ELC Fish Guide

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

Atlantic Spadefish 1
Chaetodipterus faber
Eucinostomus argenteus 2
Mottled Mojarra 3
Ulaema lefroyi
Flagfin mojarra 4
Eucinostomus melanopterus
Pigfish 5
Orthopristis chrysoptera
Smallmouth Grunt 6
Haemulon chrysargyreum
Grey Snapper 7
Lutjanus griseus
Spot Croaker 8
Leiostomus xanthurus
Spotted Seatrout 9
Cynoscion nebulosus
Black Drum 2
Pogonias cromis
Red Drum 10
Sciaenops ocellatus
Sheepshead 1
Archosargus probatocephalus
Spottail Pinfish 11
Diplodus holbrookii
Pinfish 7
Lagodon rhomboides

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

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  • 1. (c) Kevin Bryant, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
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  • 10. (c) FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
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