ELC Fish Guide

Discover the variety of fish living in the gentle lagoon waters surrounding our island campus.

Bay Anchovy 1
Anchoa mitchilli
Leather Jacket 2
Oligoplites saurus
Atlantic Needlefish 3
Strongylura marina
Gulf pipefish 4
Syngnathus scovelli
Syngnathus louisianae 5
Dusky Pipefish
Syngnathus floridae
Northern Pipefish 6
Syngnathus fuscus
Crevalle Jack 7
Caranx hippos
Florida Pompano 8
Trachinotus carolinus
Permit 9
Trachinotus falcatus
Atlantic Spadefish 5
Chaetodipterus faber
Bathygobius curacao 10
Eucinostomus argenteus 11
Mottled Mojarra 12
Ulaema lefroyi
Flagfin mojarra 13
Eucinostomus melanopterus
Bathygobius soporator 14
Ctenogobius boleosoma 15
Pigfish 16
Orthopristis chrysoptera
Smallmouth Grunt 17
Haemulon chrysargyreum
Grey Snapper 18
Lutjanus griseus
Spot Croaker 3
Leiostomus xanthurus
Spotted Seatrout 19
Cynoscion nebulosus
Black Drum 11
Pogonias cromis
Red Drum 20
Sciaenops ocellatus
Sheepshead 5
Archosargus probatocephalus
Spottail Pinfish 14
Diplodus holbrookii
Gulf Stream Flounder
Citharichthys arctifrons
Pinfish 18
Lagodon rhomboides
Eyed Flounder 5
Bothus ocellatus
Twospot Flounder 19
Bothus robinsi
Fringed Flounder 21
Etropus crossotus
Southern Flounder 22
Paralichthys lethostigma
Summer Flounder 23
Paralichthys dentatus
Gulf Flounder 13
Paralichthys albigutta
Twospot Flounder 19
Bothus robinsi
Eyed Flounder 5
Bothus ocellatus
Fringed Flounder 21
Etropus crossotus
Bighead Searobin 24
Prionotus tribulus
Striped Searobin 25
Prionotus evolans
Leopard searobin 3
Prionotus scitulus
Hardhead Catfish 19
Ariopsis felis
Checkered Puffer 26
Sphoeroides testudineus
Southern Puffer 4
Sphoeroides nephelus
Striped Burrfish 27
Chilomycterus schoepfii
Inshore Lizardfish 5
Synodus foetens
Longsnout Seahorse 28
Hippocampus reidi
Northern Seahorse 5
Hippocampus erectus
Dwarf Seahorse 29
Hippocampus zosterae

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

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