Fish Gallery - Caribbean

DISTINCTIVE FEATURES: Head, mouth, and eyes are large in size relative to the rest of their bodies.

DESCRIPTION:

The head and upper body are a light, but brilliant, yellow color slowly fading to a pearlescent blue hue. The mouth and jaws are, as suggested by the common name, a signature of the jawfishes. It is a mouthbrooder, with males carrying the eggs in the mouth until they hatch.

DISTINCTIVE FEATURES: Two wide, black midbody bands.

DESCRIPTION:

Silver to white. black bar on head runs across eye; blackish border on rear of body, base of rear dorsal and anal fins.

DISTINCTIVE FEATURES: Black spot, ringed in white, on rear body near upper base of tail.

DESCRIPTION:

Silver-gray. Marked with numerous dark, thin lines that radiate at a diagonal from midbody; black bar on hear runs across eye; yellowish submarginal band on rear dorsal, tail and anal fins.

DISTINCTIVE FEATURES: 1. Fins (except pectoral) bright yellow. 2. Black dot on outer edge of rear dorsal fin.

DESCRIPTION:

Silver-white. Black bar on head runs across eye; may have darkish spot on rear dorsal fin below distinctive black dot noted above.

DISTINCTIVE FEATURES: 1. Dark blue spot on forehead, speckled and ringed with brilliant blue, forms the "crown." 2. Tail yellow.

DESCRIPTION:

Blue to greenish blue, with yellow rims on scales; yellow ventral and pectoral fins; deep blue lips and markings on gill cover; yellowish face.

DISTINCTIVE FEATURES: Gray body. 1. Yellow inner face of pectoral fin. 2. Square-cut tail.

DESCRIPTION:

Uniformly gray to grayish brown with light-edged scales.

DISTINCTIVE FEATURES: Blue overall. 1. White or yellow spine on base of tail.

DESCRIPTION:

Can change from powder blue to deep purple, and pale or darken. Dorsal and anal fins edged in bright blue. More circular than other surgeonfishes.

DISTINCTIVE FEATURES: Uniform color with no body bars.

DESCRIPTION:

Can change from bluish gray to dark brown, and pale or darken dramatically. Markings radiate from eye. Blue or white edging on dorsal, anal and tail fins. May have pale band on base of tail.

DISTINCTIVE FEATURES: 1. Always have body bars (10-12), although they may be quite faint.

DESCRIPTION:

Can change from bluish gray to dark brown, and pale or darken dramatically. Several markings radiate from eye. Blue or white edging on dorsal, anal and tail fins. May have pale band on base of tail.

DISTINCTIVE FEATURES: 1. Bright blue-and-black border on back runs along dorsal fin and onto lower tail fin.

DESCRIPTION:

Silvery. Can darken almost to black, especially when feeding near bottom.