Fish Photos

Photographs by
Lance Horn (National Undersea Research Program, Wilmington) and
George Dennis (U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Vero Beach)

Acanthurus chirurgus - doctorfish Apogon maculatus - flamefish
   
   
Apogon pseudomaculatus - Two spot cardinalfish Balistes capriscus - gray triggerfish
   
   
Cantherhines macrocerus - whitespotted filefish Opsanus pardus - leopard toadfish
   
   
Parablennius marmoreus - seaweed blenny
(striped phase)
Parablennius marmoreus - seaweed blenny
(yellow phase)
   
   
Seriola dumerili - greater amberjack Seriola rivoliana - almaco jack
   
   
Chaetodon ocellatus - spotfin butterflyfish Chaetodon sedentarius - bank butterflyfish
   
   
Coryphopterus puntipectophorus - spotted goby Elacatinus oceanops - neon goby
   
   
Elacantinus xanthiprora - yellowprow goby Ptereleotris calliura - blue dartfish
   
   
Haemulon aurolineatum - tomtate Holocentrus adscensionis - squirrelfish
   
   
Sargocentron bullisi - deepwater squirrelfish Bodianus rufus - Spanish hogfish
   
   
Halichoeres bivittatus - slippery dick
(initial phase)
Halichoeres caudalis - painted wrasse
   
   
Thalassoma bifasciatum - bluehead
(initial and terminal phases)
Lachnolaimus maximus - hogfish
(terminal phase)
   
   
Lutjanus griseus - gray snapper Lutjanus campechanus - Red snapper
   
   
Myrichthys breviceps - sharptail eel Opistognathus aurifrons - yellowhead jawfish
   
   
Pristygenys alta - short bigeye Acanthostracion polygonia - honeycomb cowfish
   
   
Acanthostracion quadricornis - scrawled cowfish Holacanthus bermudensis - blue anglefish
   
   
Holacanthus bermudensis - blue angelfish
(juvenile)
Holacanthus tricolor - rock beauty
   
   
Pomacanthus arcuatus - gray angelfish Chromis enchrysura - yellowtail reeffish
   
   
Chromis scotti - purple reeffish Chromis scotti - purple reeffish
(dark phase and juvenile)
   
   
Chromis scotti - purple reeffish
(mottled phase)
Stegastes variabilis-cocoa damselfish
(adult)
   
   
Stegastes variabilis - cocoa damselfish
(juvenile)
Stegastes partitus - bicolor damselfish
   
   
Cryptotomus roseus - bluelip parrotfish Sparisoma atomarium - greenblotch parrotfish
(initial phase)
   
   
Scarus cf. iseri - striped parrotfish
(terminal phase)
Scarus cf. iseri - striped parrotfish
(initial phase)
   
   
Sparisoma atomarium - greenblotch parrotfish
(terminal phase)
Sparisoma aurofrenatum - greenblotch parrotfish
(initial phase)
   
   
Equetus lanceolatus - jackknife-fish Pareques umbrosus - cubbyu
(light phase)
   
   
Pareques umbrosus - cubbyu
(dark phase)
Scorpaena plumieri - spotted scorpionfish
   
   
Centropristis ocyurus - bank sea bass Cephalopholis cruentata - graysby
   
   
Epinephelus drummondhayi - speckled hind Epinephelus morio - red grouper
   
   
Hypoplectrus puella - barred hamlet Mycteroperca phenax - scamp
   
   
Mycteroperca microlepis - gag Rypticus maculatus - whitespotted soapfish
   
   
Serranus annularis - orangeback bass Serranus phoebe - tattler
   
   
Serranus phoebe - tattler Calamus nodosus - Knobbed porgy
   
   
Pagrus pagrus - Red Porgy Synodus intermedius - sand diver
   
   
Synodus synodus - red lizardfish Canthigaster rostrata - sharpnose puffer
   
   
Sphoeroides spengleri - bandtail puffer Diodon holocanthus - balloonfish