Caribbean Fish — A to K

All photos copyright by Martin Holladay and Karyn Patno.

Almaco jack – Seriola rivoliana
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 spadefish – Chaetodipterus faber
Atlantic threadfin herring – Opisthonema oglinum – St. Martin
Atlantic trumpetfish – Aulostomus maculatus – St. Martin
Atlantic trumpetfish – Aulostomus maculatus – St. Barts
Atlantic trumpetfish – Aulostomus maculatus – Saint Martin
Ballyhoo – Hemiramphus brasiliensis – St. Martin
Ballyhoo – Hemiramphus brasiliensis
Banded butterflyfish -Chaetodon striatus – St. Barts
Banded butterflyfish -Chaetodon striatus – St. Barts
Banded butterflyfish -Chaetodon striatus
Banded coral shrimp – Stenopus hispidus
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
Bearded fireworm – Hermodice carunculata – Saint Martin
Beaugregory juvenile – Stegastes leucostictus – St. Barts
Beaugregory juvenile – Stegastes leucostictus – St. Martin
Beaugregory juvnile – Stegastes leucostictus
Bermuda chub – Kyphosus sectatrix – Bonaire
Bicolor damselfish – Stegastes partitus – St. Barts
Bigeye – Priacanthus arenatus
Blackbar soldierfish – Myripristis jacobus – St. Martin
Blackbar soldierfish – Myripristis jacobus
Black durgon – Melichthys niger
Black durgon – Melichthys niger – Sint Eustatius
Blackear wrasse – Halichoeres poeyi – St. Barts
Blackear wrasse – Halichoeres poeyi
Blackear wrasse juvenile – Halichoeres poeyi – Roatan
Black grouper – Mycteroperca bonaci – St. Barts
Black grouper – Mycteroperca bonaci – Roatan
Black hamlet – Hypoplectrus nigricans
Black hamlet – Hypoplectrus nigricans
Black margate – Anisotremus surinamensis – Bonaire
Black margate – Black margate – Anisotremus surinamensis – St. Barts
Blistered saucer leaf alga – Turbinaria turbinata.jpg
Blue chromis – Chromis cyanea – St. Barts
Blue chromis – Chromis cyanea – St. Barts
Blue chromis – Chromis cyanea
Bluehead wrasse – Thalassoma bifasciatum – St. Barts
Bluehead wrasse – Thalassoma bifasciatum
Bluehead wrasse – 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
Bluestriped grunt – Haemulon sciurus – St. Martin
Bluestriped grunt – Haemulon sciurus
Blue tang – Acanthurus coeruleus – St. Martin
Blue tang – Acanthurus coeruleus – St. Martin
Blue tang juvenile – Acanthurus coeruleus – St. Barts
Blue tangs – Acanthurus coeruleus – Sint Eustatius
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 – Bonaire
Brassy chub – Kyphosus vaigiensis – Grand Bahama Island
Bridled burrfish – Chilomycterus antennatus – Roatan
Bridled burrfish – Chilomycterus antennatus – Roatan
Bridled goby – Coryphopterus glaucofraenum – Roatan
Bristle ball brush – Penicillus dumetosus.jpg
Brown chromis – Chromis multilineata
Brown chromis – Chromis multilineata – Sint Eustatius
Bucktooth parrotfish – Sparisoma radians – Saint Martin
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 – Guadeloupe
Caribbean reef octopus – Octopus briareus – St. Martin
Caribbean reef octopus – Octopus briareus – Guadeloupe
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.jpg
Caribbean sea mat – Palythoa caribaeorum
Caribbean spiny lobster – Panulirus argus – Roatan
Caribbean spiny lobster – Panulirus argus – Roatan
Caribbean spiny lobster – Panulirus argus
Caribbean vase – Vasum muricata – St. Barts
Carved star shell – Lithopoma caelatum – Saint Martin
Cero – Scomberomorus regalis – St. Martin
Cero – Scomberomorus regalis – St. Martin
Chain moray – Echidna catenata – Sint Maarten
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
Clown wrasse – Halichoeres maculipinna – St. Martin
Clown wrasse – Halichoeres maculipinna – St. Barts
Clown wrasse – Halichoeres maculipinna
Cocoa damselfish – Stegastes xanthurus – St. Martin
Cocoa damselfish – Stegastes xanthurus
Common comet sea star – Linckia guildingi
Common comet sea star – Linckia guildingi
Coney – Cephalopholis fulva – St. Martin
Coney – golden variation – Cephalopholis fulva – St. Barts
Coney – nuptial phase – Cephalopholis fulva – St. Barts
