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Fish Identification 1.Midwater invertebrate feeders 2.Midwater Piscivores 3.Large Piscivores 4.Coral Feeders 5.Benthic invertebrate feeders 6.Small fish.

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1 Fish Identification 1.Midwater invertebrate feeders 2.Midwater Piscivores 3.Large Piscivores 4.Coral Feeders 5.Benthic invertebrate feeders 6.Small fish feeders 7.Others Pomacentridae - Damselfish Dusky Damselfish3-spot DamselfishBeaugregoryBicolor Adult Juvenile All are in the genus Stegastes

2 Fish Identification 1.Midwater invertebrate feeders 2.Midwater Piscivores 3.Large Piscivores 4.Coral Feeders 5.Benthic invertebrate feeders 6.Small fish feeders 7.Others Pomacentridae - Damselfish Sergeant Major - Abudefduf Blue Chromis - Chromis

3 Fish Identification 1.Midwater invertebrate feeders 2.Midwater Piscivores 3.Large Piscivores 4.Coral Feeders 5.Benthic invertebrate feeders 6.Small fish feeders 7.Others Carangidae - jacks Bar Jack - CaranxPermit - Trachinotus Adult

4 Fish Identification 1.Midwater invertebrate feeders 2.Midwater Piscivores 3.Large Piscivores 4.Coral Feeders 5.Benthic invertebrate feeders 6.Small fish feeders 7.Others Carcharinidae - sharks Black tip reef shark -Charcharinus Nurse shark - Ginglymostoma Adult

5 Fish Identification 1.Midwater invertebrate feeders 2.Midwater Piscivores 3.Large Piscivores 4.Coral Feeders 5.Benthic invertebrate feeders 6.Small fish feeders 7.Others Dasyatidae - rays Southern sting ray -Dasyatis Adult

6 Fish Identification 1.Midwater invertebrate feeders 2.Midwater Piscivores 3.Large Piscivores 4.Coral Feeders 5.Benthic invertebrate feeders 6.Small fish feeders 7.Others Serranidae - groupers Jewfish Red grouper Red hind All are in the genus Epinelphelus Nassau grouper

7 Fish Identification 1.Midwater invertebrate feeders 2.Midwater Piscivores 3.Large Piscivores 4.Coral Feeders 5.Benthic invertebrate feeders 6.Small fish feeders 7.Others Serranidae - groupers Both are in the genus Mycertoperca Black grouper Tiger grouper

8 Fish Identification 1.Midwater invertebrate feeders 2.Midwater Piscivores 3.Large Piscivores 4.Coral Feeders 5.Benthic invertebrate feeders 6.Small fish feeders 7.Others Sphyraenidae - barracuda Sphyraena

9 Fish Identification 1.Midwater invertebrate feeders 2.Midwater Piscivores 3.Large Piscivores 4.Coral Feeders 5.Benthic invertebrate feeders 6.Small fish feeders 7.Others Parrotfish - Scaridae - Scarus Stoplight Rainbow Queen

10 Fish Identification 1.Midwater invertebrate feeders 2.Midwater Piscivores 3.Large Piscivores 4.Coral Feeders 5.Benthic invertebrate feeders 6.Small fish feeders 7.Others Parrotfish - Scaridae - Scarus Initial Phase Terminal Phase

11 Fish Identification 1.Midwater invertebrate feeders 2.Midwater Piscivores 3.Large Piscivores 4.Coral Feeders 5.Benthic invertebrate feeders 6.Small fish feeders 7.Others Balistidae - Filefish/Triggerfish Gray Triggerfish - Balistes Slender filefish - Monacanthis Whitespotted filefish - Balistes

12 Fish Identification 1.Midwater invertebrate feeders 2.Midwater Piscivores 3.Large Piscivores 4.Coral Feeders 5.Benthic invertebrate feeders 6.Small fish feeders 7.Others Tetraodontidae - Puffers Pufferfish - Sphaeriodes Balloonfish - Diodon

13 Fish Identification 1.Midwater invertebrate feeders 2.Midwater Piscivores 3.Large Piscivores 4.Coral Feeders 5.Benthic invertebrate feeders 6.Small fish feeders 7.Others Chaetodontidae - Butterfly fish Cherubfish - Centropyge Reef - Chaetodon Longsnout - Chaetodon Banded - Chaetodon Foureyed - Chaetodon Spotfin - Chaetodon

14 Fish Identification 1.Midwater invertebrate feeders 2.Midwater Piscivores 3.Large Piscivores 4.Coral Feeders 5.Benthic invertebrate feeders 6.Small fish feeders 7.Others Pomacanthidae - Angel fish Blue - HolacanthusFrench - Pomacanthus Queen - Holacanthus Juveniles

