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Caribbean Fish Slideshow # 1

Caribbean Fish Slideshow # 1. Family groups from A - R 2008 Edition. Angelfish. Sweeping extensions from dorsal and anal fins Tough beaklike mouths one of the only fish that can EAT sponges. Immature French Angelfish. Black and yellow bars Rounded Tail with yellow border.

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Caribbean Fish Slideshow # 1

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  1. Caribbean FishSlideshow # 1 Family groups from A - R 2008 Edition

  2. Angelfish • Sweeping extensions from dorsal and anal fins • Tough beaklike mouths • one of the only fish that can EAT sponges

  3. Immature French Angelfish • Black and yellow bars • Rounded Tail with yellow border

  4. French Angelfish • Oval Shaped Body • Dorsal and anal fin taper backwards • Blackbody with yellow tickmarks • 10-14 inches

  5. Gray Angelfish • Oval Shaped Body • Gray body. • Yellow inner face of pectoral fin. • Square-cut tail • Juvenile:

  6. Queen Angelfish • Blue “crown” on top of head • Yellow Tail • Juvenile:

  7. Immature Rock Beauty • Yellow body • Black dot ringed in brilliant blue

  8. Rock Beauty • Yellow forebody and tail • Dorsal and anal fin taper backwards

  9. Sea Bass • Large and varied group • Oval body shape • Most have heavy lips • Spiny anterior dorsal fin continuous with soft posterior dorsal fin on most bass

  10. Coney • Blue Dots • Two dark spots on lower lip • Highly variable background color

  11. Graysby • Rounded tail • Dark spots found on base of dorsal fin

  12. Creole-fish • Slightly forked tail • Red blotch at base of pectoral fin • 3 dark spots below base of dorsal fin

  13. Harlequin bass • Dark, vertical stripes

  14. Tobacco fish • Body is shades of orange to brown • Dark C shaped border on tail

  15. Red Hind • Red blotches on body • Dorsal, tail, and anal fin tipped in black

  16. Fairy Basslet • Distinct yellow and purple coloration • Black spot on dorsal fin

  17. Greater Soapfish • Soaplike toxic mucus • Lay on side waiting to gulp unwary prey

  18. Goliath Grouper (Jewfish) • Largest fish on the reef • Small dark spots over body 3-6 feet long

  19. Comb Grouper • 3-4 lines slope down from eye/cheek to edge of gill cover • Heavy “grouper” lips

  20. Tiger Grouper • “Tiger” stripes but NOT on head • Red/brown spots fuse into stripes • Often rest in cleaning stations

  21. Nassau Grouper 1-2 feet

  22. Bass: Hamlets • Many color patterns • Virtually identical in body shape/size • Distinctive brow is straight (uncurved) from eyes down to mouth

  23. Barred Hamlet • Broad, v-shaped bar on the midbody • Flat head easily identifies a hamlet

  24. Butter Hamlet • Distinct Hamlet slant on brow • Large blotch saddles the base of the tail

  25. Indigo Hamlet • Hamlet forehead; straight slope from dorsal fin to lips • Blue body with white bars

  26. Shy Hamlet • Body outlined in yellow • Black dot on nostril outlined in blue

  27. Yellowtail Hamlet • Yellow tail • Hamlet forehead; straight slope from dorsal fin to lips

  28. Boxfishes: • slow swimmers • protected by a triangular bony “box” skeleton just under the skin

  29. Smooth Trunkfish • Dark body covered with white spots • Area of pale honeycomb on midbody • NO spines over eyes or under tail

  30. Spotted Trunkfish • Light body covered with dark spots • NO honeycombed pattern • No spines over eyes • Spines under tail

  31. Honeycombed Cowfish • Honeycomb pattern all over • Spines over eyes and under tail (the cow’s “horns”)

  32. Butterflyfish • Oval shape • Small, protruding mouth • Eyes are usually disguised • Dorsal and anal fins extend to meet tail fin

  33. Banded Butterfly fish • Two wide black midbody bands • Noticeable butterflyfish mouth

  34. Four-eye Butterflyfish • Butterfly fish mouth and oval shape • Black spot outlined in white

  35. Longsnout Butterflyfish • Butterfly fish mouth except noticeably elongated

  36. Spotfin Butterflyfish • One black bar near eye • All fins are yellow • Black spot on tip of dorsal fin

  37. Damselfish

  38. Sergeant Major • Five black, vertical bars • Adults may have yellow on base of dorsal fin

  39. Threespot Damselfish • Black saddle on top of caudal fin • Dark spot on base of pectoral fin • Yellow crescent over eye • Juvenile:

  40. Yellowtail Damselfish • Yellow Tail • Blue spots running along the surface • Juvenile below:

  41. Bicolor Damselfish • Dark front & White tail portion

  42. Dusky Damselfish • Adult: • Juvenile:

  43. Eels • Snake-like bodies • No bony gill cover (operculum) • Highly flexible for hunting inside the reef • Many have lost pectoral fins

  44. Garden Eels • Visible in sand flats • Head pointed in the direction of current • Will burrow when threatened (only about 4-8 inches exposed)

  45. Sharptail Moray Eel • Snakelike body • Yellow spots on head, grading to white on body 1.5 – 3 feet

  46. Goldentail Moray Eel • Brown covered with yellow spots

  47. Green moray eel 3-5 feet & thick as your leg

  48. Grunts • Related to snappers, but less toothy • Most numerous on reefs with sand flats and seagrass beds • Most bear longitudinal stripes • Family includes Margates

  49. Black Margate • High back profile • Clear/white pectoral fins • Dark tail

  50. French Grunt • Flattened Ventral surface • Yellow bars do not run parallel; instead they meet at the lateral line

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