Florent's Guide To The

South Florida Reefs

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Red Lionfish - Pterois volitans
Spotted Sea Hare - Aplysia dactylomela
Green Turtle - Chelonia mydas
Great Barracuda - Sphyraena barracuda
Spotted Porcupinefish - Diodon hystrix
Spotfin Burrfish - Chilomycterus reticulatus
West Indian Manatee - Trichechus manatus
Bottlenose Dolphin - Tursiops truncatus
Lavender Rope Spounge - Niphates erecta
Orange-Veined Encrusting Sponge - Clathria (Thalysias) curacaoensis
Banded Coral Shrimp - Stenopus hispidus
Split-Crown Feather Duster - Anamobaea orstedii
High-Veined Encrusting Sponge - Spirastrella hartmani
Orange Icing Sponge - Mycale (Mycale) laevis
Red Encrusting Sponge - Monanchora arbuscula
Stoplight Parrotfish - Sparisoma viride
Shortfinger Hermit Crab - Pagurus brevidactylus
Atlantic Rock-Boring Urchin - Echinometra lucunter
Dark Volcano Sponge - Svenzea zeai
Bluelip Hamlet - Hypoplectrus affini
Smooth Trunkfish - Lactophrys triqueter
Red Hind - Epinephelus guttatus
Goldentail Moray Eel - Gymnothorax miliaris
Tiger Tail Sea Cucumber - Holothuria (Thymiosycia) thomasi
Common Octopus - Octopus vulgaris
Yellowtail Damselfish - Microspathodon chrysurus
Spotted Goatfish - Pseudupeneus maculatus
Beaugregory - Stegastes leucostictus
Blue-Eye Hermit Crab - Paguristes sericeus
Azure Vase Sponge - Callyspongia (Cladochalina) plicifera
Stinker Sponge - Ircinia felix
Sailfin Blenny - Emblemaria pandionis
Great Star Coral - Montastraea cavernosa
Atlantic Thorny-Oyster - Spondylus americanus
Corkscrew Anemone - Bartholomea annulata
Bushy Black Coral - Antipathes caribbeana
Foureye Butterflyfish - Chaetodon capistratus
Orange Ball Sponge - Cinachyrella kuekenthali
Smooth Flower Coral - Eusmilia fastigiata
Blue Runner - Caranx crysos
Knobby Cactus Coral - Mycetophyllia aliciae
Overgrowing Mat Tunicates - Trididemnum solidum
Flamingo Tongue - Cyphoma gibbosum
Sharpnose Puffer - Canthigaster rostrata
Branching Tube Sponge - Aiolochroia crassa
Yellowhead Wrasse - Halichoeres garnoti
Blue-Legged Hermit Crab - Clibanarius tricolor
White Encrusting Zoanthid - Palythoa caribaeorum
Atlantic Long-Spined Urchin - Diadema antillarum
Blue Chromis - Azurina cyanea
Common Sea Fan - Gorgonia ventalina
Orangespotted Filefish - Cantherhines pullus
Red Reef Hermit Crab - Paguristes cadenati
Red Snapping Shrimp - Alpheus armatus
Caribbean Cocoa Damselfish - Stegastes xanthurus
Graysby - Cephalopholis cruentata
Massive Starlet Coral - Siderastrea siderea
Gray Angelfish - Pomacanthus arcuatus
Glasseye Snapper - Heteropriacanthus cruentatus
Star Horseshoe Worm - Pomatostegus stellatus
Cryptic Teardrop Crab - Pelia mutica
Giant Basketstar Star - Astrophyton muricatum
Symmetrical Brain Coral - Pseudodiploria strigosa
Grooved Brain Coral - Diploria labyrinthiformis
Southern Stingray - Hypanus americanus
Stiff Penshell - Atrina rigida
Strawberry Vase Sponge - Mycale (Arenochalina) laxissima
Reef Tunicate - Rhopalaea abdominalis
Yellow Goatfish - Mulloidichthys martinicus
Split-Thumb Mantis Shrimp - Neogonodactylus bredini
Common Mantis Shrimp - Pseudosquilla ciliata
Peppermint Goby - Coryphopterus lipernes
French Grunt - Haemulon flavolineatum
Yellowhead Jawfish - Opistognathus aurifrons
Gray Snapper - Lutjanus griseus
Redeye Sponge Crab - Dromia erythropus
Orangeclaw Hermit Crab - Calcinus tibicen
Princess Parrotfish - Scarus taeniopterus
Painted Tunicate - Clavelina picta
Yellowbelly Hamlet - Hypoplectrus aberrans
Harlequin Bass - Serranus tigrinus
Barred Hamlet - Hypoplectrus puella
Chalk Bass - Serranus tortugarum
Tobaccofish - Serranus tabacarius
Bar Jack - Caranx ruber
Spanish Grunt - Haemulon macrostomum
Yellow Jack - Caranx bartholomaei
Sailors Choice - Haemulon parra
Blackbar Soldierfish - Myripristis jacobus
Rose Lace Coral - Stylaster roseus
Saucereye Porgy - Calamus calamus
French Angelfish - Pomacanthus paru
Pederson Cleaner Shrimp - Ancylomenes pedersoni
Florida Horse Conch - Triplofusus giganteus
Spotted Moray Eel - Gymnothorax moringa
Blue Parrotfish - Scarus coeruleus
Longspine Squirrelfish - Holocentrus rufus
Orange Ball Corallimorph - Pseudocorynactis caribbeorum
Artichoke Disk Coral - Scolymia cubensis
White Telesto - Carijoa riisei
Pink Purple Octopus Sponge - Callyspongia (Callyspongia) fallax

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