A Field Guide to the Fishes of Charlotte Harbor, Florida

A Field Guide to the Fishes of Charlotte Harbor, Florida is an ongoing project based on the peer reviewed article Fishes of the Charlotte Harbor Estuarine System, Florida. Samples have been collected from throughout Charlotte Harbor, including the Peace and Myakka Rivers.

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Taxonomy
« Back To Ray-finned Fishes Class Actinopterygii
- Puffers and Filefishes Order Tetraodontiformes
  - 6 Suborder Balistoidei
  - 5 Suborder Tetraodontoidei

Grey Triggerfish ¹
Balistes capriscus

Orange Filefish ²
Aluterus schoepfii

Fringed Filefish ²
Monacanthus ciliatus

Planehead filefish ²
Stephanolepis hispidus

Trunkfish ³
Lactophrys trigonus

Scrawled Cowfish ²
Acanthostracion quadricornis

Smooth Puffer
Lagocephalus laevigatus

Southern Puffer ²
Sphoeroides nephelus

Striped Burrfish ²
Chilomycterus schoepfii

Bandtail Puffer ²
Sphoeroides spengleri

Balloonfish ⁴
Diodon holocanthus

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A Field Guide to the Fishes of Charlotte Harbor, Florida

Grey Triggerfish 1 Balistes capriscus

Orange Filefish 2 Aluterus schoepfii

Fringed Filefish 2 Monacanthus ciliatus

Planehead filefish 2 Stephanolepis hispidus

Trunkfish 3 Lactophrys trigonus

Scrawled Cowfish 2 Acanthostracion quadricornis

Smooth Puffer Lagocephalus laevigatus

Southern Puffer 2 Sphoeroides nephelus

Striped Burrfish 2 Chilomycterus schoepfii

Bandtail Puffer 2 Sphoeroides spengleri

Balloonfish 4 Diodon holocanthus