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Fish and Coral of The Bahamas
photos by Paul Trammell

Great Hammerhead Sphyrna mokarran

spotted eagle ray, Aetobatus narinari
Angel Cays, Abacos

tiger grouper Mycteroperca tigris
known to cause ciguatera poisoning

Green Moray Eel Gymnothorax funebris


queen angelfish, adult, Holacanthus ciliarus

nassau grouper, Epinephelus striatus, at Cat Island


red hind with cleaner fish on mouth

red hind, Epinephelus guttatus,
black durgon, Melichthys niger

black durgon, Melichthys niger

foureye butterflyfish, Chaetodon capistratus

spotfin butterflyfish, Chaetodon ocellatus
sergeant major, Abudefduf saxatilis

rock beauty, Holacanthus tricolor

spotted moray eel, Gymnothorax moringa, at Hog Cay, Ragged Islands

spotted trunkfish, Lactophrys bicaudalis, at Great Guana Cay, Exumas

blue chromis, Chromis cyaneus

blue angelfish, juvenile, Holacanthus bermudensis

glasseye snapper, Priacanthus cruentatus
(not really a snapper)

yellow jack, Carax bartholomaei




Caribbean reef octopus, Octopus briareus, Eleuthera

schoolmaster snapper, Lutjanus apodus
known to cause ciguatera poisoning

Spanish Hogfish, Bodianus rufus
Schoolmaster snapper, Lutjanus apodus, Great Inagua

striped parrotfish, Scarus croicensis, either a female or a juvenile, Great Inagua

stoplight parrotfish, Sparisoma viride, Ragged Islands
hogfish, Lacnolaminus maximus



Spanish hogfish, juvenile, Bodianus rufus

black durgon, Melichthys niger

Spanish hogfish,
Bodianus rufus
bluehead wrasse,
Thalassoma bifasciatum, male, Great Inagua




lemon shark, Negaprion, brevirostris, at Conception Island

lobed star coral with christmas tree worms, at Gaulin Cay South, Exumas

L to R: finger coral, mountainous star coral, mustard hill coral, at Gaulin Cay South, Exumas

finger coral, Porites sp. in foreground, blue chromis above, lobed star coral in background, French grunt on right

pillar coral, Dendrogyra cylindrus, at Conception Island

grooved brain coral, Diplora labyrinthiformis, at Big Galliot Cay, Exumas

brain coral

brain coral with fan worms on the right, ocean surgeon (fish on right). This coral is growing on an old cable at Clarence Town, Long Island.

grooved brain coral on left, symmetrical brain coral on right

spiney lobster under lobed star coral

mountainous star coral

elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata

stromatolites

trumpetfish, Aulostomus maculatus

unknown stingray, very large, Black Point Settlement, Exumas

longfin damselfish, Pomacentrus diencaeus, at Conception Island, great barracuda, Sphyraena barracuda, in upper right

female queen parrotfish, Scarus vetula

royal gramma, Gramma loreto on left, juvenile Spanish hogfish on right

juvenile cocoa damselfish, Pomacentrus variabilis, at Cat Island

blue tang, Acanthurus coeruleus, at Cat Island

bluestriped grunt, Haemulon sciurus, Great Inagua
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