Sealife guideThe atlantic creolefishParanthias furcifer

Taxonomy
  • Common name: Atlantic creolefish
  • French name: Badèche créole
  • Spanish name: Cuna lucero,cunaro,canela
  • Scientific name: Paranthias furcifer (Valenciennes, 1828)
  • Family name: Epinephelidae
  • Order name: Perciformes
  • Class name: Actinopterygii
The atlantic creolefish (Paranthias furcifer)
The atlantic creolefish (Paranthias furcifer) © Seatraveler | Dreamstime.com
Within the same family
Gag grouper (Mycteroperca microlepis)
Gag grouper
(Mycteroperca microlepis)
Pacific creolefish (Cephalopholis colonus)
Pacific creolefish
(Cephalopholis colonus)
Coney (Cephalopholis fulva)
Coney
(Cephalopholis fulva)
Speckledfin grouper (Epinephelus ongus)
Speckledfin grouper
(Epinephelus ongus)
Dusky grouper (Epinephelus marginatus)
Dusky grouper
(Epinephelus marginatus)
Peacock grouper (Cephalopholis argus)
Peacock grouper
(Cephalopholis argus)
Tomato grouper (Cephalopholis sonnerati)
Tomato grouper
(Cephalopholis sonnerati)
Halfspotted grouper (Cephalopholis hemistiktos)
Halfspotted grouper
(Cephalopholis hemistiktos)
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Longface emperor
(Lethrinus olivaceus)
Redfin emperor (Monotaxis heterodon)
Redfin emperor
(Monotaxis heterodon)
Grey moray (Gymnothorax griseus)
Grey moray
(Gymnothorax griseus)
Stoplight parrotfish (Sparisoma viride)
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(Pseudupeneus maculatus)
Black breasted pipefish (Corythoichthys nigripectus)
Black breasted pipefish
(Corythoichthys nigripectus)
Dragonface pipefish (Corythoichthys haematopterus)
Dragonface pipefish
(Corythoichthys haematopterus)

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