Table 4 The relative abundances (%) of different sea cucumber populations recorded during the period of study (2000–2016) at Abou Ghosoun area
From: Destruction of sea cucumber populations due to overfishing at Abu Ghosoun area, Red Sea
Species | July 2000 | July 2006 | July 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
Actinopyga echinites | 3.46 | 4.94 | 1.65 |
Actinopyga mauritiana | 3.75 | 2.34 | 0 |
Actinopyga miliaris | 3.03 | 2.86 | 2.47 |
Bohadschia similis | 5.04 | 4.68 | 0 |
Bohadschia argus | 4.9 | 5.71 | 0 |
Bohadschia vitiensis | 7.78 | 8.05 | 8.26 |
Holothuria atra | 18.44 | 31.17 | 71.9 |
Holothuria scabra | 9.37 | 2.6 | 0 |
Holothuria whitmaei | 11.24 | 17.4 | 10.74 |
Holothuria fuscogilva | 12.1 | 13.25 | 4.13 |
Stichopus hermanni | 7.93 | 3.64 | 0.82 |
Stichopus horrens | 6.05 | 2.08 | 0 |
Thelenota ananas | 6.92 | 1.3 | 0 |