Table 6. Sand Tilefish Life History Tables & Analysis

Presence/Absence Values

Values in red indicate total number of observations of each Presence/
Absence value for habitat of lifestage
* Denotes relative to emergent stucture



  Habitat   Information Summary by Life Stage
  Zonation Structure Depth (m)
Species Life Stage Shoreline Leeward* Crest* Windward* Plain Shelf Edge Slope Planktonic Seagrass Reef Other Hard Bottom Reef/SAV Interface Mangrove Algae Sand Mud 0-5.5 5.5-9 9-18.3 18.3-183 0 1 2 3 4 5 9
Sand
Tilefish Malacanthus
plumieri
Eggs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 9 9 15 0 0 0 1 0 4
Larvae 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 9 9 15 0 0 0 1 0 4
Early Juv. 0 0 0 0 4 9 9 0 0 9 9 0 0 9 4 0 0 9 4 9 10 0 0 0 3 0 7
Late Juv. 0 0 0 0 4 9 9 0 0 9 9 0 0 9 4 0 0 9 4 9 10 0 0 0 3 0 7
Adults 0 0 0 0 4 4 9 0 0 9 9 0 0 9 4 0 0 9 4 9 10 0 0 0 4 0 6
Spawners 0 0 0 0 4 4 9 0 0 9 9 0 0 9 4 0 0 9 4 9 10 0 0 0 4 0 6
                                                         
Information Summary by Habitat and Depth Presence/
Absence
Values
 
0 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 4 6 2 2 6 6 2 2 6 4 0 0 0              
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0              
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0              
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0              
4 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0              
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0              
9 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 4 4 0 0 4 0 0 2 6 2 6              

Last Updated on 7/30/98
By John D. Christensen