Fish Identification

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Fish Identification

• Midwater invertebrate feeders
• Midwater Piscivores
• Large Piscivores
• Coral Feeders
• Benthic invertebrate feeders
• Small fish feeders
• Others

Pomacentridae - Damselfish
All are in the genus Stegastes
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Fish Identification

• Midwater invertebrate feeders
• Midwater Piscivores
• Large Piscivores
• Coral Feeders
• Benthic invertebrate feeders
• Small fish feeders
• Others

Pomacentridae - Damselfish
Sergeant Major - Abudefduf
Blue Chromis - Chromis
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Fish Identification

• Midwater invertebrate feeders
• Midwater Piscivores
• Large Piscivores
• Coral Feeders
• Benthic invertebrate feeders
• Small fish feeders
• Others

Carangidae - jacks
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Fish Identification

• Midwater invertebrate feeders
• Midwater Piscivores
• Large Piscivores
• Coral Feeders
• Benthic invertebrate feeders
• Small fish feeders
• Others

Carcharinidae - sharks
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Fish Identification

• Midwater invertebrate feeders
• Midwater Piscivores
• Large Piscivores
• Coral Feeders
• Benthic invertebrate feeders
• Small fish feeders
• Others

Dasyatidae - rays
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• Midwater invertebrate feeders
• Midwater Piscivores
• Large Piscivores
• Coral Feeders
• Benthic invertebrate feeders
• Small fish feeders
• Others

Fish Identification
Serranidae - groupers
Red grouper
Jewfish
All are in the genus Epinelphelus
Nassau grouper
Red hind
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• Midwater invertebrate feeders
• Midwater Piscivores
• Large Piscivores
• Coral Feeders
• Benthic invertebrate feeders
• Small fish feeders
• Others

Fish Identification
Serranidae - groupers
Black grouper
Both are in the genus Mycertoperca
Tiger grouper
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• Midwater invertebrate feeders
• Midwater Piscivores
• Large Piscivores
• Coral Feeders
• Benthic invertebrate feeders
• Small fish feeders
• Others

Fish Identification
Sphyraenidae - barracuda
Sphyraena
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• Midwater invertebrate feeders
• Midwater Piscivores
• Large Piscivores
• Coral Feeders
• Benthic invertebrate feeders
• Small fish feeders
• Others

Fish Identification
Parrotfish - Scaridae - Scarus
Rainbow
Stoplight
Queen
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• Midwater invertebrate feeders
• Midwater Piscivores
• Large Piscivores
• Coral Feeders
• Benthic invertebrate feeders
• Small fish feeders
• Others

Fish Identification
Parrotfish - Scaridae - Scarus
Terminal Phase
Initial Phase
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• Midwater invertebrate feeders
• Midwater Piscivores
• Large Piscivores
• Coral Feeders
• Benthic invertebrate feeders
• Small fish feeders
• Others

Fish Identification
Balistidae - Filefish/Triggerfish
Gray Triggerfish - Balistes
Slender filefish - Monacanthis
Whitespotted filefish - Balistes
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• Midwater invertebrate feeders
• Midwater Piscivores
• Large Piscivores
• Coral Feeders
• Benthic invertebrate feeders
• Small fish feeders
• Others

Fish Identification
Tetraodontidae - Puffers
Pufferfish - Sphaeriodes
Balloonfish - Diodon
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• Midwater invertebrate feeders
• Midwater Piscivores
• Large Piscivores
• Coral Feeders
• Benthic invertebrate feeders
• Small fish feeders
• Others

Fish Identification
Chaetodontidae - Butterfly fish
Cherubfish - Centropyge Reef -
Chaetodon Longsnout - Chaetodon
Banded - Chaetodon Foureyed - Chaetodon
Spotfin - Chaetodon
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• Midwater invertebrate feeders
• Midwater Piscivores
• Large Piscivores
• Coral Feeders
• Benthic invertebrate feeders
• Small fish feeders
• Others

Fish Identification
Pomacanthidae - Angel fish
Blue - Holacanthus French - Pomacanthus
Queen - Holacanthus
Juveniles
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• Midwater invertebrate feeders
• Midwater Piscivores
• Large Piscivores
• Coral Feeders
• Benthic invertebrate feeders
• Small fish feeders
• Others

