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)
Peacock grouper (Cephalopholis argus)
Peacock grouper
(Cephalopholis argus)
Red hind (Epinephelus guttatus)
Red hind
(Epinephelus guttatus)
Starry grouper (Epinephelus labriformis)
Starry grouper
(Epinephelus labriformis)
Honeycomb grouper (Epinephelus merra)
Honeycomb grouper
(Epinephelus merra)
Blacktip grouper (Epinephelus fasciatus)
Blacktip grouper
(Epinephelus fasciatus)
Tomato grouper (Cephalopholis sonnerati)
Tomato grouper
(Cephalopholis sonnerati)
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Bluestriped fangblenny (Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos)
Bluestriped fangblenny
(Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos)
Spotted drum (Equetus punctatus)
Spotted drum
(Equetus punctatus)
Humpnose bigeye bream (Monotaxis grandoculis)
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(Monotaxis grandoculis)
Bluering angelfish (Pomacanthus annularis)
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(Pomacanthus annularis)
Eastern clown anemonefish (Amphiprion percula)
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Big-spot angler (Abantennarius nummifer)
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(Abantennarius nummifer)
Wolf eel (Anarrhichthys ocellatus)
Wolf eel
(Anarrhichthys ocellatus)
Blackwedged butterflyfish (Chaetodon falcula)
Blackwedged butterflyfish
(Chaetodon falcula)

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