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Caribbean Fish Slideshow # 2

Caribbean Fish Slideshow # 2. Family groups from P - W Lifestyle groupings 2008 Edition. Snappers. Snap jaws when hooked by anglers Slightly upturned mouths. Schoolmaster Snapper. Silver body All fins are yellow Often school Juvenile. Yellow tail Snapper. Streamlined body

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Caribbean Fish Slideshow # 2

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  1. Caribbean FishSlideshow # 2 Family groups from P - W Lifestyle groupings 2008 Edition

  2. Snappers • Snap jaws when hooked by anglers • Slightly upturned mouths

  3. Schoolmaster Snapper • Silver body • All fins are yellow • Often school • Juvenile

  4. Yellow tail Snapper • Streamlined body • Yellow tail • Yellow line running length of body

  5. Mahogany Snapper • Reddish tinge • Red border on fins • Sometimes black dot below rear dorsal

  6. Dog Snapper • Note pale band down from eye 1 ½ to 2 ½ feet long

  7. Surgeonfish Family • Have a collapsible razor sharp “scalpel” on either side at the base of the tail • defense • anchoring in reef • Very oval body shape • Scales NOT conspicuous

  8. Blue Tang (immature) • Spine on lateral surface of tail base • Distinct oval shape

  9. Blue Tang • Spine on base of tail • Oval shaped body

  10. Doctor Fish • Spine on base of tail • Vertical bars always present, but may be faint

  11. Surgeonfish • Spine on base of tail • Bars absent • Body oblong instead of circular to oval

  12. Triggerfish and Filefish • All have a skinny foredorsal fin that can be extended up for defense • Triggerfish can lock this fin into the upright position

  13. Black Durgon • Black Body • Pale blue line along base of dorsal and anal fin • trigger

  14. Queen Triggerfish • Dorsal and anal fin extend backwards • Blue stripes on face • Dark lines extend from eye

  15. Ocean Triggerfish • Gray in color • Black spot at base of pectoral fin

  16. Slender Filefish • Always found in heavy cover • Look in soft corals • Note “trigger” dorsal fin

  17. Scrawled Filefish • Blue spots • Irregularly shaped blacked dots • Elongated body with fan shaped tail

  18. Whitespotted Filefish • Belly extends downward • Orange Spine at base of tail

  19. Wrasses & Hogfishes • Most are cigar shaped • All show prominent scales • Many have “buck teeth” for crushing crustaceans • Related to Parrott Fish

  20. Yellowhead Wrasse • Yellow head in mature stage • Two bars or dots behind eye • Body tapers dorsally

  21. Immature Bluehead Wrasse • Black spot on dorsal fin • Two black spots behind eye

  22. Bluehead Wrasse – “supermale” phase • Blue head • Two dark bars behind head • Usually with “harem” of yellow females

  23. Creole Wrasse • Dark Purple to lavender • Older fish develop yellow on their underbelly • Schools often patrol the wall

  24. Puddingwife • Yellowish margin on tail • 5 white blotches along back

  25. Spanish Hogfish • Act as cleaners when immature • Constantly swim above reef

  26. Hogfish • First 3 spines of dorsal fin are long • Change color quickly when moving from sand  reef • Color over sand 

  27. Bottom-dwellers & “Perchers”

  28. Bridled Goby • Two dorsal fins • Light line from mouth to gill cover

  29. Glass Goby • Bright dots along lateral surface • Clear fins and body

  30. Cleaning Goby • Bright V on head fades as it moves towards the tail • Two dorsal fins • Found on ground and at cleaning stations

  31. Goldspot Goby • 2 dorsal fins • Gold spot above operculum

  32. Redlip Blenny • Blunt reddish/brown head • Large lips

  33. Fish of the Shallows & Sand Flats

  34. Green Razorfish • Pink eye • Black spot at midbody • Tapered body

  35. Rosy Razorfish • Tail margin straight • Tapered body

  36. Yellowheaded Jawfish • Seen on sandflats • Moves Rock around the burrow • Yellow/Green Head • Moves up and down into the sand

  37. Sand Tilefish • Elongated body • C shaped tail-margin • Dorsal and anal fin run nearly the length of the body • Seen on sand flats

  38. Sanddiver • Noticeable blue and gold horizontal stripes

  39. Peacock Flounder • Found in shallows • Swims flat • Blue dots as seen on the tail of a peacock

  40. Yellowtail Goatfish • Flattened ventral surface • Yellow line running along the lateral surface • Barbels used to grub in sand

  41. Spotted Goatfish • Flattened ventral surface • Barbels used to grub in sand • Inactive/night colors:

  42. Silvery Swimmers

  43. Flat Needlefish • Silver body • Found in shallows • Often jump when disturbed • Dark bars on body • May be confused with Houndfish

  44. Cero • Silver • Streamlined body • Noticeable projections from dorsal and ventral surface near the base of the tail

  45. Bermuda Chub • Silver, football shaped body

  46. Flat Needlefish • Silver body • Found in shallows • Often jump when disturbed • Dark bars on body • May be confused with Houndfish

  47. Glassy Sweeper • Juveniles almost transparent • Coppery-silvery • Pronounced dip along ventral surface

  48. Bar Jack • Bright blue/black border that runs along the dorsal surface to the tail • Streamlined body

  49. Horse Eye Jack • In schools • Often maneuver in tight schools • Huge eye

  50. Palometta (Jack Family) • Note faint bars on body • long extensions on dorsal & anal fins

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