THK CAFaBBEAN AREA 



Fishes of the Caribbean Sea 



Scientific Name 



English Common Name 



Local ConmoD. Name 



Petropetropon cruen tatu s 

 Cephalopholi s fulvus 



— rock hind 



red (coney), guativere 



E:pi-r.ephelus mystacinus black grouper 



" adscensionis rock hind 



flavolimbatus — 

 striatus 



gui 



-tatus 



white grouper - 

 Nassau grouper 

 red hind 



morxo 



Garrupa nigrita 



Alphestes afer 



Promi crops itaiara 



Trisotropi s venenosus 



" bonaci 



Myctoperca falcata — — — 



Paranthlus furcifer 



Hyploplectrus 



red groviper 



black jewfish - 

 guaseta 



spotted jewfish 



yellow-fin rockfish 

 marbled rockfish — 

 broontail grouper — 

 Creole fish 



coney J coon, ningring,ouitallibe 



negro fish, butterfish, velvet 



mero, guasa, ciguaje 



cAbrilla, cabra mora 



mero 



hamlet, mero, tienne, chema 



mero, cabrilla, koon, grandjele 



mero, mero pinto, chema americana 



judio, mero de la alto 



chema 



judio, mero 



Prionodes spp . 



Priacanthus cruentatus 



ur.i color vaca 



.. - seabasses — 



« arent'is — 



Lobotes surinamenais 

 Lutianus griseua 



glassy-eyed snapper 



big-eye 



tripletail 



synagris 

 locu 



apodus 



buccanella 

 vivanus 

 campechanua 

 blackfordii 

 analis 



Ocyurus chryaurus 



Rhoaiboplites aurorubens 

 Tropidinius dentatus — 



Etelis oculatus 



Conodon nobilis ■ 

 Haemulon album 



grey or mangrove 



lane snapper 



dog snapper 



schoolmaster 



blackfin snapper — 

 yellow-eye snapper 



red snapper 



II II 



mutton snapper 



yellowtail snapper 



chub snapper 



black snapper 



blear-eye snapper - 



grunt 



grunt 



snapper 



macrostotum 

 bonariense - 



parra 



carbonarium 

 melanurum — 

 sciurus 



" pluinieri 



" flavolineatum — — 



Pomadasys sp . 



Bathystoma rimator 



Ani3otremu£ surinamensis — 



II virginicus 



Orthopristis chrysopterus 



Calamus cailamus 



" ba.ionado 



" spp . 



Archosargus uniraaculatus — 

 Kyphosus sectatrix 



grey grunt 



black gi-unt 



sailor's choice - 



Caesar grunt 



black -tail grant 

 yellow grunt 

 common grunt 



French grunt 



roughcheeks 



tcantate 



porkfish 



porkfish 



pigfish 



saucer-eye porgy 

 jolthead porgy 



porgies 



sheepshcad 

 rudderfish 



Gerres cinereus and spp . mojarra - 



Cluiidae blennies 



Bonaci cardinal 



scants, sal.uon grouper 



pricklewood, rabirubio de la alto 



petit negre 



tobacco fish, bout de tabac 



catalufa, tete ronde, tore 



Johnny liggens, juif 



oonkyleaf, marrocoto, flasher 



green pargue, carde gris 



manchego, walliacke, argente 



pargue dent'chien, carde roulesse 



pargo amarillo, yellow pargue 



gunmouth snapper 



silk snapper, vivanot, vive-en-eau 



pargo, vivanot, jolle-bleu, ronde 



pargo real, chiU.o, pargo Colorado 



sorb, muttonfish,sama, pargo criollo 



cola, rabirrubio, cola rubia 



plun^jhead 



arnillo 



brim, bream, cachuoho 



bureteado 



margate fish, cro-cro blanc 



cro-cro, lite tete feuilles 



roncador, berraco, corocoro 



berraco, arrayado, ronco bianco 



cro-cro, greule rouge, roncador 



roncador, corocoro, jeniguana 



boar grunt, roncador cachicato 



cro-cro, roncador, ronco ronco 



cro-cro d'or, corocoro, "condenado" 



ronco 



redmouth grunt, seize, roncador 



lippe, Chita, pompon, margatefish 



palriot, chita 



puerco 



porgy gros yeux 



pluma, diol pas blue 



littlehead, sheepshead, grass 



medance 



Bermuda chub, chopa, chopa blanca 



broad shad, blanche 



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