Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean Reefs

Feather Oysters

Flat Tree Oyster - Isognomon alatus

Flat Tree Oyster

Atlantic Wing-Oyster - Pteria colymbus

Atlantic Wing-Oyster

Atlantic Thorny-Oyster - Spondylus americanus

Atlantic Thorny-Oyster

Frond Oyster - Dendostrea frons

Rough Fileclam - Ctenoides scaber

Antillean Fileclam - Limaria pellucida

Antillean Fileclam

Amber Penshell - Pinna carnea

Fuzzy Chiton - Acanthopleura granulata

Squamose Chiton - Chiton squamosum

Squamose Chiton

Chiton viridis - Chiton viridis

Caribbean Slender Chiton - Stenoplax purpurascens

Caribbean Slender Chiton

Fish

Disk & Large Oval
- - Angelfishes
  - Surgeonfishes
  - Butterflyfishes
Small Oval Fishes
- - Damselfishes
  - Chromis
  - Hamlets
Silvery fishes
- - Jacks
  - Mackerels and Tunas
  - Porgies
  - Mojarras
  - Chubs
  - Spadefishes
  - Tarpons
  - Barracudas
  - Bonnetmouths
  - Bonefishes
  - Needlefishes
  - Halfbeaks
Groupers & Seabasses
- - Groupers
  - Seabasses
  - Soapfishes
  - Basslets
Grunts & Snappers
- - Grunts
  - Snappers
Parrotfishes & Wrasses
- - Parrotfishes
- - Wrasses
Red Fishes & Cardinalfishes
- - Squirrelfishes
  - Soldierfishes
  - Bigeyes
  - Cardinalfishes
Gobies & Blennies
- - Gobies
  - Labrisomid Blennies
  - Tube Blennies
  - Combtooth Blennies
  - Triplefin Blennies
Bottom Dwellers
- - Dragonets
  - Jawfishes
  - Lizardfishes
  - Tilefishes
  - Hawkfishes
  - Flounders
  - Tonguefishes
  - Clingfishes
  - Toadfishes
  - Batfishes
  - Frogfishes
  - Flying Gurnards
  - Lionfishes
  - Scorpionfishes
  - Seahorses
  - Pipefishes
Odd-Shaped Swimmers
- - Triggerfishes
  - Filefishes
  - Boxfishes
  - Porcupinefishes
  - Pufferfishes
  - Drums
  - Goatfishes
  - Trumpetfishes
  - Cornetfishes
  - Sweepers
  - Remoras
Eels
- - Moray Eels
  - Snake Eels
  - Garden Eels
Sharks & Rays
- - Eagle Rays
  - Manta Rays
  - Stingrays
  - Electric Rays
  - Requiem Sharks
  - Nurse Sharks
  - Whale Sharks

Invertebrates

Sponges

- - Common Sponges
  - Calcareous Sponges

Corals

- - Fire Corals
  - Lace Corals
  - Gorgonians
  - Black Corals
  - Stony Corals

Algae

- - Brown Algae
  - Green Algae
  - Red Algae

Marine Reptiles & Mammals

- - Turtles
  - Dolphins
  - Manatees

All Photographs
© 2024 Florent Charpin