food are among the factors limiting the number of fish species 
occupying the surf zone. 
On the first reef 67 species representing 26 families of 
fishes (see App:) were observed. Courtenay, et al. (1974) suggested 
that the low profile of this reef area provides jimited cover and, 
therefore, restricts the number of species of fishes found there. 
The most abundant species found on this reef in 1978-79 was the 
slippery dick (Halichoeres bivittatus). Tomtate (Haemulon 
aurolineatun), high-hat (Equetus acuntnatus), cocoa damselfish 
(Pomacentrus vartabilts), bluehead (Lhalassoma bifasetatum), red- 
tail parrotfish (Sparisoma chrysopterun), and doctorfish (Acanthurus 
chirurgus) were also abundant. Sizable aggregations of grunts 
(Pomadasyidae), angelfishes, and parrotfishes (Scartdae) occurred at 
specific locations on the first reef. Damselfishes were also well 
represented. 
Courtenay, et al. (1974) recorded the dusky jawfish 
(Opistognathus whitehurstt), a burrowing species, as common along 
the platform of the first reef. No specimens of this fish were 
observed there in 1978-79. The absence of this species is probably 
caused by the substrate having been altered by incursion of finer 
materials, possibly eroded beach fill materials. 
Eighty-nine species belonging to 30 families of fishes were 
observed on the second reef (App.). The most abundant species was 
the bluehead. Bicolor damselfish (Pomacentrus partitus), slippery 
dicks, and doctorfish were also abundant. Gobies (Gobiidae), 
parrotfishes, angelfishes, grunts, and sea basses (Serranidae) 
were also well represented on this reef. Certain species such as 
the longspine squirrelfish (Holocentrus rufus), tobaccofish 
(Serranus tabacarius), harlequin bass (Serranus ttgrinus), and blue 
chromis (Chromts cyaneus) were present on the seaward side of the 
second reef but absent on the inshore side. 
The blue goby (loglossus callturus), a burrowing fish, was 
seen frequently in the sandy area adjacent to the second reef. 
Another burrowing species, the yellowhead jawfish (Opistognathus 
aurtfrons), however, was rare. 
Other fishes observed over the sandy areas adjacent to the 
second reef include the sand perch (Diplectrum formosum) , 
tobaccofish, yellowfin mojarra (Gerres cinereus), and bridled 
goby (Coryphopterus glaucofraenun) . 
V. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS 
Courtenay, et al. (1974) list 42 species belonging to 24 
families of fishes as having been collected in the area of the 
Hallandale beach restoration project; they emphasize, however, 
that sampling in the study area was incomplete. The present study 
revealed the presence of 114 species of fishes belonging to 36 
families. In the 1971-72 survey, fish collections were made using 
the ichthyocide rotenone. The present study used underwater 
observations primarily and the anesthetic quinaldine as an inciden- 
tal collecting method. 
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