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Fish and Corals of the Caribbean
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12/01/2015

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Jack/Trevally, Carangidae (Bar Jack)
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Snapper, Lutjanidae(Yellowtail Snapper)
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Butterfly, Chaetodontidae (Banded Butterfly)
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Barracuda, Sphyraenidae
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Trigger, Balistidae (Black Durgon)
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Blenny, Blenniidae
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Boxfish, Ostraciidae
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Surgeon, Acanthuridae (Doctorfish)
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Flounder, Bothidae
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Butterfly, Chaetodontidae (Foureye Butterfly)
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Angel, Pomacanthidae (French Angel Juv.)
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Angel, Pomacanthidae (French Angel)
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Grunt, Haemulidae (French Grunt)
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Goatfish,  Mullidae
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Goby, Gobiidae
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Lizardfish, Synodontidae
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Grouper, Serranidae (Nassau Grouper)
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Surgeonfish, Acanthuridae (Ocean Surgeonfish)
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Cardinalfish, Apogonidae
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Parrot, Scaridae
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Pipefish and Seahorses, Syngnathidae
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Porcupinefish, Diodontidae
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Wrasse, Labridae (Puddingwife)
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Angelfish, Pomacanthidae (Rock Beauty Juv.)
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Angelfish, Pomacanthidae (Rock Beauty)
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Snapper, Lutjanidae (Schoolmaster snapper)
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Scorpionfish, Scorpaenidae
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Wrasse, Labridae (Slippery Dick)
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Butterfly, Chaetodontidae (Spotfin butterfly)
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Squirrelfish, Holocentridae
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Puffer, Tetraodontidae
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Trumpetfish, Aulostomidae
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Damsel, Pomacentridae (Yellowtail Damsel)
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Montastraea annularis

Small polyps

smooth(ish) surface

Colonies subdivided into mounds with live terminal polyps at summit

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Montastraea cavernosa

Large, round polyps

mounds, single columns, thick crust, thick plate

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Siderastrea siderea

 

Sunken polyps, thin septa

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Porites astreoides


small mounds, thick crusts or plates,

green, olive green, brown

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Colpophyllia natans

 

Big brain, with grooves in middle of ridge

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Diploria strigosa

 

No distinct ridges, continuous grooves

cant distinguish individual colonies

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Diploria clivosa

 

"lumpy" brain coral

lumpy crusts

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Agaricia agaricites

 

tiny reticulate polyps

form crusts, foliose, lumps and keels

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Agaricia tenuifolia

 

tiny reticulate polyps on both side of keel

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Agaricia lamarcki

 

Thick dense plates

distinct polyp mounds

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Acropora cervicornis

 

Staghorn coral

long thin round branches

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Acropora palmata

 

Flattened thick branches

terminal polyp identifiable by white ends of "branches"

continuous colonies

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Porites porites

 

stubby branches with blunt tips

 

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Millepora sp.

 

Fire coral

smooth colony surface with tiny pores

stingy. dont touch

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