Fish Gallery - Caribbean

DISTINCTIVE FEATURES: Silver. Long, cylindrical body. 1. Large underslung jaw, pointed teeth often obvious.

DESCRIPTION:

Usually has scattered, dark blotches. Can darken showing side bands. Dorsal fins widely separated.

DISTINCTIVE FEATURES: Gray to silver. "Football-shaped" body. (Note: Reliably distinguishing between these two species visually while underwater is considered impossible.)

DESCRIPTION:

Initially appear uniformly gray to silver; occasionally display whitish blotches. A close look reveals thin yellow to bronze stripes on body and a stripe, bordered in white, under eye from mouth to gill cover.

DISTINCTIVE FEATURES: 1. Yellow stripes below lateral line set on diagonal.

DESCRIPTION:

Yellow stripes on a white to bluish or yellowish silver background. Stripes above lateral line are horizontal. Fins yellow.

DISTINCTIVE FEATURES: 1. Dark tail and rear dorsal fin. 2. Blue stripes.

DESCRIPTION:

Blue stripes over yellow-gold. Dark tail and dorsal fins have light margins; other fins yellow.

DISTINCTIVE FEATURES: 1. Brilliant yellow midbody stripe and tail.

DESCRIPTION:

Silvery to white, often tinged with blue. May have yellow spots on upper body. Tail deeply forked.

DISTINCTIVE FEATURES: Black and white. 1. Forebody is usually black.

DESCRIPTION:

Location of boundary between dark and pale area varies greatly; dark area may cover only upper head or extend past midbody to base of tail; pale area often yellowish near boundary, especially toward belly. Pale fins may have bluish cast. On rare occasion, there is a reverse color phase.

DISTINCTIVE FEATURES: Dark body. 1. Yellow tail.

DESCRIPTION:

Vary from brown to bluish black. Bright blue speckles on head, back and dorsal fin.

DISTINCTIVE FEATURES: 1. Five black body bars. 2. Upper lip does not overhang lower.

DESCRIPTION:

Upper body usually yellow, occasionally with shades of green to blue, and white to bluish silver or light gray below. Male becomes dark blue to purple during mating season when guarding reddish purple egg patches.

DISTINCTIVE FEATURES: Brilliant blue. 1. Slender, deeply forked tail with dark borders.

DESCRIPTION:

Often dark on nape and along back.

DISTINCTIVE FEATURES: Brown. 1. Border of dorsal fin and tips of tail fin yellow. 2. Dark spot around base of pectoral fin.

DESCRIPTION:

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.