BONY FISH SPECIES
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The following bony fishes are found within the coral cap region of the sanctuary (0-130 ft, 0-40m deep). Common names are listed, if known.
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Angelfish
Barracuda
Batfish
Bigeye
Blenny
Bonnetmouth
Boxfish
Butterflyfish
Cardinalfish
Chub
Cobia
Conger Eel
Cornetfish
Damselfish
Dolphin
Dragonet
Drum
False Moray Eel
Filefish
Flyingfish
Frogfish
Goatfish
Goby
Grunt
Halfbeak
Hawkfish
Jack
Jawfish
Lefteyed Flounder
Lionfish
Lizardfish
Mackerel
Moray Eel
Mullet
Needlefish
Ocean Sunfish
Parrotfish
Pipefish
Porgy
Puffer
Remora
Sea Bass (Grouper)
Sea Robins
Scorpionfish
Snake Eel
Snapper
Soapfish
Spadefish
Spaghetti Eel
Spiny Puffer
Squirrelfish
Surgeonfish
Threadfin
Tilefish
Triggerfish
Trumpetfish
Tripletail
Wrasse
Sea Bass List
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Scorpionfish List
Scorpionfishes
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Coral Scorpionfish
![Coral Scorpionfish (Scorpaena albifimbria)](/image_library/fish/coralscorpionfishmarkeakinmd.jpg) |
Scorpaena albifimbria |
Spotted Scorpionfish
![Spotted Scorpionfish (Scorpaena plumieri)](/image_library/fish/spottedscorpionfishgpsmd.jpg)
![Spotted Scorpionfish (Scorpaena plumieri)](/image_library/fish/spottedscorpionfishgps2md.jpg)
![Spotted Scorpionfish (Scorpaena plumieri)](/image_library/fish/spottedscorpionfishdrpmd.jpg)
(camouflaged)
![Juvenile Spotted Scorpionfish IScorpaena plumieri)](/image_library/fish/juvspottedscorpionfishelhmd.jpg)
(juvenile)
|
Scorpaena plumieri |
Reef Scorpionfish |
Scorpaenodes caribbaeus |
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Sea Robin List
Sea Robins
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Flying Gurnard |
Dactylopterus volitans |
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Snake Eel List
Snake Eels
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Sharptail Eel |
Myrichthys breviceps |
Goldspotted Eel |
Myrichthys ocellatus |
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Snapper List
Snappers
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Schoolmaster |
Lutjanus apodus |
Blackfin Snapper |
Lutjanus buccanella |
Red Snapper |
Lutjanus campechanus |
Cubera Snapper |
Lutjanus cyanopterus |
Gray Snapper
![gray snapper](/image_library/fish/graysnappergpsmd.jpg)
|
Lutjanus griseus |
Dog Snapper
![Dog Snapper (Lutjanus jocu)](/image_library/fish/dogsnapperrjpmd.jpg)
|
Lutjanus jocu |
Lane Snapper
![lane snapper](/image_library/fish/lanesnappergpsmd.jpg) |
Lutjanus synagris |
Silk Snapper |
Lutjanus vivanus |
Yellowtail Snapper
![Yellowtail Snapper (Ocyurus chrysurus)](/image_library/fish/yellowtailsnappergpsmd.jpg)
![Yellowtail Snapper (Ocyurus Chrysurus)](/image_library/fish/yellowtailsnapper2gpsmd.jpg)
|
Ocyurus chrysurus |
Vermillion Snapper
![Vermillion Snapper (Rhomboplites aurorubens)](../image_library/fish/vermillionsnappergps2md.jpg)
(juvenile)
![Vermillion Snapper (Rhomboplites aurorubens)](../image_library/fish/vermillionsnappergps3md.jpg)
(juvenile)
![Vermillion Snapper (Rhomboplites aurorubens)](/image_library/fish/vermillionsnappergpsmd.jpg)
|
Rhomboplites aurorubens |
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Soapfish List
Soapfishes
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Whitespotted Soapfish |
Rypticus maculatus |
Spotted Soapfish |
Rypticus subbifrenatus |
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Spadefish List
Spadefishes
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Atlantic Spadefish
![spadefish](/image_library/fish/spadefishgpsmd.jpg)
|
Chaetodipterus faber |
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Spaghetti Eel List
Spaghetti Eels
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Spaghetti Eel |
Moringua edwardsi |
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Spiny Puffer List
Spiny Puffers
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Bridled Burrfish |
Chilomycterus antennatus |
Web Burrfish
![Web Burrfish (Chilomycterus antillarum)](/image_library/fish/webburrfishgpsmd.jpg) |
Chilomycterus antillarum |
Striped Burrfish |
Chilomycterus schoepfii |
Balloonfish
![Balloonfish (Diodon holocanthus)](/image_library/fish/balloonfishgpsmd.jpg)
![Balloonfish (Diodon holocanthus)](/image_library/fish/balloonfishsb.jpg)
|
Diodon holocanthus
Video |
Porcupinefish
![Porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix)](/image_library/fish/porcupinefishgpsmd.jpg) |
Diodon hystrix |
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Squirrelfish List
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Surgeonfish List
Surgeonfishes
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Ocean Surgeonfish
