THE CARIBBEWi AREA — HAITI 

 A list of Haitian ilsh n ames >rith their English and scientific equivalents . 



Haitian Name 



brochet 



saumon 



be chine 



palriot 



lippe 



crocro tete-feuilles 



or caco gri& 

 crocro gueule-rouge 

 pargue dent-chien or 



carde roiilesse 

 pargue 



sorb or card claire 

 vivanot jolle-blue 

 vivanot 



tete ronde or juif 

 vie 11a rouge or 



nague coleur rouge 

 tienne or nagul 

 tassard 

 camard 



carangue gros-yeux 

 carangue grasse 

 carangue f ranee 

 carangue a plume 

 la lune 

 banane 



lebranche or garmot 

 barbaray rouge 

 barbatay jaune et gria 



or souris jaune 

 cartinau, marianne or 



frere Jacque 

 jacquot 

 margueiT-te 

 grand-ecaille 

 caillfi 



sardine d'or 

 sardine rouge 

 Zanchois 

 harang 

 aile ronde 

 rodeau 



gros yeaux or dlol pas blue 

 vingt-quatre heaures 

 espadon 

 coutelas 

 maman-balat re 

 crapeaud 

 cheche 

 Chouf-chouf 

 pantouf flier 

 requin 



diable de la mer 

 cazard 

 grandgele 

 petit negre 

 argente 

 sard rouge 

 carde gria 

 portugais 

 soua-ge 



English Nam e 



snook 

 snook 

 barracuda 



grunt, grey 

 grunt, redmouth 



dog's tooth snapper 

 schoolmaster snapper 

 mutton snapper 

 snapper 

 silk snapper 

 big-eye catalufa 



red grouper 



nassau or white grouper 



kingfish 



jack 



jack 



jack 



pompano 



pcsapano 



moonfish 



bonefish 



mullet 



red goatfish 



yellow goatfish 



squiirelfish 



parrot fish 



butterfly fish 



tarpon 



sardines 



sardine 



sardine 



anchovies 



herring 



sole 



sheepshead 



porgy 



scoipion fish 



sawfish 



cutlass fish 



sailfish 



toadfish 



squid 



puffer 



hainm.erhead shark 



dusky sharic 



manta ray 



Spanish mackerel 



red hind 



brown hind 



lane snapper 



red snapper 



grey snapper 



black angelfish 



blue tang 



Scientific Name 



Centropomus undecimalis 

 C. parallelus 

 Sphyraena spp. 

 Anisotremus virginious 

 A. surinamensis 



Haemulon macrestomum 

 H. flavolineatum 



Lutianus jocu 



L. apodus 



L. analis 



L. aza 



L. vivanus 



Priacanthus arena tus 



Epinephelus morio 

 E. striatus 

 Scomberomorus cavalla 

 Caranx hippos 

 C. latus 

 C. chrysos 



Trachinotus carolinus 

 T. falcatus 

 Selene vomer 

 Albula vulpes 

 Higil braziliensis 

 Upeneus martinicus 



U. maculatus 



Holocentmis spp. 



Scaridae 



Chaetodontidae 



Taipon atlanticus 



Clupeidae 



Sardlnella humeradls 



S. macrophthalma 



Engraulidae 



Clupeidae 



Soleidae 



Archosargus unimaculatus 



Sparidae 



Scorpaenidae 



Pri stispectinatue 



Trichiurus lepturus 



Istiophorus spp. 



Batracholdidae 



Tetraodontidae 

 Sphymidae 



Carcharhinus ob scums 

 Manta birostris 

 Scomberomorus spp, 

 Eqinephelus guttatus 

 Epinephelus sp . 

 Lutianus synagris 

 L. campechanus 

 L. griseus 



Pomacanthus archatus 

 Acanthurus hepatus 



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