Fish Identification
Haemulidae - Grunts - Haemulon
Bluestriped
French
Margate
Cottonwick
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• Midwater invertebrate feeders
• Midwater Piscivores
• Large Piscivores
• Coral Feeders
• Benthic invertebrate feeders
• Small fish feeders
• Others

Fish Identification
Lutjanidae - Snappers - Lutjanus
Gray
Red
Dog
Mutton
Schoolmaster
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• Midwater invertebrate feeders
• Midwater Piscivores
• Large Piscivores
• Coral Feeders
• Benthic invertebrate feeders
• Small fish feeders
• Others

Fish Identification
Serranidae - sea basses
Soapfish - Rypticus
Lantern bass - Serranus
Tobaccofish - Serranus
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• Midwater invertebrate feeders
• Midwater Piscivores
• Large Piscivores
• Coral Feeders
• Benthic invertebrate feeders
• Small fish feeders
• Others

Fish Identification
Aulostomus - Aulostomidae - trumpet fish
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• Midwater invertebrate feeders
• Midwater Piscivores
• Large Piscivores
• Coral Feeders
• Benthic invertebrate feeders
• Small fish feeders
• Browsers/grazers
• Others

Fish Identification
Acanthurus - Acanthuridae Surgeonfish/Tang
Gobiosoma - Gobiidae Gobies
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• Midwater invertebrate feeders
• Midwater Piscivores
• Large Piscivores
• Coral Feeders
• Benthic invertebrate feeders
• Small fish feeders
• Browsers/grazers
• Others

Fish Identification
Labridae - wrasses
Clepticus - creole wrasse
Bodianus - Spanish hogfish
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• Midwater invertebrate feeders
• Midwater Piscivores
• Large Piscivores
• Coral Feeders
• Benthic invertebrate feeders
• Small fish feeders
• Browsers/grazers
• Others

Fish Identification
Labridae - wrasses
All are in the genus Halichoeres
Bluehead
Puddingwife
Slippery dick
juvenile
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• Midwater invertebrate feeders
• Midwater Piscivores
• Large Piscivores
• Coral Feeders
• Benthic invertebrate feeders
• Small fish feeders
• Browsers/grazers
• Others

Fish Identification
Holocentridae - squirrelfish
All are in the genus Holocentrus
Dusky squirrelfish
Reef squirrelfish
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• Midwater invertebrate feeders
• Midwater Piscivores
• Large Piscivores
• Coral Feeders
• Benthic invertebrate feeders
• Small fish feeders
• Browsers/grazers
• Others

Fish Identification
Apogon - Apogonidae - cardinalfish
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• Midwater invertebrate feeders
• Midwater Piscivores
• Large Piscivores
• Coral Feeders
• Benthic invertebrate feeders
• Small fish feeders
• Browsers/grazers
• Others

Fish Identification
Ostraciidae - cowfish
Spotted cowfish - Lactophrys
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• Midwater invertebrate feeders
• Midwater Piscivores
• Large Piscivores
• Coral Feeders
• Benthic invertebrate feeders
• Small fish feeders
• Browsers/grazers
• Others

Fish Identification
Sciaenidae - drums - Equetus
Highhat
Spotted drum
Jacknife fish
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• Midwater invertebrate feeders
• Midwater Piscivores
• Large Piscivores
• Coral Feeders
• Benthic invertebrate feeders
• Small fish feeders
• Browsers/grazers
• Others

Fish Identification
Muraenidae - morays - Gymnothorax
Green moray
Spotted moray
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• Midwater invertebrate feeders
• Midwater Piscivores
• Large Piscivores
• Coral Feeders
• Benthic invertebrate feeders
• Small fish feeders
• Browsers/grazers
• Others

Fish Identification
Congridae - garden eels - Heteroconger
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• Midwater invertebrate feeders
• Midwater Piscivores
• Large Piscivores
• Coral Feeders
• Benthic invertebrate feeders
• Small fish feeders
• Browsers/grazers
• Others

Fish Identification
Ophichthidae - snake eels - Myrichthyes