Bicolor coney
Coney – Cephalopholis fulva – St. Barts
Coney – Cephalopholis fulva – St. Barts
Corocoro – Orthopristis scapularis – Anguilla
Corocoro – Orthopristis scapularis – St. Martin
Cottonwick – Haemulon melanurum
Creole fish – Paranthias furcifer – Bonaire
Creole wrasse – Clepticus parrae – Roatan
Creole wrasse – Clepticus parrae – Roatan
Crevalle jack – Caranx hippos – St. Barts
Cubera snapper – Lutjanus cyanopterus – St. Barts
Cubera snapper – Lutjanus cyanopterus – St. Barts
Dash goby – Ctenogobius saepepallens – Roatan
Downy blenny – Labrisomus kalisherae – Roatan
Doctorfish – Acanthurus chirurgus – St. Martin
Doctorfish – Acanthurus chirurgus
Donkey dung sea cucumber – Holothuria mexicana – Saint Martin
Donkey dung sea cucumber – Holothuria mexicana – Saint Martin
Dusky damselfish – Stegastes adustus – St. Martin
Dusky damselfish juvenile – Stegastes adustus – St. Martin
Dusky squirrelfish – Sargocentron vexillarium – St. Martin
Dusky squirrelfish – Sargocentron vexillarium
Elkhorn coral – Acropora palmata – Sint Maarten
Fairy basslet – Gramma loreto – Roatan
Fairy basslet – Gramma loreto – Bonaire
Flagfin mojarra – Eucinostomus melanopterus – Saint Martin
Flamefish – Apogon maculatus – St. Martin
Flamefish – Apogon maculatus
Flamingo tongue – Cyphoma gibbosum – Sint Eustatius
Flat needlefish – Ablennes hians – St. Martin
Flying gurnard – Dactylopterus volitans – St. Martin
Flying gurnard – Dactylopterus volitans – 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 – St. Barts
French angelfish juvenile – Pomacanthus paru
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
Giant anemone – Condylactis gigantea
Giant anemone – Condylactis gigantea
Giant barrel sponge – Xestospongia muta – Sint Maarten
Glasseye snapper – Heteropriacanthus cruentatus – St. Martin
Glasseye snapper – Heteropriacanthus cruentatus – St. Barts
Glassy sweeper – Pempheris schomburgkii – St. Martin
Goldline blenny – Malacoctenus aurolineatus
Goldentail moray – Gymnothorax miliaris – Bonaire
Goldentail moray – Gymnothorax miliaris – St. Martin
Goldline blenny – Malacoctenus aurolineatus – St. Barts
Goldspotted eel – Myrichthys ocellatus – Saint Martin
Goldspotted eel – Myrichthys ocellatus – St. Barts
Golfball coral – Favia fragum
Gray angelfish – Pomacanthus arcuatus
Gray angelfish – Pomacanthus arcuatus – St. Martin
Gray angelfish – Pomacanthus arcuatus – St. Barts
Graysby – Cephalopholis cruentata – St. Martin
Graysby – Cephalopholis cruentata – Bonaire
Gray snapper – Lutjanus griseus – St. Martin
Gray snapper – Lutjanus griseus – St. Barts
Gray snapper – Lutjanus griseus
Great barracuda – Rypticus saponaceus – St. Barts
Great barracuda – Sphyraena barracuda – Roatan
Great barracuda – Sphyraena barracuda – St. Barts
Great Caribbean clam – Tellina magna
Greater soapfish – Rypticus saponaceus – St. Martin
Greater soapfish – Rypticus saponaceus – St. Barts
Greater soapfish – Rypticus saponaceus – St. Barts
Green mermaids wine glass – Acetabularia calyculus
Green moray – Gymnothorax funebris – Bonaire
Green moray – Gymnothorax funebris – Curacao
Green razorfish – Xyrichtys splendens
Green sea turtle – Chelonia mydas – Bonaire
Green sea turtle – Chelonia mydas – Bonaire
Green sea turtle – Chelonia mydas
Hairy blenny – Labrisomus nuchipinnis – St. Martin
Hairy blenny – courting male – Labrisomus nuchipinnis – St. Martin
Hairy blenny – Labrisomus nuchipinnis – St. Martin
Harlequin bass – Serranus tigrinus – Roatan
Hawksbill turtle – Eretmochelys imbricata – St. Barts
Hawksbill turtle – Eretmochelys imbricata
Highhat – Pareques acuminatus – St. Martin
Highhat juvenile – Pareques acuminatus
Hogfish – Lachnolaimus maximus – St. Martin
Hogfish – Lachnolaimus maximus – Saint Martin
Hogfish – Lachnolaimus maximus
Honeycomb cowfish – Acanthostracion polygonius – St. Barts
Honeycomb cowfish – Acanthostracion polygonius – St. Barts
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
Indigo hamlet – Hypoplectrus indigo – Roatan