BONY FISH SPECIES

The following bony fishes are found within the coral cap region of the sanctuary (0-130 ft, 0-40m deep). Common names are listed, if known.

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Angelfish
Barracuda
Bigeye
Blenny
Bonnetmouth
Boxfish
Butterflyfish
Cardinalfish
Chub
Cobia
Conger Eel
Cornetfish
Damselfish
Dolphin
Dragonet
Drum
False Moray Eel
Filefish
Flyingfish
Frogfish

Goatfish
Goby
Grunt
Halfbeak
Hawkfish
Jack
Jawfish
Lefteyed Flounder
Lizardfishe
Mackerel
Moray Eel
Mullet
Needlefish
Ocean Sunfish
Parrotfish
Pipefish
Porgy
Puffer
Remora

Sea Bass (Grouper)
Scorpionfish
Snake Eel
Snapper
Soapfish
Spadefish
Spaghetti Eel
Spiny Puffer
Squirrelfish
Surgeonfish
Threadfin
Tilefish
Triggerfish
Trumpetfish
Tripletail
Wrasse

Angelfish List

Angelfishes

Common Name	Scientific Name
cherubfish	Centropyge argi
blue angelfish	Holacanthus bermudensis
queen angelfish	Holacanthus ciliaris
townsend angelfish (hybrid of blue & queen angelfish)	Holacanthus townsendi
rock beauty	Holacanthus tricolor
french angelfish (adult) (transitioning to adult colors) (juvenile)	Pomacanthus paru

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Barracuda List

Barracudas

Common Name	Scientific Name
great barracuda	Sphyraena barracuda

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Bigeye List

Bigeyes

Common Name	Scientific Name
glasseye snapper	Heteropriacanthus (Priacanthus) cruentatus
bigeye	Priacanthus arenatus
short bigeye	Pristigenys alta

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Blenny List

Blennies

Common Name	Scientific Name
banner blenny	Emblemaria atlantica
sailfin blenny	Emblemaria pandionis
barred blenny	Hypleurochilus bermudensis
orangespotted/tessellated blenny	Hypsoblennius invemar
redlip blenny	Ophioblennius atlanticus
seaweed blenny (yellow variation) (dark variation)	Parablennius marmoreus
molly miller	Scartella cristata
dwarf blenny	Starksia nanodes
checkered blenny	Starksia ocellata

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Bonnetmouth List

Bonnetmouths

Common Name	Scientific Name
bonnetmouth	Emmelichthyops atlanticus
boga	Inermia vittata

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Boxfish List

Boxfishes

Common Name	Scientific Name
spotted trunkfish	Lactophrys bicaudalis
honeycomb cowfish	Acanthostracion (Lactophrys) polygonia
scrawled cowfish	Acanthostracion (Lactophrys) quadricornis
smooth trunkfish (juvenile)	Lactophrys triqueter
golden smooth trunkfish	Lactophrys triqueter

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Butterflyfish List

Butterflyfishes

Common Name	Scientific Name
foureye butterflyfish	Chaetodon capistratus
spotfin butterfly	Chaetodon ocellatus
reef butterfly	Chaetodon sedentarius
banded butterfly	Chaetodon striatus
longsnout butterfly	Prognathodes (Chaetodon) aculeatus

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Cardinalfish List

Cardinalfishes

Common Name	Scientific Name
bigtooth cardinalfish	Apogon affinis
flamefish	Apogon maculatus
mimic cardinalfish	Apogon phenax
pale cardinalfish	Apogon planifrons
two-spot cardinalfish	Apogon pseudomaculatus
sawcheek cardinalfish	Apogon quadrisquamatus
roughlip cardinalfish	Apogon robins
belted cardinalfish	Apogon townsendi
freckled cardinalfish	Phaeoptyx conklini
dusky cardinalfish	Phaeoptyx pigmentaria

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Chub List

Chubs

Common Name	Scientific Name
Bermuda/yellow chub	Kyphosus sectator (sectatrix)/incisor

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Cobia List

Cobia

Common Name	Scientific Name
cobia	Rachycentron canadum

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Conger Eel List

Conger Eels

Common Name	Scientific Name
conger eel	Conger oceanicus
threadtail conger	Uroconger syringinus

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Cornetfish List

Cornetfishes

Common Name	Scientific Name
red cornetfish	Fistularia petimba

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Damselfish List

Damselfishes

Common Name	Scientific Name
sergeant major	Abudefduf saxatilis
blue chromis	Chromis cyanea
yellowtail reefish	Chromis enchrysura
sunshinefish	Chromis insolata
brown chromis	Chromis multilineata
purple reef fish	Chromis scotti
yellowtail damselfish	Microspathodon chrysurus
longfin damselfish	Stegastes diencaeus
dusky damselfish (juvenile)	Stegastes fuscus
bicolor damselfish	Stegastes (Pomacentrus) partitus
threespot damselfish	Stegastes (Pomacentrus) planifrons
cocoa damselfish (juvenile)	Stegastes (Pomacentrus) variabilis

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Dolphin List

Dolphins

Common Name	Scientific Name
dolphin	Coryphaena hippurus

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Dragonet List

Dragonets

Common Name	Scientific Name
lancer dragonet	Paradiplogrammus bairdi

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Drum List

Drums

Common Name	Scientific Name
jackknife fish	Equetus lanceolatus
spotted drum (juvenile)	Equetus punctatus
highhat	Pareques (Equetus) acuminatus
cubbyu	Pareques (Equetus) umbrosus

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False Moray Eel List

False Moray Eels

Common Name	Scientific Name
collared eel	Kaupichthys nuchalis

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Filefish List

Filefishes

Common Name	Scientific Name
unicorn filefish	Aluterus monoceros
scrawled filefish	Aluterus scriptus
whitespotted filefish (orange phase) (orange phase)	Cantherhines macrocerus
orangespotted filefish	Cantherhines pullus
planehead filefish	Stephanolepis hispida
pygmy filefish	Stephanolepis (Monacanthus) setifer

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Flyingfish List

Flyingfishes

Common Name	Scientific Name
margined flyingfish	Cheilopogon (Cypselurus) cyanopterus
Atlantic flyingfish	Cheilopogon (Cypselurus) melanurus
blackwing flyingfish	Hirundichthys rondeleti
sailfin flyingfish	Parexocoetus brachypterus

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Frogfish List

Frogfishes

Common Name	Scientific Name
sargassumfish	Histrio histrio
longlure frogfish	Antennarius multiocellatus

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Continue to last page of fishes (Sea Bass to Wrasse)

Download a List of Bony Fish Species (440kb pdf) found in the coral cap region of Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary.