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Species Galleries - Caribbean

Yellow Goatfish

Yellow Goatfish

White; upper body may have shadings ranging from blue to olive or red. Fins, other than tail, may be white or yellowish.

Spotted Goatfish

Rapidly and dramatically change color from white to blotched and mottled red to reddish brown when becoming inactive. Light bluish lines often on head and, occasionally, upper body.

Trumpetfish

Trumpetfish

Adept at color change. Most common phase is brown to reddish brown; can be blue-gray, bright yellow or many shades between. Have pale lines, scattered small black spots, and a black streak on upper jaw.
Bluehead

Bluehead

Rear body is green to blue-green.
Yellowhead Wrasse

Yellowhead Wrasse

Head and forebody vary from bright yellow to yellowish or greenish tan; dark blue to green rear body and tail. Dark midbody bar continues as a wide border along back to tail.
Redband Parrotfish

Redband Parrotfish

Greenish overall, underside lighter; anal fin usually reddish. Outer tips of tail black. Tail square-cut.
Stoplight Parrotfish

Stoplight Parrotfish

Emerald green. Salmon to yellow markings on head and fins. Tail is crescent-shaped.
Fairy Basslet

Fairy Basslet

Several streaks on head run across eye.
Harlequin Bass

Harlequin Bass

Upper body has whitish undercolor; lower body pale yellow. Series of dark dots form diffuse horizontal lines on body. Head more pointed than that of other family members.
Brown Chromis

Brown Chromis

Vary from brownish gray to olive-brown. Usually a white or pale yellow spot located just below last dorsal fin ray; may have black borders on tail, primarily in southern Caribbean. Slender, deeply forked tail.

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