Caribbean Fish — F to K

All photos copyright by Martin Holladay and Karyn Patno.

Fairy basslet – Royal gramma – Gramma loreto – Roatan
Fairy basslet – Royal gramma – Gramma loreto – St. Barts
Fairy basslet – Royal gramma – Gramma loreto – St. Barts
Fairy basslet – Royal gramma – Gramma loreto – Bonaire
Fairy basslet – Royal gramma – Gramma loreto
Fairy basslet – Royal gramma – Gramma loreto – St. Martin
Fairy basslet – Royal gramma – Gramma loreto
Fat sea biscuit – Clypeaster rosaceus – Sint Maarten
Finger coral – Porites porites – Sint Maarten
Fire sponge – Tedania ignis – Saint Martin
Five-toothed sea cucumber – Actinopyga agassizii – Martinique
Flagfin mojarra – Eucinostomus melanopterus – Saint Martin
Flamefish – Apogon maculatus
Flamefish – Apogon maculatus – St. Martin
Flame helmet snail – Cassis flammea – Saint Martin
Flame helmet snail – Cassis flammea – Saint Martin
Flame helmet snail – Cassis flammea – Sint Maarten
Flamingo tongue snail – Cyphoma gibbosum – Martinique
Flamingo tongue snail – Cyphoma gibbosum – Saint Martin
Flamingo tongue snail – Cyphoma gibbosum – Saint Martin
Flamingo tongue snail – Cyphoma gibbosum – Sint Eustatius
Flamingo tongue snail – Cyphoma gibbosum
Flat needlefish – Ablennes hians – St. Martin
Flying gurnard – Dactylopterus volitans – St. Martin
Flying gurnard – Dactylopterus volitans – Roatan
Flying gurnard – Dactylopterus volitans – Roatan
Flying gurnard – Dactylopterus volitans – Roatan
Flying gurnard – Dactylopterus volitans – Roatan
Foureye butterflyfish – Chaetodon capistratus – Roatan
Foureye butterflyfish – Chaetodon capistratus – Roatan
Foureye butterflyfish – Chaetodon capistratus – St. Martin
Foureye butterflyfish juvenile – Chaetodon capistratus – St. Martin
Freckled cardinalfish – Phaeoptyx conklini – Sint Maarten
French angelfish – Pomacanthus paru
French angelfish – Pomacanthus paru – Bonaire
French angelfish – Pomacanthus paru – St. Barts
French angelfish – Pomacanthus paru – St. Martin
French angelfish juvenile – Pomacanthus paru
French grunt – Haemulon flavolineatum – St. Martin
French grunt – Haemulon flavolineatum
French grunt – Haemulon flavolineatum – St. Barts
French grunt juvenile – Haemulon flavolineatum
French grunt juvenile – Haemulon flavolineatum – St. Barts
Fringed filefish – Monacanthus ciliatus
Furry sea cucumber – Astichopus multifidus – Saint Lucia
Giant anemone – Condylactis gigantea
Giant anemone – Condylactis gigantea
Giant anemone – Condylactis gigantea – Saint Martin
Giant anemone – Condylactis gigantea – Saint Martin
Giant barrel sponge – Xestospongia muta – Martinique
Giant barrel sponge – Xestospongia muta – Martinique
Giant barrel sponge – Xestospongia muta – Saint Lucia
Giant barrel sponge – Xestospongia muta – Sint Maarten
Giant basket star – Astrophyton muricatum – Martinique
Giant basket star – Astrophyton muricatum – Bonaire
Giant basket star – Astrophyton muricatum – Sint Maarten
Glasseye snapper – Heteropriacanthus cruentatus – Sint Maarten
Glasseye snapper – Heteropriacanthus cruentatus – St. Martin
Glasseye snapper – Heteropriacanthus cruentatus – St. Barts
Glasseye snapper – Heteropriacanthus cruentatus – St. Barts
Glassy sweeper – Pempheris schomburgkii – St. Martin
Glassy sweeper – Pempheris schomburgkii – Martinique
Golden crinoid – Davidaster rubiginosus – Martinique
Golden zoanthid – Parazoanthus swiftii – Saint Lucia
Goldline blenny – Malacoctenus aurolineatus
Goldline blenny – Malacoctenus aurolineatus
Goldline blenny – Malacoctenus aurolineatus – St. Martin
Goldentail moray – Gymnothorax miliaris – Bonaire
Goldentail moray – Gymnothorax miliaris – St. Martin
Goldline blenny – Malacoctenus aurolineatus – St. Barts
Goldspot goby – Gnatholepis thompsoni – Martinique
Goldspot goby – Gnatholepis thompsoni – Saint Lucia
Goldspot goby – Gnatholepis thompsoni – Roatan
Goldspotted eel – Myrichthys ocellatus – Martinique
Goldspotted eel – Myrichthys ocellatus – Martinique
Goldspotted eel – Myrichthys ocellatus – Saint Martin
Goldspotted eel – Myrichthys ocellatus – St. Barts
Golfball coral – Favia fragum – Sint Maarten
Granulated spider crab – Amphithrax aculeatus – Sint Maarten
Granulated spider crab – Amphithrax aculeatus – Sint Maarten
Gray angelfish – Pomacanthus arcuatus – Saint Barts
Gray angelfish – Pomacanthus arcuatus – Grand Bahama
Gray angelfish – Pomacanthus arcuatus – St. Barts
