THE CARIBBEAN AREA ~ NICARAGDA 



(b) Open beaches: more normal saline than (a) but slightly brackish at some 

 seasons, sand or shell bottan. Often turbid. Surf. 



(c) Coral reefs and cays: little, if any, salinity fluctuations from normal, usually 



not turbid, temperatures constant, depths to 15 fathoms. 

 Bottom of coral, coral mud, coral sand, flocculent detritus. 

 Sheltered and surf -swept areas. 



wrasses 

 moray eels 

 groupers 

 hinds 

 tangs 



Principal types 



demoiselles barracuda poric fish 



angel fish jacks ^iny lobster 



tnnnpet fishes cardinal fish goatfish 



comet fishes seabass croakers 



Holocentrids grunts ribbon fish 



corvina (Odontoscion) chaetodons scorpionfish blennies 



triggerfish filefish trunkfishes threadfins 



(d) Open areas offshore, surface layers: normal salinities, temperatures, 



oceanic circulation. 



Spanish mackerel 



kingfish 



tuna 



jacks 



barracuda 



Principal types 

 sharks rays 

 frigate mackerel anchovies 

 bonlto balfbeaks 

 scads flying fish 



sardines dolphins 



rudder fish 

 myctophids 



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