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PACIFIC SCIENCE, Vol. XXI, October 1967 
TABLE l 
Animals Seen from the Observation Chamber of a Drifting Raft* 
SPECIES, GENUS, OR FAMILY 
(Common Name in Parentheses) 
DRIFT 
LOCATION 
BEHAVIOR 
CATEGORY 
FORK LENGTH 
(cm) 
MAXIMUM 
NUMBER SEEN 
AT ONE TIME 
Abudefduf abdominalis 
(damselfish) 
H 
R 
0.7-1 .0' 
24 
Acanthocybium solandri 
(wahoo) 
H03 
R 
45-90 
3 
Alutera scripta 
(scrawled filefish ) 
H 
RV 
10-35 
2 
Canthidermis maculatus 
(rough triggerfish) 
H 
R 
2 5 — 3 5 f 
-33 
Caranx kalla 
(golden jack) 
H 
V 
30 
1 
Caranx sp. 
(jack) 
H 
R 
2.9-5. 3 f 
3 
Carcharhinus longimanus 
(whitetip shark) 
HO 3 
RV 
125-175 
2 
Chelonia mydas 
(green turtle) 
0 
V 
60 
1 
Coryphaena equiselis 
(pompano dolphin) 
03 
V 
30 
100+ 
Coryphaena hippurus 
(dolphin) 
H03 
R 
60-100* 
70+ 
Coryphaena sp. 
H03 
R 
10-15 
80 
Decapterus pinnulatus adult 
(mackerel scad) 
H03 
RT 
20-25 
1,000+ 
juvenile 
3 
R 
13.1* 
1 
Diodontidae 
(spiny puffer) 
0 
V 
12 
1 
Echeneidae (free-swimming) 
(remora) 
3 
R 
8 
1 
Elagaiis bipinnulatus 
(rainbow runner) 
3 
R 
75 
1 
Exocoetidae 
( flyingfish ) 
H03 
T 
10-15 
10+ 
Fistularia petimba 
(cornetfish) 
H 
V 
20-40 
2 
Globicephala scammoni 
(pilot whale) 
HO 
V 
375 
2 
Holocentridae 
(squirrelfish) 
H 
R 
2 
1 
Istiophoridae 
(marlin) 
H 
T 
125 
1 
Katsuwonus pelamis adult 
(skipjack tuna) 
H3 
T 
45 
1,000+ 
juvenile 
3 
RV 
10-15 
50 
Kyphosus cinerascens 
(sea chub) 
H 
R 
2.5* 
13 
Manta aljredi 
(manta ray) 
H 
V 
100-125* 
1 
Manta sp. 
0 
V 
1 