Gray angelfish – Pomacanthus arcuatus – St. Martin
Gray angelfish – Pomacanthus arcuatus – St. Barts
Graysby – Cephalophis cruentata – St. Barts
Graysby – Cephalophis cruentata – St. Barts
Graysby – Cephalopholis cruentata – St. Martin
Graysby – Cephalopholis cruentata – Bonaire
Gray snapper – Lutjanus griseus – St. Barts
Gray snapper – Lutjanus griseus – Sint Maarten
Gray snapper – Lutjanus griseus – Martinique
Gray snapper – Lutjanus griseus – St. Martin
Gray snapper – Lutjanus griseus – St. Barts
Gray snapper – Lutjanus griseus – Saint Martin
Great barracuda – Rypticus saponaceus – St. Barts
Great barracuda – Sphyraena barracuda – Roatan
Great barracuda – Sphyraena barracuda – St. Barts
Great barracuda – Rypticus saponaceus – Bonaire
Great Caribbean clam – Tellina magna
Greater soapfish – Rypticus saponaceus – St. Martin
Greater soapfish – Rypticus saponaceus – St. Barts
Greater soapfish – Rypticus saponaceus – St. Barts
Greater star coral – Montastraea cavernosa – Saint Lucia
Green feather alga – Caulerpa sertularioides – Saint Martin
Green finger sponge – Iotrochota birotulata – Sint Maarten
Green mermaid’s wine glass – Acetabularia calyculus – Sint Maarten
Green mermaid’s wine glass – Acetabularia calyculus – Sint Maarten
Green mermaid’s wine glass – Acetabularia calyculus – Sint Maarten
Green moray – Gymnothorax funebris – Sint Maarten
Green moray – Gymnothorax funebris – Bonaire
Green moray – Gymnothorax funebris – Curacao
Green razorfish – Xyrichtys splendens – Sint Maarten
Green razorfish – Xyrichtys splendens
Green razorfish – juvenile – Xyrichtys splendens – Sint Maarten
Green sea turtle – Chelonia mydas – Bonaire
Green sea turtle – Chelonia mydas – Bonaire
Green sea turtle – Chelonia mydas
Green sea turtle – Chelonia mydas – Saint Martin
Green sponge – Amphimedon viridis – Sint Maarten
Green sponge – Amphimedon viridis – Saint Barts
Green star shell – Lithopoma tuber – Sint Maarten
Green star shell – Lithopoma tuber – Sint Maarten
Grooved brain coral – Diploria labyrinthiformis – Sint Maarten
Hairy blenny – Labrisomus nuchipinnis – St. Martin
Hairy blenny – courting male – Labrisomus conditus – Martinique
Hairy blenny – courting male – Labrisomus nuchipinnis – St. Martin
Hairy blenny – Labrisomus nuchipinnis – St. Martin
Halisarca caerulea sponge – Halisarca caerulea – Guadeloupe
Harlequin bass – Serranus tigrinus – Roatan
Harlequin bass – Serranus tigrinus – Roatan
Harlequin bass – Serranus tigrinus – Bonaire
Harlequin bass – Serranus tigrinus – Martinique
Hawksbill turtle – Eretmochelys imbricata – St. Barts
Hawksbill turtle – Eretmochelys imbricata
Hawksbill turtle – Eretmochelys imbricata – St. Barts
Hawksbill turtle – Eretmochelys imbricata – St. Barts
Highhat – Pareques acuminatus – St. Martin
Highhat – Pareques acuminatus – Saint Martin
Highhat juvenile – Pareques acuminatus
Highhat – Pareques acuminatus – St. Martin
Highhat juvenile – Pareques acuminatus – St. Martin
High-veined encrusting sponge – Spirastrella hartmani – Saint Martin
Hogfish – Lachnolaimus maximus – St. Martin
Hogfish – Lachnolaimus maximus
Hogfish – Lachnolaimus maximus – Saint Martin
Hogfish – Lachnolaimus maximus – Bonaire
Hogfish – Lachnolaimus maximus
Honeycomb cowfish – Acanthostracion polygonius – St. Barts
Honeycomb cowfish – Acanthostracion polygonius – Saint Martin
Honeycomb cowfish – Acanthostracion polygonius – St. Martin
Honeycomb cowfish – Acanthostracion polygonius – St. Barts
Horse-eye jack – Caranx latus – St. Martin
Horse-eye jack – Caranx latus – St. Barts
Horse-eye jack – Caranx latus – Sint Maarten
Horse-eye jack – Caranx latus – St. Martin
Horse-eye jack – Caranx latus – Bonaire
Houndfish – Tylosurus crocodilus
Houndfish – Tylosurus crocodilus – Saint Martin
Imitatior blenny – Malacoctenus erdmani – Saint Martin
Indigo hamlet – Hypoplectrus indigo – Roatan
Indigo hamlet – Hypoplectrus indigo – Roatan
Indo-Pacific swimming crab – Charybdis hellerii – Sint Maarten
Interrupted periwinkle snail – Echinolittorina interrupta – Sint Maarten
Keeltail needlefish – Platybelone argalus – Saint Martin
King helmet snail – Cassis tuberosa – Saint Martin
King helmet snail – Cassis tuberosa – Saint Martin
Knobby brain coral – Pseudodiploria clivosa – Saint Lucia
Knobbly zoanthid – Isaurus tuberculatus – Saint Lucia
Knobbly zoanthid – Isaurus tuberculatus – Sint Maarten