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REEF: Common Caribbean reef fishes

These are among the most common reef fishes that divers will encounter in the Caribbean. More information at http://www.REEF.org.

Banded Butterflyfish 1
Chaetodon striatus
Bar Jack 2
Caranx ruber
Bermuda Chub 2
Kyphosus sectatrix
Bicolor Damselfish 2
Stegastes partitus
Blue Chromis
Chromis cyanea
Bluehead Wrasse
Thalassoma bifasciatum
Bluestriped Grunt 3
Haemulon sciurus
Brown Chromis 1
Chromis multilineata
Doctorfish Tang 3
Acanthurus chirurgus
Fairy Basslet 4
Gramma loreto
Four-eyed Butterflyfish 5
Chaetodon capistratus
French Grunt 3
Haemulon flavolineatum
Great Barracuda 6
Sphyraena barracuda
Grey Angelfish 7
Pomacanthus arcuatus
Harlequin Bass 3
Serranus tigrinus
Ocean Surgeonfish 8
Acanthurus bahianus
Queen Angelfish 9
Holacanthus ciliaris
Redband Parrotfish 2
Sparisoma aurofrenatum
Rock Beauty 10
Holacanthus tricolor
Sergeant Major
Abudefduf saxatilis
Spotfin Butterflyfish 11
Chaetodon ocellatus
Spotted Goatfish 2
Pseudupeneus maculatus
Stoplight Parrotfish 1
Sparisoma viride
Trumpetfish 12
Aulostomus maculatus
Yellow Goatfish 2
Mulloidichthys martinicus
Yellowhead Wrasse 13
Halichoeres garnoti
Yellowtail Damselfish 2
Microspathodon chrysurus
Yellowtail Snapper 2
Ocyurus chrysurus

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