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Group 1: Colorful Discs and Ovals
Group 2: Silvery
Group 3: Sloping Head and Tapered Body
Group 4: Small Ovals
Group 5: Heavy Body with Large Lips
Group 6: Pectoral Fins and Obvious Scales
Group 7: Reddish with Big Eyes
Group 8: Small Elongated Bottom Dwellers
Group 9: Odd Shaped Bottom Dwellers
Group 10: Odd Shaped Swimmers
Group 11: Eels
Group 12: Batoids
Group 13: Echinoderms
Group 14: Cnidarians
Group 15: Crustaceans
Group 16: Molluscs
Group 17: Reptiles



Group 1: Colorful Discs and Ovals

Four Eyed Butterfly
Chaetodon capistratus		Spotfin Butterfly
Chaetodon ocellatus
  

 
Banded Butterfly
Chaetodon striatus		 

Townsend Angel
Hybrid		Blue Angel
Holacanthus bermudensis
  

Gray Angel
Pomacanthus arcuatus		French Angel
Pomacanthus paru
  

Queen Angel
Holacanthus ciliaris		Rock Beauty
Holacanthus tricolor
  
 
Rock Beauty Juvenile
Holacanthus tricolor		 
Regal Tang
Acanthurus coeruleus		Blue Tang
Acanthurus coeruleus
  

Doctor Fish
Acanthurus chirurgus		Blue Tang 2
Acanthurus coeruleus


Group 2: Silvery

 

Palometa
Trachinotus goodie		Ballyhoo
Hemiramphus brasiliensis
  
Great Barracuda
Sphyraena barracuda		Silver Porgy (Bermuda "Bream")
Diplodus argenteus
  
 
Saucereye Porgy
Calamus calamus

Group 3: Sloping Head and Tapered Body

French Grunt
Haemulon flavolineatum 		Spanish Grunt
Haemulon macrostomum
  

White Grunt
Haemulon plumieri		Bluestriped Grunt
Haemulon sciurus
  

Striped Grunt
Haemulon striatum		Porkfish
Anisotremus virginicus
Yellowtail Snapper
Ocyurus chysurus		Mutton Snapper
Lutjanus analis

Group 4: Small Ovals

Sergeant Major
Abudefduf saxatilis		Night Sergeant
Abudefduf  taurus
  

Yellowtail Damselfish
Microspathodon chrysurus		Dusky Damselfish
Stegastes fuscus
  
 
Blue Chromus
Chromis cyanea		Indigo Hamlet
Hypoplectrus indigo

Group 5: Heavy Body with Large Lips

  

Rock Hind Camouflaged
Epinephelus adscensionis		Rock Hind Swimming
Epinephelus adscensionis
  
  
Nassau Group
Epinephelus striatus		 

Group 6: Pectoral fins and obvious scales 

Rainbow Parrotfish (Gillenbourg, {Bermuda})
Scarus guacamaia		Midnight Parrotfish
Scarus coelestinus
  

Blue Parrotfish
Scarus coeruleus		Queen Parrotfish
Scarus vetula
  

Princess Parrotfish
Scarus  taeniopterus		Redband Parrotfish
Sparisoma aurofrenatum
  

Stoplight Parrot, Adult (Male)
Sparisoma viride		Stoplight Parrot, Intermediate (Female)
Sparisoma viride
  

Yellowtail Parrot, Adult (Male)
Sparisoma rubripinne		Yellowtail Parrot, Intermediate (Female)
Sparisoma rubripinne
  

 
Bluehead Wrasse
Thalassoma bifasciatum		Hog Fish
Lachnolaimus maximus 
  

Puddingwife Juvenile
Halichoeres radiatus		Puddingwife Adult
Halichoeres radiatus
  

 

Spanish Hogfish
Bodianus rufus		 

Group 7: Reddish with Big Eyes 

 
Squirrelfish
Holocentrus adsensionis		Long Spine Squirrel Fish
Holocentrus rufus
  

 
Blackbar Soldierfish
Myriprisis jacobus		 

Group 8: Small Elongated Bottom-Dwellers

Group 9: Odd-Shaped Bottom-Dwellers

Sand Divers
Synodus intermedius		Flounder
Syacium micrurum

Group 10: Odd-Shaped Swimmers

  
Honey Combed Cowfish
Lactophrys plygonia		Honey Combed Cowfish (immature)
Lactophrys plygonia
  
 

Spotted Goatfish
Pseudupeneus maculates 		Trumpet Fish
Aulostomus maculates
  

Stripped Burrfish
Chilomycterus schoepfi		Porcupine Fish (Puffer)
Diodon hystrix
  
Honeycomb Cowfish
Lactophrys polygonia		Honeycomb Cowfish (immature)
Lactophrys polygonia
  

Smooth Trunkfish
Lactophrys triqueter		Black Durgon
Melichthys niger
  

 

 
 Scrawled Filefish
Aluterus scriptus 

Group 11: Eels

  
  
  
  

Group 12: Batiods


Southern Sting Ray
Dasyatis americana		Nurse Shark
Ginglymostoma cirratum

Group 13: Enchinoderms

West Indian Sea Egg
Tripneustes ventricosus		Long Spined Sea Urchin
Diadema antillarum
  

Donkey Dung Sea Cucumber
Holothuria mexicana		Starfish
Oreaster
  
  
Cusioned Sea Star
Oreaster reticulates		Cusioned Sea Star
Oreaster reticulates

Group 14: Cnidarians

  
Portugese Man of War
Physalia physalis		Moon Jelly
Aurelia aurita
  
  
  
  
  

Group 15: Crustaceans

 
Spanish Lobster (Bermuda Rock Lobster)
Scyllarides aequinoctialis		 

 

Group 16: Molluscs

 

 
Squid
Loligo duvaucelii		 
  

Group 17: Reptilians

  
Green Turtles
Chelonia mydas