Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean Reefs

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Giant Eastern Murex - Hexaplex fulvescens
Bottlenose Dolphin - Tursiops truncatus
Striped Parrotfish - Scarus iseri
Balloonfish - Diodon holocanthus
Spotfin Burrfish - Chilomycterus reticulatus
Giant Manta Ray - Manta birostris
Spotted Eagle Ray - Aetobatus narinari
Flat Needlefish - Ablennes hians
Lemon Shark - Negaprion brevirostris
Queen Angelfish - Holacanthus ciliaris
Sunshinefish - Chromis insolata
Plumed Scorpionfish - Scorpaena grandicornis
Honeycomb Cowfish - Acanthostracion polygonius
Mottled Mojarra - Ulaema lefroyi
Lantern Bass - Serranus baldwini
Goldspot Goby - Gnatholepis thompsoni
Hairy Blenny - Labrisomus nuchipinnis
Mock Hairy Blenny - Labrisomus cricota
Masquerader Hairy Blenny - Labrisomus conditus
Quillfin Blenny - Gobioclinus filamentosus
Foureye Butterflyfish - Chaetodon capistratus
Bridled goby - Coryphopterus glaucofraenum
High Hat - Pareques acuminatus
Smallmouth Grunt - Brachygenys chrysargyreum
Sand Perch - Diplectrum formosum
Dwarf Sand Perch - Diplectrum bivittatum
Long-Spined Urchin - Diadema antillarum
Black Grouper - Mycteroperca bonaci
Orangespotted Filefish - Cantherhines pullus
Deepwater Sea Fan - Iciligorgia schrammi
Split-Crown Feather Duster - Anamobaea oerstedi
Dusky Jawfish - Opistognathus whitehursti
Spotted Trunkfish - Lactophrys bicaudalis
Black-Spotted Feather Duster - Branchiomma nigromaculata
Spotted Cleaner Shrimp - Periclimenes yucatanicus
Blackline Fireworm - Chloeia viridis
Twospot Cardinalfish - Apogon pseudomaculatus
Lined Seahorse - Hippocampus erectus
Tubular Thicket Algae - Galaxaura sp.
Red-Spotted Horseshoe Worm - Protula sp.
Ocean Surgeonfish - Acanthurus bahianus
Green Tube Tunicate - Ascidia sydneiensis
White Encrusting Zoanthid - Palythoa caribaeorum
Hydroid Zoanthid - Hydrozoanthus tunicans
Atlantic Bigeye - Priacanthus arenatus
Blue Angelfish - Holacanthus bermudensis
Caesar Grunt - Haemulon carbonarium
Green Moray Eel - Gymnothorax funebris
Stoplight Parrotfish - Sparisoma viride
Whitespotted Filefish - Cantherhines macrocerus
Harlequin Bass - Serranus tigrinus
Spotfin Butterflyfish - Chaetodon ocellatus
Reef Butterflyfish - Chaetodon sedentarius
Lane Snapper - Lutjanus synagris
Graysby - Cephalopholis cruentata
Sharpnose Puffer - Canthigaster rostrata
Giant Barrel Sponge - Xestospongia muta
Purplemouth Moray Eel - Gymnothorax vicinus
Caribbean Reef Squid - Sepioteuthis sepioidea
Black Margate - Anisotremus surinamensis
Yellowhead Wrasse - Halichoeres garnoti
Green Razorfish - Xyrichtys splendens
Red Boring Sponge - Cliona delitrix
Blue Tang - Acanthurus coeruleus
Scrawled Filefish - Aluterus scriptus
Seaweed Blenny - Parablennius marmoreus
Netted Olive - Oliva reticularis
Southern Teardrop Crab - Pelia rotunda
Banded Tube-Dwelling Anemone - Isarachnanthus nocturnus
Atlantic Longarm Octopus - Macrotritopus defilippi
Spottedfin Tonguefish - Symphurus diomedeanus
Yellow Box Crab - Calappa sulcata
Shameface Heart Crab - Cryptosoma bairdii
Tortuga Box Crab - Calappula tortugae
Serrated Lobster Shrimp - Axiopsis serratifrons
Speckled Cup Coral - Rhizosmilia maculata
Green Grape Alga - Caulerpa racemosa
Crustose Coralline Algae -
Sea Pearl - Valonia ventricosa
Branching Hydroid - Sertularella diaphana
Stinging Bush Hydroid - Macrorhynchia clarkei
Feather Hydroid - Gymnangium allmani
Crisscross Tritonia - Tritonicula bayeri
Purple-Ring Nudibranch - Coryphellina hamanni
Lined Flatworm - Prostheceraeus crozieri
Caribbean Reef Mantis Shrimp - Lysiosquilla glabriuscula
Golden Crinoid - Davidaster rubiginosus
Reef Urchin - Echinometra viridis
Spectacular Corolla - Corolla spectabilis
Strawberry Tunicate - Eudistoma sp. 2
White Condominium Tunicate - Eudistoma sp. 1
Orange Ball Corallimorph - Corynactis caribbeorum
Tutle Grass Anemone - Bunodeopsis globulifera
Club-Tipped Anemone - Telmatactis cricoides
Beaded Anemone - Phymanthus crucifer
Elegant Anemone - Actinoporus elongatus
Hitchhiking Anemone - Calliactis tricolor
Flame Box Crab - Calappa flammea
Atlantic Spadefish - Chaetodipterus faber
Blackear Wrasse - Halichoeres poeyi
Spanish Hogfish - Bodianus rufus

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