• Guides
  • GTM Research Reserve Fish Guide
Offline access enabled

GTM Research Reserve Fish Guide

This a Field Guide of Fish that have been site verified.

Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve (GTM Research Reserve) is dedicated to the conservation of natural biodiversity and cultural resources through research and monitoring to guide science-based stewardship ...more ↓

Southern Stingray 1
Dasyatis americana
Atlantic Stingray 2
Dasyatis sabina
Clearnose Skate 3
Raja eglanteria
Atlantic Guitarfish 4
Rhinobatos lentiginosus
Manta Ray 5
Manta birostris
Cow-nosed Ray 6
Rhinoptera bonasus
Smooth Butterfly Ray 7
Gymnura micrura
Scalloped Hammerhead 8
Sphyrna lewini
Great Hammerhead 2
Sphyrna mokarran
Shovelhead
Sphyrna tiburo
Spinner Shark 9
Carcharhinus brevipinna
Bull Shark 10
Carcharhinus leucas
Blacktip Shark 11
Carcharhinus limbatus
Sandbar Shark 12
Carcharhinus plumbeus
Lemon Shark 13
Negaprion brevirostris
filefishes, foolfishes 14
Monacanthus
Scrawled Cowfish 9
Acanthostracion quadricornis
Buffalo Trunkfish 15
Lactophrys trigonus
Northern Puffer 16
Sphoeroides maculatus
Southern Puffer 14
Sphoeroides nephelus
Checkered Puffer 17
Sphoeroides testudineus
Spiny Porcupinefish 18
Diodon holocanthus
Grey Triggerfish 19
Balistes capriscus
Crevalle Jack
Caranx hippos
Horse-eye Jack 20
Caranx latus
Bigeye Scad 9
Selar crumenophthalmus
Yellow Jack 21
Carangoides bartholomaei
jorobado caballa 22
Selene setapinnis
Lookdown 23
Selene vomer
Florida pompano
Trachinotus carolinus
Permit 24
Trachinotus falcatus
Greater Amberjack 25
Seriola dumerili
Leather jacket
Oligoplites saurus
horqueta del Atlántico
Chloroscombrus chrysurus
charrito garretón 2
Trachurus lathami
Great Barracuda 25
Sphyraena barracuda
Guachanche Barracuda 9
Sphyraena guachancho
King Mackerel 13
Scomberomorus cavalla
Atlantic spanish mackerel
Scomberomorus maculatus
Skipjack 26
Sarda sarda
Red Snapper
Lutjanus campechanus
Grey Snapper 12
Lutjanus griseus
Lane Snapper 13
Lutjanus synagris
gobio violeta 27
Gobioides broussonetii
mapo aguado 14
Bathygobius soporator
madrejuile flecha 14
Gobionellus oceanicus
Naked goby 28
Gobiosoma bosc
twoscale goby
Gobiosoma longipala
gobio clave
Gobiosoma robustum
gobio payaso
Microgobius gulosus
green goby
Microgobius thalassinus
Dwarf Sand Perch 21
Diplectrum bivittatum
Sand Perch 13
Diplectrum formosum
Atlantic Goliath Grouper
Epinephelus itajara
cabrilla serrana 2
Centropristis philadelphica
Black Sea Bass 13
Centropristis striata
Sergeant Major
Abudefduf saxatilis
Sharksucker 29
Echeneis naucrates
Common Remora 25
Remora remora
Banded Drum 2
Larimus fasciatus
Speckled trout
Cynoscion nebulosus
Weakfish
Cynoscion regalis
Oyster drum
Pogonias cromis
Silver Perch
Bairdiella chrysoura
Spot Croaker 9
Leiostomus xanthurus
Southern Kingfish
Menticirrhus americanus
berrugato del Golfo 9
Menticirrhus littoralis
Northern Kingfish
Menticirrhus saxatilis
Atlantic croaker
Micropogonias undulatus
Red Drum 30
Sciaenops ocellatus
corvinilla lanza 2
Stellifer lanceolatus
Sheepshead 13
Archosargus probatocephalus
silver porgy
Diplodus argenteus
Pinfish 12
Lagodon rhomboides
grunts 13
Haemulon
Hogfish
Orthopristis chrysoptera
Atlantic Spadefish 13
Chaetodipterus faber
Common Dolphinfish 31
Coryphaena hippurus
striped blenny
Chasmodes bosquianus
Florida blenny
Chasmodes saburrae
Barred blenny 13
Hypleurochilus bermudensis
feather blenny
Hypsoblennius hentz
Common snook 32
Centropomus undecimalis
black bass
Micropterus floridanus
Redbreast sunfish 33
Lepomis auritus
Bluegill 34
Lepomis macrochirus
Redear Sunfish 35
Lepomis microlophus
Spotted sunfish 36
Lepomis punctatus
Silver Jenny 37
Eucinostomus gula
mojarra costera
Eucinostomus harengulus
Irish Pompano 14
Diapterus auratus
Bluefish
Pomatomus saltatrix
Silverfish 38
Trichiurus lepturus
palometa pámpano
Peprilus paru
Flathead Mullet 39
Mugil cephalus
White Mullet
Mugil curema
Hairy blenny
Labrisomus nuchipinnis
Short Bigeye
Pristigenys alta
Atlantic Tripletail 21
Lobotes surinamensis
Cobia 21
Rachycentron canadum

Edited by GTMResearchReserve, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

Photo Credits

  • 1. (c) Jeff Kraus, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
  • 2. (c) NOAANMFSMississippi Laboratory, some rights reserved (CC BY)
  • 3. (c) Gibbons, Ruth E., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 4. (c) Clinton & Charles Robertson, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
  • 5. (c) Julian Cohen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
  • 6. (c) 116916927065934112165, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by 116916927065934112165
  • 7. (c) Sean Loyless, some rights reserved (CC BY)
  • 8. (c) Markus Diver, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
  • 9. (c) NOAA Photo Library, some rights reserved (CC BY)
  • 10. (c) Terry Goss, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 11. (c) amateur_photo_bore, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
  • 12. (c) Brian Gratwicke, some rights reserved (CC BY)
  • 13. (c) Kevin Bryant, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 14. (c) Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 15. (c) Gary Robson, some rights reserved (CC BY)
  • 16. (c) Cliff, some rights reserved (CC BY)
  • 17. (c) Callie, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Callie
  • 18. (c) 104623964081378888743, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by 104623964081378888743
  • 19. (c) Philippe Guillaume, some rights reserved (CC BY)
  • 20. (c) Christine and John Fournier, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
  • 21. (c) WorldFish Center - FishBase, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
  • 22. (c) Cláudio Dias Timm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 23. (c) Milla-Maria Salo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
  • 24. (c) Brian.gratwicke, some rights reserved (CC BY)
  • 25. (c) DavidR.808, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by DavidR.808
  • 26. (c) D C, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
  • 27. (c) Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 28. (c) cyric, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by cyric
  • 29. (c) BERNARD, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 30. (c) FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
  • 31. (c) Manoel Lemos, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
  • 32. (c) flapack, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by flapack
  • 33. (c) Adam Cohen, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Adam Cohen
  • 34. (c) Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, some rights reserved (CC BY-ND)
  • 35. (c) Patrick Lewis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
  • 36. (c) Noel Burkhead, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 37. (c) Baldwin, Carole C., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 38. (c) 李柏鋒, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
  • 39. (c) Randall, J.E., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Member of the iNaturalist Network   |   Powered by iNaturalist open source software |   Documentation for developers