Coral Reef Fish Scientific names

Spotfin Butterflyfish

Chaetodon ocellatus

Foureye butterflyfish

Chaetodon capistratus

Banded Butterflyfish

Chaetodon striatus

Rock Beauty

Holacanthus tricolor

French Angelfish

Pomacanthus paru

Blue Tang

Acanthurus coeruleus

Bar Jack

Caranx rubber

Bermuda chub

Kyphosus sectatrix

Atlantic Spadefish

Chaetodipterus faber

Great Barracuda

Sphyaena barracuda

Atlantic Tarpon

Megalops atlanticus

Schoolmaster

Lutjanus apodus

Mutton Snapper

Lutjanus analis

Grey Snapper

Lutjanus griseus

Mahogany Snapper

Lutjanus manogoni

Yellowtail Snapper

Ocyurus chrysurus

French Grunt

Haemulon flavolineatum

Bluestriped Grunt

Haemulon sciurus

Yellowtail Damselfish

Microspathodon chrysums

Dusky Damselfish

Stegastes adustus

Bicolor Damselfish

Stegastes partitus

Threespot damselfish

Stegastes planifrons

Sergeant Major

Abudefduf saxitilus

Blue Chromis

Chromis cyaneus

Indigo hamlet

Hypoplectrus indigo

Nassau Grouper

Epinephelus striatus

Black Grouper

Mycteroperca bonaci

Red Hind

Epinephelus guttatus

Grasby

Chephalopholis cruentatus

Fairy Basslet

Gramma loreto

Princess Parrotfish

Scarus taeniopterus

Midnight Parrotfish

Scarus coelestirus

Spotlight Parrotfish

Sparisoma viride

Spanish Hogfish

Bodianus rufus

Creole Wrasse

Clepticus parrai

Yellowhead Wrasse

Halichoeres garnoti

Bluehead Wrasse

Thalassoma bifusciatum

Squirrelfish

Holocentrus adscensionis

Cleaning Goby

Elacatinus genie

Peacock Flounder

Bothus lunatus

Spotted Scorpionfish

Scorpaena plumieri

Red Lionfish

Ptevois volitans

Lizzardfish

Aulostomus maculatus

Balloonfish

Diodon holocantnus

Honeycomb Cowfish

Acanthostracion polygonium

Smooth Trunkfish

Lacrophrys triqueter

Queen Triggerfish

Balistes vetula

Ocean Triggerfish

Canthidermis sufflamen

Black Durgon

Melichtrys niger

Scrawled Filefish

Aluterus scriptus

Remora - shark sucker

Echeneis naucrates

Yellow Goatfish

Mulloidichthys martinicus

Spotted drum

Equetus puntatus

Green Moray

Gymnothorax funebris

Spotted Moray

Gymnothorax moringa

Goldentail Moray

Gymnothorax milianis

Garden Eel

Heteroconger longissimus

Nurse Shark

Ginglymostoma cirratum

Southern Stingray

Hypanus americanus

Yellow Stingray

Urobatis jamaicensis

Spotted Eagle Ray

Ateobatus narinari