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Table 3 
Relative abundance (%) of fishes observed during dives of remotely operated vehicles in 
2012 and 2013 on 2 habitats types: 1) artificial (shipwreck) substrata and natural hard 
bottom (AS/NHB) and 2) soft substrata (SS) near Norfolk Canyon, Middle Atlantic Bight. 
Number of hours of observation (usable video) and depth ranges are provided under each 
habitat type. 
Taxa 
AS/NHB SS 
84.42 h, 63-126 m 16.48 h, 40-126 m 
Scyliorhinidae 
Scyliorhinus retifer , chain dogfish 
Carcharhinidae 
Carcharhinus sp., requiem shark 
Rajidae 
Leucoraja garmani, rosette skate 
Rajidae (unidentified) 
Ophichthidae 
Ophichthus cruentifer, margined snake eel 
Congridae 
Conger oceanicus , conger eel 
Gadiformes (unidentified), cods 
Moridae 
Physiculus fulvus, metallic codling 
Phycidae 
Phycis chesteri, longfin hake 
Urophycis chuss, red hake 
Urophycis regia, spotted hake 
Urophycis sp. 
Lophiidae 
Lophius americanus, goosefish 
Trachichthyidae 
Gephyroberyx darwinii, big roughy 
Macroramphosidae 
Macroramphosus scolopax, longspined snipefish 
Scorpaenidae 
Scorpaena sp., scorpionfish 
Triglidae 
Prionotus sp., searobin 
Polyprionidae 
Polyprion americanus , wreckfish 
Serranidae 
Anthias nicholsi, yellowfin bass 
Anthias sp. 
Baldwinella vivanus, red barbier 
Centropristis striata, black sea bass 
Hyporthodus nigritus, Warsaw grouper 
Hyporthodus niveatus, snowy grouper 
Hyporthodus sp. 
Pronotogrammus martinicensis, roughtongue bass 
Anthiinae (unidentified) 
Malacanthidae 
Caulolatilus microps , blueline tilefish 
Caulolatilus sp. 
Pomatomidae 
Pomatomus saltatrix, bluefish 
Carangidae 
Seriola dumerili, greater amberjack 
Sparidae 
Stenotomus chrysops, scup 
30.158 
0.002 
0.002 
0.596 
0.002 
0.094 
0.002 
0.002 
0.006 
0.083 
0.600 
0.557 
1.249 
0.004 
0.004 
10.667 
0.002 
3.904 
1.180 
0.015 
0.058 
0.004 
0.006 
44.606 
0.369 
0.137 
0.062 
0.009 
56.489 
0.339 
0.594 
0.170 
0.170 
0.085 
0.085 
0.085 
0.254 
6.107 
0.085 
1.442 
0.085 
6.531 
0.085 
1.442 
0.594 
0.339 
1.781 
0.085 
0.509 
Table continued 
