Caribbean Fish — A to E

All photos copyright by Martin Holladay and Karyn Patno.

African pompano – Alectis ciliaris – Saint Martin
African pompano – Alectis ciliaris – Saint Martin
Almaco jack – Seriola rivoliana
Almaco jack – Seriola rivoliana – St. Martin
Almaco jack – Seriola rivoliana – St. Barts
Anilocra haemuli isopod parasite – Anilocra haemuli – Saint Martin
Anilocra haemuli isopod parasite – Anilocra haemuli – Saint Martin
Arrow crab – Stenorhynchus seticornis
Arrow crab – Stenorhynchus seticornis – St. Martin
Arrow crab – Stenorhynchus seticornis
Atlantic bumper – Chloroscombrus chrysurus – St. Martin
Atlantic ghost crab – Ocypode quadrata – Saint Martin
Atlantic ghost crab – Ocypode quadrata – Saint Martin
Atlantic gray cowrie – Luria cinerea – Martinique
Atlantic gray cowrie – Luria cinerea – Martinique
Atlantic spadefish – Chaetodipterus faber – St. Barts
Atlantic spadefish – Chaetodipterus faber
Atlantic spadefish – Chaetodipterus faber – Saint Martin
Atlantic thread herring – Opisthonema oglinum – Martinique
Atlantic thread herring – Opisthonema oglinum – St. Martin
Atlantic trumpetfish – Aulostomus maculatus – St. Martin
Atlantic trumpetfish – Aulostomus maculatus – St. Barts
Atlantic trumpetfish – Aulostomus maculatus – Saint Martin
Balloonfish – Diodon holocanthus – Martinique
Balloonfish – Diodon holocanthus – Martinique
Ballyhoo – Hemiramphus brasiliensis – St. Martin
Ballyhoo – Hemiraphus brasiliensis
Ballyhoo – Hemiramphus brasiliensis
Banded butterflyfish -Chaetodon striatus – St. Barts
Banded butterflyfish -Chaetodon striatus – St. Barts
Banded butterflyfish -Chaetodon striatus
Banded coral shrimp – Stenopus hispidus
Banded coral shrimp – Stenopus hispidus
Banded coral shrimp – Stenopus hispidus – St. Martin
Bandtail puffer – Spheroides spengleri
Bar jack – Carangoides ruber – St. Barts
Bar jack – Carangoides ruber
Barred cardinalfish – Apogon binotatus – Curacao
Barred hamlet – Hypoplectrus puella
Barred hamlet – Hypoplectrus puella – Roatan
Basket star – Astrophyton muricatum – Bonaire
Batwing coral crab – Carpilius corallinus – Sint Eustatius
Beaded sea cucumber – Euapta lappa – Martinique
Bearded fireworm – Hermodice carunculata – Saint Martin
Bearded fireworm – Hermodice carunculata
Beaugregory – Stegastes leucostictus
Beaugregory juvenile – Stegastes leucostictus – St. Barts
Beaugregory juvenile – Stegastes leucostictus – St. Martin
Beaugregory juvnile – Stegastes leucostictus
Beaugregory juvenile – Stegastes leucostictus – Roatan
Beaugregory juvenile – Stegastes leucostictus – Anguilla
Bermuda chub – Kyphosus sectatrix – Bonaire
Bermuda chub – Kyphosus sectatrix – Bonaire
Bicolor damselfish – Stegastes partitus – St. Barts
Bicolor damselfish – Stegastes partitus
Bigeye – Priacanthus arenatus
Blackbar soldierfish – Myripristis jacobus – St. Martin
Blackbar soldierfish – Myripristis jacobus
Blackbar soldierfish – Myripristis jacobus – St. Martin
Black durgon – Melichthys niger – Grand Bahama
Black durgon – Melichthys niger – Sint Eustatius
Black durgon – Melichthys niger – Sint Eustatius
Blackear wrasse – Halichoeres poeyi – St. Barts
Blackear wrasse – Halichoeres poeyi
Blackear wrasse – Halichoeres poeyi
Blackear wrasse juvenile – Halichoeres poeyi – Roatan
Blackear wrasse – Halichoeres poeyi – Saint Martin
Black grouper – Mycteroperca bonaci – Roatan
Black grouper – Mycteroperca bonaci – St. Barts
Black grouper – Mycteroperca bonaci – Roatan
Black grouper – Mycteroperca bonaci – Grand Bahama
Black hamlet – Hypoplectrus nigricans
