| . | Queen Angelfish (adult)
dark blue crown ringed in brilliant blue
yellow tail |
| . | Queen Angelfish (juvenile)
blue curved body bars |
| . | Blue Angelfish (adult)
fins bordered in yellow |
| . | Blue Angelfish (juvenile)
body bars straight |
| . | French Angelfish (adult)
black with yellow rims on scales
rounded tail |
| . | French Angelfish (juvenile)
yellow oval on curved tail |
| . | Gray Angelfish (adult)
gray body with black scales
square cut tail with light margin
yellow inner face of pectoral |
| . | Gray Angelfish (juvenile)
square cut tail with light margin |
| . | Rock Beauty (adult)
black body
yellow forebody and tail |
| . | Rock beauty (juvenile)
black spot ringed in brilliant blue |
| . | Banded Butterflyfish
two black midbody bands |
| . | Foureye Butterflyfish
black spot in ringed white |
| . | Spotfin Butterflyfish
black spot on edge of rear dorsal
all fins except for pectoral bright yellow |
| . | Reef Butterflyfish
broad dark area on rear body |
| . | Longsnout Butterflyfish
long pointed snout
yellow to black bar runs to eye but not below |
| . | Blue Tang (adult)
white to yellow spine |
| . | Blue Tang (juvenile)
bright yellow all over |
| . | Ocean Surgeonfish
pectoral fin is translucent, often yellow-ish
ocean has white band on base of tail w black dash above |
| . | Doctorfish
dark area at base of pectoral fin
may show faint or bold body bars |
| . | Bar Jack
back and bright blue boarder on back and lower tail |
| . | Permit
dark pectoral
high back profile
orangish area in front of anal fin |
| . | Great Barracuda
underslung jaw with large teeth
long cylindrical body, often with scattered black blotches on side |
| . | Sheepshead Porgy
small black spot on pectoral base
slight overbite
edge of tail black |
| . | Saucereye Porgy
bluish saucer-shaped line under eye
corners of mouth yellow
bluish blotch on pectoral base |
| . | Jolthead Porgy
long sloping head
large mouth with thick lips |
| . | Pluma Porgy
blue rectangular stripe behind eye
dorsal fin yellow tips at front |
| . | Chub
football shaped body |
| . | French Grunt
diagonal yellow stripes below lateral line |
| . | Bluestriped Grunt
blue stripes w black edges
dark tail and rear dorsal |
| . | Smallmouth Grunt
5 or 6 yellow stripes
small cylindrical body |
| . | White Grunt
yellow and blue stripes on head
all fins whiteish
checkered pattern on body scales |
| . | Caeser Grunt
thin yellow stripes
darkish rear fins |
| . | Spanish Grunt
yellow saddle on base of tail
black stripes on upper body
yellowish green back |
| . | Tomtate
thick gold line at midbody, thinner line at back
usually dark spot on base of caudal fin |
| . | Cottonwick
black stripe runs from snout to eye
black diagonal stripe on back runs onto tail forming a V |
| . | Sailors Choice
black spots on scales form diagonal bands
gold ring around eye |
| . | Black Margate
black patch behind pectoral
high back profile |
| . | White Margate
small eye with white iris
high back profile |
| . | Porkfish
2 black bands on head
yellow nape
yellow fins
high back profile |
| . | Mutton Snapper
pointed anal fin
blue line below eye
usually has midbody spot |
| . | Cubera Snapper
thick lips and large teeth
largest snapper, often silvery gray with no markings but sometimes may have faint bars |
| . | Dog Snapper
pale triangular patch below eye |
| . | Mahogany Snapper
reddish margin on tail |
| . | Lane Snapper
narrow parallel stripes on body
usually dark blotch on body |
| . | Gray Snapper
grey often with no markings
occasionally dark band from lip through eye |
| . | Yellowtail Snapper
yellow midbody stripe merges into yellow forked tail |
| . | Schoolmaster
silvery to yellow body with all yellow tails
may have faint bars on back (especially when young) |
| . | Threespot Damselfish (adult)
yellow crescent over eye
spots on caudal fin base and pectoral fin base |
| . | Threespot Damselfish (juvenile)
brilliant yellow
black spots on caudal fin base and upper back |
| . | Yellowtail Damselfish (adult)
yellow tail
dark body with few brilliant blue spots |
| . | Yellowtail Damselfish (juvenile)
blue body with brilliant blue spots
clear caudal fin |
| . | Nassau Grouper
black saddle spot on base of caudal fin
diagonal lines on head
dark bars on body |
| . | Black Grouper
rectangular markings on back
pale edge on pectoral fins |
| . | Yellowfin Grouper
oval markings on back
yellow to pale outer edge of pectoral fins
dark margin on caudal fin |
| . | Yellowmouth Grouper
yellow on corners of mouth
pectoral margins pale |
