Pre-Trip Fish ID List

1. Disk and Ovals/Colorful

Angelfish (Family Pomacanthidae)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomacanthidae

• Queen Angelfish http://www.eoearth.org/article/Queen_angelfish?topic=49540
• French Angelfish http://www.eoearth.org/article/French_angelfish?topic=49570
• Gray Angelfish http://www.eoearth.org/article/Gray_angelfish?topic=49540
• Rock Beauty http://www.eoearth.org/article/Rock_beauty?topic=49540

Butterflyfish (Family Chaetodontidae)
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/butterflyfish/

• Banded Butterflyfish http://www.eoearth.org/article/Banded_butterflyfish?topic=49540
• Foureye Butterflyfish http://www.eoearth.org/article/Foureye_butterflyfish?topic=49540
• Spotfin Butterflyfish http://www.eoearth.org/article/Spotfin_butterflyfish?topic=49540
• Longsnout Butterflyfish http://www.eoearth.org/article/Longsnout_butterflyfish?topic=49540

Surgeonfishes (Family Acanthuridae)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acanthuridae

• Ocean Surgeonfish http://www.eoearth.org/article/Ocean_surgeonfish?topic=49540
• Doctorfish http://www.eoearth.org/article/Doctorfish?topic=49540
• Blue Tang http://www.eoearth.org/article/Blue_tang

2. Silvery

Jacks (Family Carangidae)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carangidae

• Bar Jack http://www.eoearth.org/article/Bar_jack?topic=49540
• Horse-eye Jack http://www.eoearth.org/article/Bar_jack?topic=49540

Barracudas (Family Sphyraenidae)

• Great Barracuda http://www.eoearth.org/article/Great_barracuda?topic=49540

3. Sloping Heads/Tapered Body

Grunts (Family Haemulidae)

• French Grunt http://www.eoearth.org/article/French_grunt
• Bluestriped Grunt http://www.eoearth.org/article/Bluestriped_grunt?topic=49540
• Spanish Grunt http://www.eoearth.org/article/Spanish_grunt?topic=49540
• Smallmouth Grunt http://www.eoearth.org/article/Spanish_grunt?topic=49540
• Tomtate  http://www.eoearth.org/article/Tomtate?topic=49540
• Porkfish  http://www.eoearth.org/article/Porkfish?topic=49540

Snappers (Family Lutjanidae)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutjanidae

• Yellowtail Snapper http://www.eoearth.org/article/Porkfish?topic=49540
• Schoolmaster http://www.eoearth.org/article/Schoolmaster?topic=49540
• Mahogany Snapper http://www.eoearth.org/article/Mahogany_snapper?topic=49540

4. Small Ovals

Damselfishes (Family Pomacentridae)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomacentridae

• Dusky Damselfish http://www.eoearth.org/article/Dusky_damselfish?topic=49540
• Threespot Damselfish http://www.eoearth.org/article/Threespot_damselfish?topic=49540
• Beaugregory http://www.eoearth.org/article/Beaugregory?topic=49540
• Yellowtail Damselfish http://www.eoearth.org/article/Yellowtail_damselfish?topic=49540
• Bicolor Damselfish http://www.eoearth.org/article/Bicolor_damselfish?topic=49570
• Sergeant Major  http://www.eoearth.org/article/Sergeant_major?topic=49540
• Blue Chromis http://www.eoearth.org/article/Blue_chromis?topic=49540
• Brown Chromis http://www.eoearth.org/article/Brown_chromis?topic=49540

Hamlets (Family Serranidae)

• Barred Hamlet http://www.eoearth.org/article/Barred_hamlet?topic=49540
• Indigo Hamlet http://www.eoearth.org/article/Indigo_hamlet?topic=49540

5. Heavy Body/Large Lips

Groupers (Family Serranidae)

• Nassau Grouper http://www.eoearth.org/article/Nassau_grouper

Seabasses (Family Serranidae)

• Graysby http://www.eoearth.org/article/Graysby?topic=49540
• Coney http://www.eoearth.org/article/Coney?topic=49540
• Harlequin Bass http://www.eoearth.org/article/Harlequin_bass?topic=49540

Basslets (Family Grammatidae)

• Fairy Basslet http://www.eoearth.org/article/Fairy_basslet?topic=49540

6. Swim with Pectoral Fins/Obvious Scales

Parrotfishes (Family Scaridae)

• Queen Parrotfish
• Stoplight Parrotfish
• Princess Parrotfish
• Redband Parrotfish
• Greenblotch Parrotfish

Wrasses (Family Labridae)

• Bluehead http://www.eoearth.org/article/Bluehead?topic=49540
• Yellowhead Wrasse http://www.eoearth.org/article/Yellowhead_wrasse?topic=49540
• Creole Wrasse http://www.eoearth.org/article/Creole_wrasse?topic=49540
• Slippery Dick  http://www.eoearth.org/article/Slippery_dick?topic=49540

Hogfishes (Family Labridae)

• Spanish Hogfish http://www.eoearth.org/article/Spanish_hogfish?topic=49540
• Hogfish

7. Reddish/Big Eyes

Squirrelfishes (Family Holocentridae)

• Squirrelfish http://www.eoearth.org/article/Squirrelfish?topic=49540
• Longspine Squirrelfish http://www.eoearth.org/article/Longspine_squirrelfish?topic=49540
• Blackbar Soldierfish http://www.eoearth.org/article/Blackbar_soldierfish?topic=49540

8. Small, Elongated Bottom-Dwellers

9. Odd-Shaped Botton-Dwellers

• Peacock Flounder
• Sand Diver

10. Odd-Shaped Swimmers

• Trumpetfish http://www.eoearth.org/article/Trumpetfish?topic=49540
• Sharpnose Puffer
• Porcupinefish
• Scrawled Cowfish
• Honeycomb Cowfish
• Smooth Trunkfish
• Queen Triggerfish
• Black Durgon 
• Whitespotted Filefish
• Orangespotted Filefish
• Spotted Goatfish http://www.eoearth.org/article/Spotted_goatfish?topic=49540
• Yellow Goatfish http://www.eoearth.org/article/Yellow_goatfish?topic=49540

11. Eels

• Green Moray
• Spotted Moray

12. Sharks & Rays

• Nurse Shark
• Yellow Stingray
• Southern Stingray