![Juvenile Ocean Surgeonfish (Acanthurus bahianus)](/image_library/fish/juvoceansurgeonfishrjemd.jpg)
(juvenile)
|
Acanthurus tractus |
Doctorfish
![doctorfish](/image_library/fish/doctorfishgpsmd.jpg)
![Doctorfish being cleaned by a juvenile French Angelfish](/image_library/fish/juvfrangelcleaningdoctorfishgpsmd.jpg)
(being cleaned by a juvenile French Angelfish)
|
Acanthurus chirurgus |
Blue Tang
![blue tang (Acanthurus coeruleus)](/image_library/fish/bluetangelhmd.jpg)
![Blue Tang (Acanthurus coeruleus)](/image_library/fish/bluetanggps.jpg)
![School of Blue Tang](/image_library/fish/bluetangschoolgpsmd.jpg)
![Juvenile Blue Tang (Acanthurus coeruleus)](/image_library/fish/juvbluetanggpsmd.jpg)
(juvenile)
|
Acanthurus coeruleus |
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Threadfin List
Threadfins
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Atlantic threadfin (juv) |
Polydactylus octonemus |
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Tilefish List
Tilefishes
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Blackline Tilefish |
Caulolatilus cyanops |
Sand Tilefish
![sand tilefish](/image_library/fish/sandtilefishgpsmd.jpg) |
Malacanthus plumieri |
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Triggerfish List
Triggerfishes
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Gray Triggerfish![Gray Triggerfish (Balistes capriscus)](/image_library/fish/graytriggerfishgpsmd.jpg) |
Balistes capriscus |
Queen Triggerfish![Queen Triggerfish (Balistes vetula)](/image_library/fish/queentriggerfishgpsmd.jpg) |
Balistes vetula |
Rough Triggerfish |
Canthidermis maculata |
Ocean Triggerfish
![Ocean Triggerfish (Canthidermis sufflamen)](/image_library/fish/oceantriggergpsmd.jpg)
![Ocean Triggerfish (Canthidermis sufflamen)](/image_library/fish/oceantriggerfishgpsmd.jpg)
![](/image_library/fish/oceantriggersnestinggpsmd.jpg)
(hovering over nesting areas in sand flat)
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Canthidermis sufflamen |
Black Durgon |
Melichthys niger |
Sargassum Triggerfish |
Xanthichthys ringens |
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Trumpetfish List
Trumpetfish
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Trumpetfish ![Trumpetfish (Aulostomus maculatus)](/image_library/fish/trumpetfishgpsmd.jpg) |
Aulostomus maculatus |
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Tripletail List
Tripletails
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Tripletail |
Lobotes surinamensis |
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Wrasse List
Wrasses
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Creole Wrasse
![creole wrasse](/image_library/fish/creolewrassegpsmd.jpg)
![Creole Wrasse (Clepticus parrae)](/image_library/fish/creolewrasse2gpsmd.jpg)
(night colors)
![Juvenile Creole Wrasse (Clepticus parrae)](/image_library/fish/juvcreolewrassegps.jpg)
(juvenile)
|
Bodianus parrae |
Spotfin Hogfish
![Spotfin Hogfish (Bodianus pulchellus)](/image_library/fish/spotfinhogfish2gpsmd.jpg)
(intermediate)
![juvenile spotfin hogfish](/image_library/fish/juvspotfinhogfishgpsmd.jpg)
(juvenile) |
Bodianus pulchellus |
Spanish Hogfish
![Spanish hogfish](/image_library/fish/sphogfishgpsmd.jpg)
(smaller adult)
![juvenile Spanish hogfish](/image_library/fish/juvsphogfishgpsmd.jpg)
(juvenile)
|
Bodianus rufus |
Red Hogfish |
Decodon puellaris |
Greenband Wrasse |
Halichoeres bathyphilus |
Slippery Dick |
Halichoeres bivittatus |
Mardis Gras Wrasse
![mardi gras wrasse male](/image_library/fish/mardigraswrassegpsmd.jpg)
(terminal phase)
![red phase of mardi gras wrasse](/image_library/fish/redmardigraswrassegpsmd.jpg)
(initial phase)
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Halichoeres burekae |
Painted Wrasse |
Halichoeres caudalis |
Yellowcheek Wrasse |
Halichoeres cyanocephalus |
Yellowhead Wrasse
(terminal and initial phases)
![Yellowhead Wrasse (Halichoeres garnoti)](/image_library/fish/yellowheadwrassesbmd.jpg)
(intermediate and terminal phases)
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Halichoeres garnoti |
Clown Wrasse |
Halichoeres maculipinna |
Rainbow Wrasse |
Halichoeres pictus |
Blackear Wrasse
![Blackear Wrasse (Halichoeres poeyi)](/image_library/fish/blackearwrassesb.jpg)
(terminal phase) |
Halichoeres poeyi |
Puddingwife |
Halichoeres radiatus |
Hogfish |
Lachnolaimus maximus |
Bluehead Wrasse
![bluehead wrasses terminal and initial phases](/image_library/fish/blueheadwrasseselhmd.jpg)
(terminal and initial phases)
![Initial phase Bluehead Wrasse (Thalassoma bifasciatum)](/image_library/fish/blueheadjemd.jpg)
(initial phase)
|
Thalassoma bifasciatum |
Green Razorfish |
Xyrichtys splendens |
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