The following species were found on the Maiden Island Windward Reef Ball Breakwater reef within four months of construction of the Reef. A more formal report of species present prior to the reef and species present after construction of the reef is being prepared but this quick report is to allow anyone visiting the project to report sightings of new marine life to use for inclusion in that report.
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Common
Name |
Scientific
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Angelfish |
French |
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Queen |
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Blennies |
Saddled |
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Boxfish |
Scrawled
Cowfish |
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Spotted
Trunkfish |
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Butterfly
fish |
Banded |
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Foureye |
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Spotfin |
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Chromis |
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Damselfish |
Beaugregory |
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Cocoa |
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Dusky |
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Sergant
Major |
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Threespot |
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Eel |
Green
Moray |
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Sharptail
Eel |
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Spotted
Moray |
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Filefish |
Orangespotted |
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Whitespotted |
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Goatfish |
Spotted |
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Yellow |
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Gobies |
Goldspot |
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Neon |
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Masked |
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Pallid |
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Sharknose |
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Grouper |
Soapfish |
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Barred
Hamlet |
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Grunts |
Bluestriped |
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French |
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Cottonwick |
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Jacks |
Bar |
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Yellow |
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Parrotfish |
Bucktooth |
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Princess |
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Queen |
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Redband |
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Striped |
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Pufferfish |
Balloonfish |
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Bandtail
Puffer |
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Porcupine |
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Sharpnose
Puffer |
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Rays |
Southern
Stingray |
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Spotted
Eagle |
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Seabass |
Creole
fish |
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Sharks |
Blacktip |
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Lemon |
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Scorpionfish |
Reef |
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Snappers |
Gray |
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Mutton |
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Schoolmaster |
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Yellowtail |
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Squirrelfish |
Blackbar
Soldier |
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Reef |
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Squirrelfish |
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Surgeonfish |
Blue Tang |
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Doctorfish |
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Triggerfish |
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Wrasse |
Bluehead |
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Clown |
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Slippery
Dick |
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Yellowhead |
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Puddingwife |
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Others |
Barracuda |
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Bandtail
fish |
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Flying
Gurnard |
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Jawfish |
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Jolthead
Porgy |
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Peacock
Flounder |
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Permit |
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Pompano |
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Mojarra,
Yellowfin |
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Needle
fish |
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Sand
Diver |
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Trumpetfish |
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Dolphin
(mammal) |
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Coral |
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Common
Name |
Scientific
Name |
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Angular
Sea Whip |
Pterogoria
anceps |
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Bent Sea
Rod |
Plexaura
flexuosa |
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Black Sea
Rod |
Plexaura
homomalla |
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Black
Sponge |
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Blushing
Star Coral |
Stephanoceonia
intersepts |
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Boulder
Star Coral |
Montasraea
annularis |
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Bright
Green Finger |
Porites
Porites |
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Corky Sea
Finger |
Briareum
asbestinum |
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Diffuse
Ivory Bush Coral |
Oculina
Diffusa |
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Elkhorn |
Acropora
Palmata |
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Encrusting
Gorgonians |
Erythropodium
caribaeorum |
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Finger |
Porites
Porites |
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Finger |
Porites
Divaricata |
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Fire
Coral |
Millipora |
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Fused
Staghorn |
Acropora
Robusta |
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Gorgonians |
Octocorals |
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Green
Sponge |
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Groved
Brain Coral |
Diploria
labyrinthiformis |
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Knobby
Brain Coral |
Dilorria
clivosa |
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Knobby
Sea Rod |
Eunicea
spp. |
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Lesser
Starlet Coral |
Siderastrea
radians |
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Lettuce
Coral |
Agaricia
Agaricites |
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Mustard Hill
Coral |
Porites
astreoides |
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Porous
Sea Rod |
Pseudoplexaura
spp. |
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Purple
Sponge |
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Red
Sponge |
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Rose
Corals |
Manicina
areolata |
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Sea Plume |
Pseudopterogorgia
spp. |
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Sea
Squirt |
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Sea Whip |
Pterogoria
anceps |
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Solitary
Disks |
Scolymia
wellsi |
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Staghorn |
Acropora
Cervicornis |
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Swollen-Knob
Candelabrum |
Eunicea
mammosa |
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Symentrical
Brain Coral |
Diploria
stringosa |
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Yellow
Pencil Coral |
M.
Mirabellus |
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Invertebrates |
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Common
Name |
Scientific
Name |
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Sponges |
Porifera |
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Candle
sponge |
Verongia
astuaris |
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Branching
candle sponge |
Verongia
longissima |
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Red
finger sponge |
Haliclona
rubens |
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Green
sponge |
Haliclona
viridis |
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Heavenly
sponge |
Dysidea
ethera |
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Red
boring sponge |
Cliona
lampa |
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Chicken
liver sponge |
Chondrilla
nucula |
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White
sponge |
Geodia
gibberosa |
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Yellow
boring sponge |
Siphondictyon
coralliphagum |
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Fire
Sponge |
Tedania ignis |
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Hydroids,
Jellyfish, Anemones |
Cnidaria
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Algae
hydroid |
Thyroscyphus
ramosus |
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Branching
hydroid |
Sertularella
speciosa |
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Stinging
hydroid |
Macrorhynchia
philippina |
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Christmas
tree hydroid |
Pennaria
dysticha |
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