Florent's Guide To The
South Florida Reefs
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True Jellyfishes
Cannonball Jelly
Sea Thimble Jelly
Green Algae
Sea Pearl
Trumpetfishes
Atlantic Trumpetfish
Sea Spiders
Sea Spider
Box Jellyfishes
Sea Wasp
Hamlets
Bluelip Hamlet
Boxer Shrimps
Banded Coral Shrimp
Filefishes
Scrawled Filefish
Sea Anemones
Red Beaded Anemone
Elongated Worms
Bobbit Worm
Lionfishes
Red Lionfish
Sea Hares
Spotted Sea Hare
Sea Turtles
Green Turtle
Barracudas
Great Barracuda
Porcupinefishes
Spotted Porcupinefish
Spotfin Burrfish
Manatees
West Indian Manatee
Dolphins
Bottlenose Dolphin
Common Sponges
Lavender Rope Spounge
Orange-Veined Encrusting Sponge
Feather Duster Worms
Split-Crown Feather Duster
Common Sponges
High-Veined Encrusting Sponge
Orange Icing Sponge
Red Encrusting Sponge
Parrotfishes
Stoplight Parrotfish
Right-Handed Hermits
Shortfinger Hermit Crab
Sea Urchins
Atlantic Rock-Boring Urchin
Common Sponges
Dark Volcano Sponge
Boxfishes
Smooth Trunkfish
Groupers
Red Hind
Moray Eels
Goldentail Moray Eel
Sea Cucumbers
Tiger Tail Sea Cucumber
Octopuses
Common Octopus
Damselfishes
Yellowtail Damselfish
Goatfishes
Spotted Goatfish
Damselfishes
Beaugregory
Left-Handed Hermits
Blue-Eye Hermit Crab
Common Sponges
Azure Vase Sponge
Stinker Sponge
Tube Blennies
Sailfin Blenny
Stony Corals
Great Star Coral
Thorny Oysters
Atlantic Thorny-Oyster
Sea Anemones
Corkscrew Anemone
Black Corals
Bushy Black Coral
Butterflyfishes
Foureye Butterflyfish
Common Sponges
Orange Ball Sponge
Stony Corals
Smooth Flower Coral
Jacks
Blue Runner
Stony Corals
Knobby Cactus Coral
Tunicates
Overgrowing Mat Tunicates
Allied Cowries
Flamingo Tongue
Pufferfishes
Sharpnose Puffer
Common Sponges
Branching Tube Sponge
Wrasses
Yellowhead Wrasse
Left-Handed Hermits
Blue-Legged Hermit Crab
Zoanthids
White Encrusting Zoanthid
Sea Urchins
Atlantic Long-Spined Urchin
Chromis
Blue Chromis
Octocorals
Common Sea Fan
Filefishes
Orangespotted Filefish
Left-Handed Hermits
Red Reef Hermit Crab
Snapping Shrimps
Red Snapping Shrimp
Damselfishes
Caribbean Cocoa Damselfish
Groupers
Graysby
Stony Corals
Massive Starlet Coral
Angelfishes
Gray Angelfish
Bigeyes
Glasseye Snapper
Tube Worms
Star Horseshoe Worm
Imitator Crabs
Cryptic Teardrop Crab
Basket Stars
Giant Basketstar Star
Stony Corals
Symmetrical Brain Coral
Grooved Brain Coral
Whiptail Stingrays
Southern Stingray
Pen Shells
Stiff Penshell
Common Sponges
Strawberry Vase Sponge
Tunicates
Reef Tunicate
Goatfishes
Yellow Goatfish
Mantis Shrimps
Split-Thumb Mantis Shrimp
Common Mantis Shrimp
Gobies
Peppermint Goby
Grunts
French Grunt
Jawfishes
Yellowhead Jawfish
Snappers
Gray Snapper
Sponge Crabs
Redeye Sponge Crab
Left-Handed Hermits
Orangeclaw Hermit Crab
Parrotfishes
Princess Parrotfish
Tunicates
Painted Tunicate
Hamlets
Yellowbelly Hamlet
Seabasses
Harlequin Bass
Hamlets
Barred Hamlet
Seabasses
Chalk Bass
Tobaccofish
Jacks
Bar Jack
Grunts
Spanish Grunt
Jacks
Yellow Jack
Grunts
Sailors Choice
Soldierfishes
Blackbar Soldierfish
Lace Corals
Rose Lace Coral
Porgies
Saucereye Porgy
Angelfishes
French Angelfish
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