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Table t 
Total number of fish larvae sampled with crest and channel nets at Turneffe Atoll, Belize, during the three sampling periods 
(summer 2005, spring 2006, and summer 2006). Barred lutjanids refers to Lutjanus apodus, L. analis, L. cyanopterus, L. griseus, 
and L.jocu. Striped Stegastes refers to Stegastes diencaeus, S. leucostictus, and S. variabilis. 
Family 
Genus 
Species 
Summer 
2005 
Crest Channel 
net net 
Spring 
2006 
Crest Channel 
net net 
Summer 
2006 
Crest Channel 
net net 
Total 
Acanthuridae 
Acanthurus 
bahianus 
1 
0 
0 
0 
8 
0 
9 
Acanthurus 
chirurgus 
5 
0 
0 
0 
1 
0 
6 
Acanthurus 
coeruleus 
10 
0 
2 
0 
8 
0 
20 
Achiridae 
Achirus 
sp. 
0 
0 
0 
0 
3 
0 
3 
Antennariidae 
Histrio 
histrio 
5 
1 
0 
0 
2 
0 
8 
All others 
7 
0 
1 
0 
8 
0 
16 
Apogonidae 
Apogon 
maculatus 
302 
26 
53 
6 
464 
10 
861 
Apogon 
quadrisquamatus 
207 
1 
15 
0 
63 
0 
286 
Astrapogon 
puncticulatus 
114 
5 
261 
0 
212 
1 
593 
Aulostomidae 
Aulostomus 
maculatus 
0 
0 
2 
0 
1 
0 
3 
Labrisomidae 
Starksia 
spp. 
534 
0 
20 
0 
270 
0 
824 
Bothidae 
Bothus 
spp. 
43 
18 
8 
4 
28 
5 
106 
Callionymidae 
Paradiplogrammus 
bairdi 
123 
0 
25 
0 
924 
1 
1073 
Carangidae 
All species 
20 
2 
9 
1 
13 
0 
45 
Chaetodontidae 
Chaetodon 
capistratus 
25 
1 
0 
0 
7 
0 
33 
Chaetodon 
ocellatus 
5 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
5 
Cynoglossidae 
Symphurus 
spp. 
129 
0 
29 
0 
6 
0 
164 
Diodontidae 
Chilomycterus 
antennatus 
5 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
5 
Elopomorpha 
All species 
471 
221 
627 
251 
1759 
173 
3502 
Gerreidae 
Eucinostomus 
spp. 
13,450 
296 
1557 
21 
10,592 
17 
25,933 
Gobiesocidae 
Areas 
rubiginosus 
0 
0 
0 
0 
3 
0 
3 
Gobiidae 
Bathygobius 
curacao 
1 
0 
0 
0 
177 
0 
178 
Ctenogobius 
saepepallens 
0 
0 
97 
1 
13 
0 
111 
Gnatholepis 
tliompsoni 
2043 
0 
882 
0 
2623 
12 
5560 
Priolepis 
spp. 
23 
0 
5 
0 
226 
0 
254 
Unknown 
spp. 
3503 
1 
329 
0 
1108 
0 
4941 
Labridae 
Halichoeres 
spp. 
296 
0 
23 
2 
184 
0 
505 
Thalassoma 
bifasciatum 
21 
0 
3 
0 
31 
0 
55 
Xyrichtys 
spp. 
83 
0 
232 
1 
30 
1 
347 
Lutjanidae 
Barred lutjanids 
All 
150 
12 
8 
1 
18 
2 
191 
Lutjanus 
synagris 
0 
1 
4 
0 
1 
0 
6 
Lutjanus 
mahogoni 
4 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
4 
Ocyurus 
chrysurus 
2 
0 
6 
0 
0 
0 
8 
Microdesmidae 
All species 
39 
1 
52 
7 
63 
4 
166 
Monacanthidae 
Cantherines 
sp. 
1 
0 
4 
0 
1 
0 
6 
Monacanthus 
ciliatus 
184 
2 
0 
0 
23 
4 
213 
Monacanthus 
tuckeri 
113 
8 
22 
1 
105 
9 
258 
Ogcocephalidae 
Ogcocephalus 
nasutus 
3 
0 
0 
0 
6 
0 
9 
Halieutichthys 
aculeatus 
4 
0 
0 
0 
2 
0 
6 
Ophidiidae 
All species 
5 
0 
5 
0 
21 
0 
31 
Ostraciidae 
Lactophrys 
spp. 
77 
1 
32 
0 
3 
0 
113 
Paralichthyidae 
Syacium 
spp. 
0 
0 
11 
0 
4 
8 
23 
Pomacanthidae 
Pomacanthus 
spp. 
2 
0 
3 
0 
2 
0 
7 
Pomacentridae 
Abudefduf 
saxatilis 
13 
0 
6 
0 
3 
2 
24 
Microspathadon 
chrysurus 
0 
0 
0 
0 
1 
0 
1 
continued 
