One-way analysis of
variance (ANOVA) was used to determine significant
differences of commercially important, ornamental and
the other non-target species among the six biogeographic
regions. A Tukey post-hoc test was performed
for the pairwise comparisons. The latter two analyses
were performed using MINITAB v.15 software. Species
observed on transects were also classified as typical
fisheries species depending on their frequency observed
in fish markets or as typical aquarium fishes based on
published records