THE CAflI£BEA14 AREA 



Fishes of the Caribbean Sea 



Scientific Name 



Biglish Conmon Name 



Local Conmon Name 



Lepophidium brevibarbe — 

 Chloroscombrus chrysurus 

 Upeneus maculatus 



cusk eel 

 bumper 



red goatfish 



marbinicus 



jellow goatfish 



Micropogon sp . — drummers 



Stellifer s£. croaker 



Cynoscion regalis and sg.. — — weakfish or drummers 

 Larimus sp . cabezon 



Eri scion nebulosus 



Malacanthus pliiml eri — 

 Chaetodipterus faber — 



Chaetodon spp . 



Pomacanthu s arciiatus — 

 Holacanthus tricolor — 

 Angelichthys ciliaris - 

 Acanthurus spp . 



spotted weakfish 

 blanquilla 



— spade fish 



— butterfly fishes 



— black angel 



— rock beauty 



Scorpaena plumieri and spp . 

 Cephalacanthus v olitans — 



angelfish 



tangs 



scoipionfish — 

 gurnards 



— casabe 



— queen mullet, barbaray, sal- 

 monete 



— queen mullet, barbaray, jaune 

 salmonete 



— berruigate 



— corbina 



— grey salmon, corbina, burro 

 — - cabezon 



— sea trout, corbinilla, burro 



— blanquilla 



— white smgelfish, paoua, paguala 



— four-eyed butterfly, parche 



— Portugais, sabellick, mariposa 



— yellow nanny, catalineta 



— yellow angel, blue angel 



— surgeon, doctor, medico, sous ge 

 prickly hind, lionfish 



Eupomacentrus leuco rostris — black pilot fish 



Pomacentr idae spp » — 

 L achnolaimus maximus 



Bodianus rufus 



Iridic radiata 



demoiselles 

 nog fish 



poule de la mer 



Beau Gregory 



bivittata 



ladyfish, wrasse 



wrasse 



wrasse 



Spa ri soma abilgaardi — 

 " chrysopterum 

 " flavesens 



Scarus taeniopterus 



" vetula 



" caeruleus — 



Remora rernora — — 



red parrot fish 

 blue " " 



mud " " 



Balistes capriscus 

 " vetula — 



ribbon-finned parrotfish- 



rainbow parrot 



blue parrotfish 



pilot fish 



triggerfish 



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file fish 

 filefish 



Melichthys oiceus 



Monacantnus hispidus ■ 



Osbeckia scripta 



Acanthostracion quadric omis- cowfish 



Lactophrys spp . trunki'ish 



Spheroides spengleri swellfish 



Diodon hystrix porcupine fish 



Dormitator maculatus 



and others goby 



capitan 



Spanish hogfish 



pudding wife 



donee 11a, slippery Dick 



red-be ilied chub, red jacquot 



blue chub, loro azul, blue jacquot 



marbled chub, loro, green jacquot 



blue chub, loro 



blue chub, loro 



blue jacquot, loro 



piloto 



cochino, turbot, puerco 



oldwife, cochino, puerco, bouze 



black oldwife, niggerhead 



cuckold 



Quckold 



shellfish, chapin 



chapin , toro 



swelltoad, puffer, chouf-chouf 



hedgehog 



guavina 



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