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Fish and Coral of The Bahamas

photos by Paul Trammell

great hammerhead shark

Great Hammerhead Sphyrna mokarran

spotted eagle ray

spotted eagle ray, Aetobatus narinari
Angel Cays, Abacos

tiger grouper

tiger grouper Mycteroperca tigris
known to cause ciguatera poisoning

moray eel

Green Moray Eel Gymnothorax funebris

fish, reef, The Bahamas, queen angelfish,

angelfish

queen angelfish, adult, Holacanthus ciliarus

fish, reef, The Bahamas, Nassau grouper

nassau grouper, Epinephelus striatus, at Cat Island

cleaner fish, fish, reef, The Bahamas, red hind

red hind with cleaner fish on mouth

fish, reef, The Bahamas, red hind

red hind, Epinephelus guttatus,

black durgon, Melichthys niger

black durgon, Melichthys niger

black durgon, Melichthys niger

foureye butterflyfish

foureye butterflyfish, Chaetodon capistratus

spotfin butterflyfish, sergeant major, fish, reef, The Bahamas,

spotfin butterflyfish, Chaetodon ocellatus

sergeant major, Abudefduf saxatilis

rock beauty, fish, reef, The Bahamas,

rock beauty, Holacanthus tricolor

spotted moray eel, fish, reef, The Bahamas,

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

spotted trunkfish, fish, reef, The Bahamas,

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

blue chromis, fish, reef, The Bahamas,

blue chromis, Chromis cyaneus

juvenile blue angelfish, fish, reef, The Bahamas,

blue angelfish, juvenile, Holacanthus bermudensis

glasseye snapper, Priacanthus cruentatus

glasseye snapper, Priacanthus cruentatus
(not really a snapper)

yellow jack

yellow jack, Carax bartholomaei

caribbean reef octopus, The Bahamas

caribbean reef octopus, The Bahamas

caribbean reef octopus, The Bahamas

caribbean reef octopus, The Bahamas

Caribbean reef octopus, Octopus briareus, Eleuthera

schoolmaster snapper, Lutjanus apodus, ciguatera

schoolmaster snapper, Lutjanus apodus
known to cause ciguatera poisoning

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

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

striped parrotfish, Scarus croicensis,

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

stoplight parrotfish, hogfish, fish, reef, The Bahamas

stoplight parrotfish, Sparisoma viride, Ragged Islands

hogfish, Lacnolaminus maximus

hogfish, fish, reef, The Bahamas

hogfish, fish, reef, The Bahamas

juvenile Spanish hogfish, fish, reef, The Bahamas

Spanish hogfish, juvenile, Bodianus rufus

Spanish hogfish

black durgon, Melichthys niger

Spanish hogfish, black durgon, bluehead wrasse

Spanish hogfish,
Bodianus rufus

bluehead wrasse,
Thalassoma bifasciatum, male, Great Inagua

lemon shark, fish, reef, The Bahamas

lemon shark, fish, reef, The Bahamas

lemon shark, fish, reef, The Bahamas

lemon shark, fish, reef, The Bahamas

lemon shark, Negaprion, brevirostris, at Conception Island

lobed star coral, christmas tree worms, The Bahamas

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

coral reef, The Bahamas

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

coral reef, finger coral, The Bahamas

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

pillar coral, The Bahamas, Conception Island

pillar coral, Dendrogyra cylindrus, at Conception Island

brain coral, The Bahamas

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

brain coral, The Bahamas

brain coral

brain coral, ocean surgeon, fish, reef, The Bahamas

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, coral reef, The Bahamas

spiney lobster under lobed star coral

mountainous star coral, The Bahamas

mountainous star coral

elkhorn coral, The Bahamas

elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata

stomatolites, Warderick Wells, The Bahamas

stromatolites

trumpetfish, coral reef, The Bahamas

trumpetfish, Aulostomus maculatus

stingray

unknown stingray, very large, Black Point Settlement, Exumas

longfin damselfish, The Bahamas

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

female queen parrotfish

female queen parrotfish, Scarus vetula

royal gramma, Spanish hogfish

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

juvenile cocoa damselfish, fish, coral reef, The Bahamas

juvenile cocoa damselfish, Pomacentrus variabilis, at Cat Island

blue tang, fish, coral reef, The Bahamas

blue tang, Acanthurus coeruleus, at Cat Island

bluestriped grunt, Haemulon sciurus, fish, Bahamas

bluestriped grunt, Haemulon sciurus, Great Inagua

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