Black hamlet – Hypoplectrus nigricans
Black margate – Anisotremus surinamensis – Bonaire
Black margate – Anisotremus surinamensis – St. Barts
Black margate – Anisotremus surinamensis – Saint Martin
Blistered saucer leaf alga – Turbinaria turbinata
Blue chromis – Chromis cyanea – St. Barts
Blue chromis – Chromis cyanea – St. Barts
Blue chromis – Chromis cyanea
Bluehead wrasse – Thalassoma bifasciatum – Sint Maarten
Bluehead wrasse – Thalassoma bifasciatum – St. Barts
Bluehead wrasse – Thalassoma bifasciatum – Saint Martin
Bluehead wrasse – Thalassoma bifasciatum
Bluehead wrasse – intermediate – Thalassoma bifasciatum
Bluehead wrasse juvenile – Thalassoma bifasciatum – St. Martin
Bluelip hamlet – Hypoplectrus liberte
Blue runner – Caranx crysos – St. Barts
Blue runner – Caranx crysos – St. Martin
Blue runner – Caranx crysos – Martinique
Blue runner – Caranx crysos – Martinique
Blue runner – Caranx crysos – Saint Martin
Bluestriped grunt – Haemulon sciurus – St. Barts
Bluestriped grunt – Haemulon sciurus – St. Martin
Bluestriped grunt – Haemulon sciurus – Saint Martin
Blue tang – Acanthurus coeruleus – St. Martin
Blue tang – Acanthurus coeruleus – St. Martin
Blue tang – Acanthurus coeruleus – St. Barts
Blue tangs – Acanthurus coeruleus – Sint Eustatius
Blue tang – juvenile – Acanthurus coeruleus – St. Martin
Blue tang juvenile – Acanthurus coeruleus – St. Barts
Blue tang juvenile – Acanthurus coeruleus – Saint Martin
Blue tang juvenile – Acanthurus coeruleus – Saint Martin
Blunt-spined brittle sea star – Ophiocoma echinata
Boga – Haemulon vittatum – St. Martin
Bonefish – Albula vulpes – Sint Maarten
Bonefish – Albula vulpes – Bonaire
Bonefish – Albula vulpes – Sint Maarten
Branching vase sponge – Callyspongia aculeata – Martinique
Brassy chub – Kyphosus vaigiensis – Grand Bahama Island
Brazilian reef octopus – Octopus insularis -Guadeloupe
Brazilian reef octopus – Octopus insularis – Guadeloupe
Brazilian reef octopus – Octopus insularis – Guadeloupe
Brazilian reef octopus – Octopus insularis – Martinique
Bridled burrfish – Chilomycterus antennatus – Roatan
Bridled burrfish – Chilomycterus antennatus – Roatan
Bridled goby – Coryphopterus glaucofraenum – Roatan
Bridled goby – Coryphopterus glaucofraenum
Bristle ball brush – Penicillus dumetosus
Brown chromis – Chromis multilineata
Brown chromis – Chromis multilineata – Sint Eustatius
Brown chromis – Chromis multilineata – St. Barts
Bucktooth parrotfish – Sparisoma radians – Saint Martin
Bucktooth parrotfish – Sparisoma radians – Martinique
Buffalo trunkfish – Lactophrys trigonus – St. Martin
Buffalo trunkfish – Lactophrys trigonus
Butter hamlet – Hypoplectrus unicolor – Saint Martin
Butter hamlet – Hypoplectrus unicolor – Saint Martin
Caesar grunt – Haemulon carbonarium – St. Barts
Caesar grunt – Haemulon carbonarium – St. Martin
Caribbean reef octopus – Octopus briareus – St. Barts
Caribbean reef octopus – Octopus briareus – St. Martin
Caribbean reef shark – Carcharhinus perezii
Caribbean reef shark – Carcharhinus perezii
Caribbean reef squid – Sepioteuthis sepioidea – St. Martin
Caribbean reef squid – Sepioteuthis sepioidea – St. Barts
Caribbean reef squid – Sepioteuthis sepioidea
Caribbean reef squid – Sepioteuthis sepioidea – St. Barts
Caribbean reef squid – Sepioteuthis sepioidea – St. Barts
Caribbean reef squid – Sepioteuthis sepioidea – Guadeloupe
Caribbean reef squid – Sepioteuthis sepioidea – St. Martin
Caribbean reef squid juvenile – Sepioteuthis sepioidea