15 Fish Identification 1.Midwater invertebrate feeders 2.Midwater Piscivores 3.Large Piscivores 4.Coral Feeders 5.Benthic invertebrate feeders 6.Small fish feeders 7.Others Haemulidae - Grunts - Haemulon Bluestriped French Cottonwick Margate

16 Fish Identification 1.Midwater invertebrate feeders 2.Midwater Piscivores 3.Large Piscivores 4.Coral Feeders 5.Benthic invertebrate feeders 6.Small fish feeders 7.Others Lutjanidae - Snappers - Lutjanus Gray RedDog Mutton Schoolmaster

17 Fish Identification 1.Midwater invertebrate feeders 2.Midwater Piscivores 3.Large Piscivores 4.Coral Feeders 5.Benthic invertebrate feeders 6.Small fish feeders 7.Others Serranidae - sea basses Soapfish - RypticusLantern bass - Serranus Tobaccofish - Serranus

18 Fish Identification 1.Midwater invertebrate feeders 2.Midwater Piscivores 3.Large Piscivores 4.Coral Feeders 5.Benthic invertebrate feeders 6.Small fish feeders 7.Others Aulostomus - Aulostomidae - trumpet fish

19 Fish Identification 1.Midwater invertebrate feeders 2.Midwater Piscivores 3.Large Piscivores 4.Coral Feeders 5.Benthic invertebrate feeders 6.Small fish feeders 7.Browsers/grazers 8.Others Acanthurus - Acanthuridae Surgeonfish/Tang Gobiosoma - Gobiidae Gobies

20 Fish Identification 1.Midwater invertebrate feeders 2.Midwater Piscivores 3.Large Piscivores 4.Coral Feeders 5.Benthic invertebrate feeders 6.Small fish feeders 7.Browsers/grazers 8.Others Labridae - wrasses Bodianus - Spanish hogfish Clepticus - creole wrasse

21 Fish Identification 1.Midwater invertebrate feeders 2.Midwater Piscivores 3.Large Piscivores 4.Coral Feeders 5.Benthic invertebrate feeders 6.Small fish feeders 7.Browsers/grazers 8.Others Labridae - wrasses All are in the genus Halichoeres Bluehead Puddingwife Slippery dick juvenile

22 Fish Identification 1.Midwater invertebrate feeders 2.Midwater Piscivores 3.Large Piscivores 4.Coral Feeders 5.Benthic invertebrate feeders 6.Small fish feeders 7.Browsers/grazers 8.Others Holocentridae - squirrelfish All are in the genus Holocentrus Dusky squirrelfish Reef squirrelfish

23 Fish Identification 1.Midwater invertebrate feeders 2.Midwater Piscivores 3.Large Piscivores 4.Coral Feeders 5.Benthic invertebrate feeders 6.Small fish feeders 7.Browsers/grazers 8.Others Apogon - Apogonidae - cardinalfish

24 Fish Identification 1.Midwater invertebrate feeders 2.Midwater Piscivores 3.Large Piscivores 4.Coral Feeders 5.Benthic invertebrate feeders 6.Small fish feeders 7.Browsers/grazers 8.Others Ostraciidae - cowfish Spotted cowfish - Lactophrys

25 Fish Identification 1.Midwater invertebrate feeders 2.Midwater Piscivores 3.Large Piscivores 4.Coral Feeders 5.Benthic invertebrate feeders 6.Small fish feeders 7.Browsers/grazers 8.Others Sciaenidae - drums - Equetus Spotted drum Jacknife fish Highhat

26 Fish Identification 1.Midwater invertebrate feeders 2.Midwater Piscivores 3.Large Piscivores 4.Coral Feeders 5.Benthic invertebrate feeders 6.Small fish feeders 7.Browsers/grazers 8.Others Muraenidae - morays - Gymnothorax Green moraySpotted moray

27 Fish Identification 1.Midwater invertebrate feeders 2.Midwater Piscivores 3.Large Piscivores 4.Coral Feeders 5.Benthic invertebrate feeders 6.Small fish feeders 7.Browsers/grazers 8.Others Congridae - garden eels - Heteroconger

28 Fish Identification 1.Midwater invertebrate feeders 2.Midwater Piscivores 3.Large Piscivores 4.Coral Feeders 5.Benthic invertebrate feeders 6.Small fish feeders 7.Browsers/grazers 8.Others Ophichthidae - snake eels - Myrichthyes

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