1. Fish Identification

2. Identification Group #1
Disks & Ovals/Colorful
Thin-bodies with round or oval profiles
All have small mouths & are generally quite colorful

12. Identification Group #2
Silvery: Jack – Porgy – Others
Silver to grey in color & generally unpatterned
Several have greenish, yellowish, & bluish tints with occasional markings
All have forked tails

16. Tarpon

18. Identification Group #3
Sloping Head/ Tapering Body – Grunt – Snapper
Basic “fishlike” shape
Relatively large mouths
Notched tails

25. Identification Group #4
Small Ovals – Damselfish
Small fish with oval profile

28. Identification Group #5
Heavy Bodied – Large Lips – Grouper & Sea Bass
Strong, well-built “bass like” bodies
Large mouth & lips
Jutting lower jaw
Long continuous dorsal fin – divided into 2 parts
Fore part is developed into spines
Rear is soft & flexible

30. Red Grouper

34. Identification Group #6
Swim with Pectoral fins/Obvious Scales
Parrotfish – Wrasse – Hogfish
Primarily use pectoral fins to swim
Even rows of large noticeable scales
Beak-like mouth

37. Rainbow Parrotfish

41. Spanish Hogfish

42. Blue Head Wrasse

43. Identification Group #7
Reddish/Big Eyes
Pale red to reddish brown
Large eyes
Generally nocturnal feeders
Hide in dark recesses during the day

45. Identification Group #8
Small Elongated Bottom Dwellers
Goby – Blenny
Long cylindrical bodies
Spend most of the time perched on the bottom or in small holes with only their heads protruding
Few species drift just above the bottom

46. Neon Goby

47. Cleaning Goby

48. Red Lip Blenny

49. Identification Group #9
Odd shaped bottom dwellers
Flounder – Scorpionfish

50. Peacock Flounder

51. Reef Scorpionfish

52. Identification Group #10
Odd-shaped swimmers
Puffer – Boxfish – Triggers – Filefish
Do not have typical fish body shape

60. Identification Group #11
Eels
Long, snake-like bodies
Generally found along the bottom in dark reef recesses or in sand

62. Identification Group #12
Sharks & Rays
Skeleton composed of cartilage instead of bone
Small hard scales that give them a sand papery feel

64. Reef Shark