Caribbean reef squid juvenile – Sepioteuthis sepioidea – St. Martin
Caribbean sea mat – Palythoa caribaeorum
Caribbean spiny lobster – Panulirus argus – Roatan
Caribbean spiny lobster – Panulirus argus – Roatan
Caribbean spiny lobster – Panulirus argus – Roatan
Caribbean spiny lobster – Panulirus argus
Caribbean upsidedown jelly – Cassiopea frondosa – Martinique
Caribbean upside-down jellyfish – Cassiopea xamachana
Caribbean vase – Vasum muricata – St. Barts
Carved star shell – Lithopoma caelatum – Saint Martin
Cero – Scomberomorus regalis – St. Martin
Cero – Scomberomorus regalis – Martinique
Cero – Scomberomorus regalis – St. Martin
Chain moray – Echidna catenata – Sint Maarten
Chain moray – Echidna catenata – St. Martin
Chain moray – Echidna catenata – Sint Maarten
Chain moray – Echidna catenata – Sint Maarten
Checkered puffer – Sphoeroides testudineus – Grand Bahama Island
Chocolate chip sea cucumber – Isostichopus badionotus – Saint Martin
Christmas tree worm – Spirobranchus giganteus – Saint Martin
Christmas tree worm – Spirobranchus giganteus
Clown wrasse – Halichoeres maculipinna – St. Martin
Clown wrasse – Halichoeres maculipinna – St. Barts
Clown wrasse – Halichoeres maculipinna
Clown wrasse – St. Martin
Clown wrasse juvenile – Halichoeres maculipinna – St. Barts
Cocoa damselfish – Stegastes xanthurus – St. Martin
Cocoa damselfish – Stegastes xanthurus – St. Martin
Cocoa damselfish – Stegastes xanthurus
Cocoa damselfish – Stegastes xanthurus – St. Barts
Common comet sea star – Linckia guildingi
Common comet sea star – Linckia guildingi
Common mantis shrimp – Pseudosquilla ciliata – Saint Martin
Coney – Cephalopholis fulva – Bonaire
Coney – Cephalopholis fulva – St. Barts
Coney – Cephalopholis fulva – St. Martin
Coney – golden variation – Cephalopholis fulva – St. Barts
Coney – nuptial phase – Cephalopholis fulva – St. Barts
Coney – golden variation – Cephalopholis fulva – St. Barts
Bicolor coney
Coney – Cephalopholis fulva – St. Barts
Coney – Cephalopholis fulva – St. Barts
Corocoro – Orthopristis scapularis – Anguilla
Corocoro -Cephalopholis fulva – St. Martin
Corcoro – Cephalopholis fulva – Sint Maarten
Cottonwick – Haemulon melanurum
Creole fish – Paranthias furcifer – Bonaire
Creole fish – Paranthias furcifer – Bonaire
Creole wrasse – Clepticus parrae – Roatan
Creole wrasse – Clepticus parrae – Roatan
Creole wrasse – Clepticus parrae – Roatan
Creole wrasse – Clepticus parrae – St. Barts
Crevalle jack – Caranx hippos – St. Barts
Crevalle jack – Caranx hippos – Martinique
Cubera snapper – Lutjanus cyanopterus – St. Barts
Cubera snapper – Lutjanus cyanopterus – St. Barts
Cubera snapper – Lutjanus cyanopterus – Bonaire
Dash goby – Ctenogobius saepepallens – Roatan
Doctorfish – Acanthurus chirurgus – St. Martin
Doctorfish – Acanthurus chirurgus
Dog snapper – Lutjanus jocu
Donkey dung sea cucumber – Holothuria mexicana – Saint Martin
Donkey dung sea cucumber – Holothuria mexicana – Saint Martin
Downy blenny – Labrisomus kalisherae – Roatan
Dusky damselfish – Stegastes adustus – St. Martin
Dusky damselfish – Stegastes adustus – Saint Martin
Dusky damselfish juvenile – Stegastes adustus – St. Martin
Dusky damselfish juvenile – Stegastes adustus – Saint Martin
Dusky damselfish juvenile – Stegastes adustus – St. Barts
Dusky damselfish juvenile – Stegastes adustus – St. Barts
Dusky squirrelfish – Sargocentron vexillarium – St. Martin
Dusky squirrelfish – Sargocentron vexillarium
Dusky squirrelfish – Sargocentron vexillarium
Elkhorn coral – Acropora palmata – Sint Maarten