Diversity of juvenile fishes
A total of 269 juvenile fishes, representing 21 species and 19 families were collected throughout the period of study (Table 2). The most abundant 10 species, formed about 86% of all collected fishes. The most abundant species was Gerres oyena with 62 fishes forming 23% of all collected juveniles. The second most abundant species was Sardinella maderensis with 37 fishes forming 15% of the collected fishes ( Fig. 2).