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Fig. 10. An aggregation of fish at 140 meters. A close view of a fish aggregation similar to that in 
Figure 9. (Drawing by Ken Shutt.) 
and more was surprising. However, with the 
exception of Etelis carbunculus, Caesioperca 
thompsoni, Chaetodon tinker i and possibly 
Holocentrus scythrops and one or two others, 
the list of fish species observed from the 
"Asherah” (see Table 2) are common either 
in nearshore reef environments or in near- 
surface waters. With a few additions, the fish 
fauna at depths to 180 meters was essentially 
a selected portion of a nearshore reef fish fauna. 
Many of the species of fish listed in Table 2 
are normally found about rocky areas in shallow 
