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MatBio: FISHES - Matanzas Biodiversity

Welcome to our series of field guides - part of the MatBio Initiative at the Whitney Laboratory of Marine Bioscience! Our guides document the plant and animal species living in the Matanzas Basin, a coastal ecosystem stretching from St. Augustine to Palm Coast in NE Florida. They are works in ...more ↓

Northern Red Snapper 1
Lutjanus campechanus
Gray Snapper 2
Lutjanus griseus
Lane Snapper 3
Lutjanus synagris
Banded Drum 4
Larimus fasciatus
Spotted Seatrout
Cynoscion nebulosus
Croaker 5
Cynoscion regalis
Black Drum 6
Pogonias cromis
Silver Perch 7
Bairdiella chrysoura
Spot Croaker 1
Leiostomus xanthurus
Southern Kingcroaker 8
Menticirrhus americanus
Gulf Kingfish 1
Menticirrhus littoralis
Northern Kingfish 9
Menticirrhus saxatilis
Atlantic Croaker 10
Micropogonias undulatus
Red Drum 11
Sciaenops ocellatus
America Stardrum 4
Stellifer lanceolatus
Sheepshead 3
Archosargus probatocephalus
Spottail Pinfish 3
Diplodus holbrookii
Sargo 12
Diplodus argenteus caudimacula
Pinfish 2
Lagodon rhomboides
White Grunt 13
Haemulon plumierii
Pigfish 14
Orthopristis chrysoptera
Atlantic Spadefish 3
Chaetodipterus faber
Spotfin Mojarra 12
Eucinostomus argenteus
Jenny Mojarra 15
Eucinostomus gula
Yellow Fin Mojarra 16
Gerres cinereus
Irish Mojarra 17
Diapterus auratus
Striped Mojarra 17
Eugerres plumieri
Atlantic Tripletail 18
Lobotes surinamensis

Edited by matbio, Jose Nunez, and Emily Rose Sharkey

Photo Credits

  • 1. (c) NOAA Photo Library, some rights reserved (CC BY)
  • 2. (c) Brian Gratwicke, some rights reserved (CC BY)
  • 3. (c) Kevin Bryant, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 4. (c) NOAANMFSMississippi Laboratory, some rights reserved (CC BY)
  • 5. (c) Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 6. (c) weberbirding, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
  • 7. NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory; Collection of Brandi Noble, NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC., no known copyright restrictions (public domain)
  • 8. (c) Robertson Ross, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
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  • 10. SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory; Collection of Brandi Noble, NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC., no known copyright restrictions (public domain)
  • 11. (c) FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
  • 12. (c) FAO, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
  • 13. (c) Matthew Hoelscher, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
  • 14. SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory; Collection of Brandi Noble, NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC, no known copyright restrictions (public domain)
  • 15. (c) Baldwin, Carole C., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 16. (c) sea-kangaroo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by sea-kangaroo
  • 17. (c) Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 18. (c) WorldFish Center - FishBase, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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