NOAA Fisheries Service Habitat Conservation

Ecosystem Assessment Divsion

Final Environmental Assessment and FONSI for the Coral Reef Conservation Grant Program

Table 3: Endangered Species Act List of Endangered (E) or Threatened (T) Species Associated with Coral Reef Ecosystems

Status	Species Name
Corals
T	Elkhorn Coral (Acropora palmata)
T	Staghorn Coral (Acropora cervicomis)
Mammals
E	Hawaiian Monk Seal (Monachus schauinslandi)
E	West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus)
Sea Turtles
E, T	Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas)
E	Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
E	Kemp’s Ridley Turtle (Lepidochelys kempii)
E	Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)
T	Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta)
T	Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys oliveacea)

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Table 4: Species of Concern Associated With Coral Reef Ecosystems.

Common name	Scientific Name	Location
Fish
Key silverside	Menidia conchorum	Florida Keys
Striped croaker	Bairdiella sanctaeluciae	Atlantic-FL, Antilles and Caribbean from Costa Rica to Guyana
Humphead wrasse	Cheilinus undulatus	Indo-Pacific-Red Sea to the Tuamotus, north to the Ryukyus, east to Wake Islands, south to New Caledonia, throughout Micronesia; includes U.S. territories of Guam and American Samoa
Bumphead parrotfish	Bolbometopon muricatum	Indo-Pacific-Red Sea and East Africa to the Line Islands and Samoa; north to Yaeyama, south to the Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia; Paulau, Caroline, Mariana in Micronesia; in U.S. it occurs in Guam, American Samoa, CNMI and the Pacific Remote Island Areas (Wake Islands).
Speckled hind	Epinephelus drummondhayi	NC to Gulf of Mexico
Goliath grouper	Epinephelus itijara	NC southward to Gulf of Mexico
Warsaw grouper	Epinephelus nigritus	MA to Gulf of Mexico
Nassau grouper	Epinephelus striatus	NC southward to Gulf of Mexico
Brachiopods
Inarticulate brachiopod	Lingula reevii	Pacific-Hawaii, only Kaneohe Bay
Anthozoans (corals)
Hawaiian reef coral	Montipora dilitata	Pacific-Hawaii (Kaneohe Bay, Midway atoll, and Maro Reef).
Ivory bush coral	Oculina varicosa	Atlantic-West Indies, Bermuda, NC, FL, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean.

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