilinus undulatus
63. Chlorurus frontalis
64. Chlorurus japanensis
65. Chlorurus microrhinos
66. Chlorurus sordidus
67. Coris aygula
68. Coris gaimard
69. Crenimugil crenilabis
70. Ctenochaetus striatus
71. Ctenochaetus strigosus
72. Decapterus russelli
73. Diodon hystrix
74. Diodon sp.
75. Echeneis naucrates
76. Epibulus insidiator
77. Epinephelus hexagonatus
78. Epinephelus howlandi
79. Epinephelus macrospilos
80. Epinephelus merra
81. Epinephelus polyphekadion
82. Epinephelus sp.
83. Forcipiger longirostris
84. Gnathodentex aureolineatus
85. Gracila albomarginata
86. Gymnothorax javanicus
87. Gymnothorax sp.
88. Hemigymnus fasciatus
89. Hemigymnus melapterus
90. Hemiramphus sp.
91. Hemitaurichthys polylepis
92. Heniochus acuminatus
93. Heniochus chrysostomus
94. Heniochus monoceros
95. Heniochus singularius
96. Heniochus varius
97. Hipposcarus longiceps
98. Kyphosus cinerascens
99. Kyphosus vaigiensis
100. Lethrinus erythracanthus
101. Lethrinus harak
102. Lethrinus obsoletus
103. Lethrinus olivaceus
104. Lethrinus xanthochilus
105. Lutjanus biguttatus
106. Lutjanus bohar
107. Lutjanus fulviflamma
108. Lutjanus fulvus
109. Lutjanus gibbus
110. Lutjanus kasmira
111. Lutjanus monostigma
112. Lutjanus vitta
113. Macolor macularis
114. Macolor niger
115. Malacanthus latovittatus
116. Melichthys niger
117. Melichthys vidua
118. Monotaxis grandoculis
119. Mulloidichthys flavolineatus
120. Mulloidichthys vanicolensis
121. Myripristis adusta
122. Myripristis berndti
123. Myripristis kuntee
124. Myripristis murdjan
125. Myripristis sp.
126. Myripristis violacea
127. Naso annulatus
128. Naso brevirostris
129. Naso lituratus
130. Naso sp.
131. Naso tuberosus
132. Naso unicornis
133. Naso vlamingii
134. Neoniphon argenteus
135. Neoniphon opercularis
136. Neoniphon sammara
137. Neoniphon sp.
138. Neotrygon kuhlii
139. Odonus niger
140. Oxycheilinus digramma
141. Oxycheilinus unifasciatus
142. Parupeneus barberinus
143. Parupeneus cyclostomus
144. Parupeneus multifasciatus
145. Parupeneus pleurostigma
146. Plectorhinchus sp.
147. Plectorhinchus vittatus
148. Pomacanthus imperator
149. Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus
150. Pterocaesio tessellata
151. Pterocaesio tile
152. Pygoplites diacanthus
153. Rastrelliger kanagurta
154. Rhinecanthus aculeatus
155. Rhinecanthus lunula
156. Rhinecanthus rectangulus
157. Sargocentron caudimaculatum
158. Sargocentron diadema
159. Sargocentron sp.
160. Sargocentron spiniferum
161. Sargocentron tiere
162. Scarus altipinnis
163. Scarus chameleon
164. Scarus dimidiatus
165. Scarus flavipectoralis
166. Scarus forsteni
167. Scarus frenatus
168. Scarus ghobban
169. Scarus globiceps
170. Scarus niger
171. Scarus oviceps
172. Scarus psittacus
173. Scarus rivulatus
174. Scarus rubroviolaceus
175. Scarus schlegeli
176. Scarus sp.
177. Scarus spinus
178. Scolopsis trilineata
179. Scomberoides lysan
180. Scomberoides tol
181. Siganus argenteus
182. Siganus punctatus
183. Siganus spinus
184. Sufflamen bursa
185. Sufflamen chrysopterum
186. Sufflamen fraenatum
187. Sufflamen sp.
188. Taeniura lymma
189. Taeniura sp.
190. Triaenodon obesus
191. Tylosurus crocodilus crocodilus
192. Variola louti
193. Zanclus cornutus
194. Zebrasoma scopas
195. Zebrasoma veliferum

Futuna, Halalo and Vailala sites in Wallis and Futuna