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) © Seatraveler | Dreamstime.com
Within the same family

Gag grouper
(Mycteroperca microlepis)
(Mycteroperca microlepis)

Pacific creolefish
(Cephalopholis colonus)
(Cephalopholis colonus)

Peacock grouper
(Cephalopholis argus)
(Cephalopholis argus)

Red hind
(Epinephelus guttatus)
(Epinephelus guttatus)

Starry grouper
(Epinephelus labriformis)
(Epinephelus labriformis)

Honeycomb grouper
(Epinephelus merra)
(Epinephelus merra)

Blacktip grouper
(Epinephelus fasciatus)
(Epinephelus fasciatus)

Tomato grouper
(Cephalopholis sonnerati)
(Cephalopholis sonnerati)
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(Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos)
(Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos)

Spotted drum
(Equetus punctatus)
(Equetus punctatus)

Humpnose bigeye bream
(Monotaxis grandoculis)
(Monotaxis grandoculis)

Bluering angelfish
(Pomacanthus annularis)
(Pomacanthus annularis)

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(Amphiprion percula)
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(Abantennarius nummifer)
(Abantennarius nummifer)

Wolf eel
(Anarrhichthys ocellatus)
(Anarrhichthys ocellatus)

Blackwedged butterflyfish
(Chaetodon falcula)
(Chaetodon falcula)
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