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Quantitative Underwater Ecological Surveying Techniques (QUEST)

2-week, 3-credit summer Field course UHH
Applied reef science
Scuba-based
Team taught
Pre-requisites include

QUEST ID exam
UH Scientific Diver (in Training)

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QUEST ID Resources

http://www.uhhmop.hawaii.edu/quest/species.shtml
www.marinelifephotography.com Keoki Stender
John E. Randall, Reef and Shore Fishes of the Hawaiian Islands/Shore Fishes of Hawaii (paperback)
John P. Hoover

Hawaiian reef fishes http://www.hawaiisfishes.com/books/ultimate_guide/ultimatebook.htm
Hawaii’s sea creatures (inverts) http://www.hawaiisfishes.com/books/hawaiis_sea_creatures/creaturebook.htm

Huisman, Abbott and Smith, Hawaiian Reef Plants

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Draw a fish

Caudal Peduncle

Caudal Fin

Dorsal Fin

Anal Fin

Pectoral Fin

Pelvic Fin

Operculum/Gills

Lateral Line

Eyes

Scales

Mouth

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Synodus spp.

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Aulostomus chinensis

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Fistularia commersonii

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Caudal fin comparison

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Sargocentron sp.

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Neoniphon sp.

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Myripristis berndti

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Myripristis kuntee

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Cephalopholis argus

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Cirrhitops fasciatus

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Cirrhitus pinnulatus

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Paracirrhites forsteri

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Paracirrhites arcatus

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Lutjanus kasmira

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Aphareus furca

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Monotaxis grandoculis

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Mulloidichthys flavolineatus

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Mulloidichthys vanicolensis

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Parupeneus insularis

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Parupeneus multifasciatus

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Chaetodon auriga

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Chaetodon quadrimaculatus

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Chaetodon lunula

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Chaetodon ornatissimus

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Chaetodon multicinctus

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Forcipiger flavissimus

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Forcipiger longirostris

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Hemitaurichthys thompsoni

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Centropyge potteri

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Abudefduf abdominalis

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Abudefduf vaigiensis

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Plectroglyphidodon imparipennis

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Plectroglyphidodon johnstonianus

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Plectroglyphidodon marginatus

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Dascyllus albisella

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Pycnochromis hanui

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Pycnochromis pacifica

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Pycnochromis vanderbilti

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Chromis ovalis

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Chromis verater

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Oxycheilinus unifasciatus

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Labroides phthirophagus

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Bodianus albotaeniatus

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Coris venusta

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Coris gaimard

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Macropharyngodon geoffroy

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Pseudocheilinus evanidus

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Pseudocheilinus octotaenia

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Pseudocheilinus tetrataenia

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Thalassoma ballieui

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Thalassoma duperrey

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Gomphosus varius

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Stethojulis balteata

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Halichoeres ornatissimus

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Chlorurus spilurus

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Chlorurus perspicillatus

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Scarus rubroviolaceus

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Scarus psittacus

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Acanthurus triostegus

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Acanthurus leucopareius

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Acanthurus olivaceus

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Acanthurus dussumieri

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Acanthurus blochii

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Acanthurus achilles

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Acanthurus nigrofuscus

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Acanthurus nigroris

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Acanthurus thompsoni

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Ctenochaetus strigosus

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Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis

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Zebrasoma flavescens

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Naso hexacanthus

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Naso lituratus

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Naso unicornis

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Zanclus cornutus

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Cirripectes vanderbilti

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Exallias brevis

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Rhinecanthus rectangulus

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Rhinecanthus aculeatus

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Sufflamen bursa

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Melichthys vidua

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Melichthys niger

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Xanthichthys auromarginatus

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Cantherhines dumerilii

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Pervagor aspricaudus

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Ostracion meleagris

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Canthigaster amboinensis