ation had saved specimens ot the various spe- 

 cies they had collected. These were identified 

 and photographed. Their records showed that 

 approximately 1,360 kg of fish were collected 

 during the cleanup. Based on their rough esti- 

 mates, by number, 40% were surgeonfishes. 

 mostly Acanthurus triostegus and A_. achilles ; 

 307o were parrotfishes; 10% were squirrelfish 

 Holocentrus lacteoguttatus ; and 20% were other 

 species, many of which were groupers. Very 

 few dead moray eels were collected during the 

 cleanup. 



They saw numerous dead sea urchins and 

 turbine shells, but these had not been removed. 

 A visit to the dump, where the fish had been 

 disposed of. enabled us to verify some of the 

 information supplied, relative to quantities and 

 percentages. 



Area Not Cleared by the 

 Federal Aviation Agency 



Oil contamination continued for about 2.4 km 

 southeast of the section that had been cleaned. 

 Here too, the majority of dead fish were well 

 above normal high water. Some were even en- 

 meshed in the branches of low bushes. We 

 counted the larger fish (over approximately 15 

 cm) , identified them, and took photographs (Fig- 

 ure 6). Table 1 lists the species we identified 

 In the kill, including specimens saved by the 

 cleanup crew. We did not attempt to identify 

 the hundreds of small oil-covered specimens 

 which no doubt included many additional spe- 

 cies. Table 2 includes only the larger fish that 

 were counted on the uncleared shore. The total 

 weight of fish stranded on this section was 

 probably not much over 900 kg. 



The scarcity of moray eels was interesting. 

 Local divers and fishermen said that morays 

 were abundant on the reef, but only two dead 

 moray eels were found. During the underwater 

 surveys of the reef flat none were seen. The 

 eels may have detected the pollution and fled 

 the area before the concentration became le- 

 thal, or they may have survived it and were not 

 seen. 



We saw considerable numbers of dead tur- 

 bine shells. No counts were made. Few sea 

 urchins had been killed along this section com- 

 pared with the more northwesterly shore. The 

 only other dead invertebrates were occasional 

 cowries, nudibranchs, and grapsoid crabs. 

 Numerous hermit crabs were observed feeding 

 on the dead fish, but we saw no dead hermit 

 crabs. 



The Small Boot Harbor 



The small boat harbor was a trap for large 

 quantities of the petroleum spillage. There was 

 a layer of mixed fuels which at times was 20 

 cm deep in the inner part of the basin. The 

 harbor banks were fouled with a thick layer of 



Table 1. — Some of the fishes washed up on the 

 south coast of Wake Island, east of the wreck 

 of R. C. Stoner . 



Serranidae (groupers) 



Cephalopholis argus 



At least two other unidentified species 



Holocentridae (squirrelfish) 



Holocentrus lacteoguttatus 



Scaridae (parrotfishes) 



Scarus perspicillatus 



Scarus sordidus 



At least two other unidentified species 



Mullidae (goatfish) 

 Unidentified 



Acanthuridae (surgeonfishes) 

 Acanthurus achilles 

 Acanthurus nigricans 

 Acanthurus triostegus 

 Ctenochaetus striatus 

 Zebrasoma f lavescens 

 Zebrasoma velif erum 



Chaetodontidae (butterf lyf ishes) 

 Centropyge f lammeus 

 Chaetodon lunula 

 Chaetodon semeion 



Balistidae (triggerf ishes) 

 Melichthys vidua 

 Rhinecanthus rectangulus 



Scorpaenidae (scorpionf ish) 

 Pterois volitans 



Diodontidae (puffer) 

 Diodon hystrix 



Muraenidae (moray) 

 Unidentified 



Mugilidae (mullets) 

 Unidentified 



Pomacentridae (damself ishes) 

 Abudef duf imparipennis 

 Abudefduf sordidus 

 Pomacentrus nigricans 



Priacanthidae (bigeye scad) 



One specimen found — unidentified 



Cirrhitidae (hawkfish) 

 Unidentified 



Carangidae (jack) 

 Unidentified 



Labridae (wrasse) 



Thalassoma umbrostigma 



