Satellite Study - Kitava, PNG

Kitava, Papua New Guinea January 2003 Fish Identification

Date 8th Jan 2003 Depth 3-5m Diver Orla Doherty am/pm Am Time

No Common Name Latin

Wrasse

1 Cigar Cheilio inermis 1 Slingjaw Epibulus insidiator 7 Six bar Thalassoma hardwicke 5 Bird Gomphosus varius 3 Cleaner Labroides bicolor 4 Checkerboard Halichoeres hortulanus 2 Moon Thalassoma lunare 2 Leopard Macropharyngodon negrosensis 2 cheeklined maori Oxycheilinus digrammus 4 six stripe Pseudocheilinus hextaenia 1 black eye thicklip Hemigymnus melapterus 10 Other wrasses

Trigger

1 pink tail Melichthys niger 5 orange striped Balistapus undulatus

Damsel

1 3 spot dascyllus Dascyllus trimaculatus 150 spiny chromis Acanthochromis polyacanthus 3 clarks anemonefish Amphiprion clarkii 7 orange fin anemonefish Amphiprion chrysopterus 150 vanderbilts chromis Chromis vanderbilti 50 darkfin chromis Chromis atripes 40 reticulated dascyllus Dascyllus reticulatus 50 neon damsel Pomacentrus coelestis 10 jewel Plectroglyphidodon lacrymatus 5 white belly Amblyglyphidodon leucogaster 3 staghorn Amblyglyphidodon curacao 100 ambon Chromis amboinensis 20 lemon damsel Pomacentrus molcensis

Surgeon

5 bristletooth two spot Ctencohaetus binotatus 3 lined bristletooth Ctenochaetus striatus 1 sailfin tang Zebrasoma veliferum 10 mimic Acanthurus pyroferus 20 brushtail tang Zebrasoma scopas 3 orange spine unicorn Naso lituratus

Angel fish 3 bicolor Centropyge bicolor 12 Two spined Centropyge bispinosus 3 pearlscale Centropyge vrolikii butterfly fish 1 vagabond Chaetodon vagabundus 2 raccoon Chaetodon lunula 1 Kleins Chaetodon kleinii 2 redfin Chaetodon trifasciatus hawkfish 8 dwarf Cirrhictichthys falco goatfish 4 yellowfin Mulloidichthys vanicolensis 5 doublebar Parupeneus bifasciatus 3 multibar Parupeneus multifasciatus squirrel/soldier 7 various species parrotfish 30 various species snapper 1 smalltooth jobfish Aphareus furca 1 green jobfish Aprion virescens 1 red snapper Lutjanus bohar 3 black snapper Macolor niger 2 flametail Lutjanus fulvus 1 paddletail Lutjanus gibbus 1 half barred Lutjanus semicinctus 1 black and white juvenile Macolor macularis

grouper 2 peacock Cephalopholis argus

3 moorish idol Zanclus cornutus

emperor 7 big eye Monotaxis grandoculis 10 yellowspot Gnahodentex aurolineatus 1 japanese sea bream Gymoncranius euanus

Fusilier 50 too far to tell species

Fangblenny 2 yellowtail Meiacanthus atrodorsalis

Puffer 1 black spotted Arothron nigropunctatus

Hogfish 1 mesothorax Bodianus mesothorax

Date 15th Jan 2003 Depth 7-10m Diver Orla Doherty am/pm Pm Time

Damsels

2 black vent damsel Dischistodus melanotus 2 white belly damsel Amblyglyphidodon leucogaster 30 yellow axil chromis Chromis xanthochira 10 bicolor chromis Chromis marartifer 3 black tail dascyllus Dascyllus melanurus 100+ reticulated dascyllus Dascyllus reticulatus 100+ darkfin chromis Chromis atripes 1 lemon damsel Pomacentrus molcensis

Wrasse

1 blackspot tuskfish Choerodon schoenleinii 1 slingjaw wrasse Epibulus insidiator 30 blueside wrasse Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura 2 six line wrasse Pseudocheilinus hexataenia 1 new guinea wrasse Anampses neoguinaicus 3 yellowtail coris Coris gaimard 1 twotone wrasse Halichoeres prosopeion 1 ornate wrasse Macropharyngodon ornatus 1 bluelined wrasse Stethojulis albovittata 3 six bar wrasse Thalassoma hardwicke 4 golden wrasse Halichoeres chrysus 2 disappearing wrasse Pseudocheilinus evanidus 10 cleaner wrasses

Surgeon

3 mimic Acanthurus pyroferus 1 orange spine unicornfish Naso lituratus 2 bluespine unicornfish Naso unicornis 1 sailfin tang Zebrasoma veliferum

Trumpetfish

1 trumpetfish Aulostomus chinensis

Hawkfish

4 freckled Paracirrhites forsteri 2 dwarf Cirrhitchthys falco

3 bicolor Centropyge bicolor 1 Two spined Centropyge bispinosus

Butterflyfish

1 long nosed Forcipiger flavissimus 1 teardrop Chaetodon unimaculatus 2 threadfin Chaetodon auriga 1 Kleins Chaetodon kleinii

Fusiliers

150+ three striped Pterocaesio trilineata 100+ scissor tailed Caesio caerulaurea Rabbit

1 foxfaced Siganus vulpinus

Emperor

2 big eye Monotaxis grandoculis

Grouper

1 flagtail Cephalopholis urodeta

Snapper

1 half barred Lutjanus semicinctus 1 scribbled Lutjanus rivulatus

Trigger

1 orange striped Balistapus undulatus

Anthias

30 purple anthias (female) Pseudanthias tuka 3 purple anthias (male)

Puffer

1 black spotted puffer Arothron nigropunctatus

Mackerel

1 mackerel species

1 Steinitz shrimp goby Amblyeleotris steinitzi

only 2 fish ID dives done – considered it more important to get transects done in the time we had