A total of nine species were found, associated to a greater or lesser extent with this community, within which three groups are distinguishable: (i) Trachurus spp., Balistes carolinensis and small specimens ofNaucrates ductor are found very near the floating objects and used as a shelter from predators; (ii) in the case of N. ductor, Seriola dumerili, Polyprion americanus, Schedophilus ovalis and Lobotes surinamensis, the floating objects act as a point of reference in the uniformity of the offshore environment; whereas (iii) for the large predators such as Coryphaena hippurus and Thunnus thynnus they are indicators of high productivity areas.