Sealife guideThe atlantic creolefishParanthias furcifer

Last updated on 06/10/2024 at 11:44 PM

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

Blacktip grouper
(Epinephelus fasciatus)

Coral grouper
(Cephalopholis miniata)

Darkfin hind
(Cephalopholis urodeta)

Greasy grouper
(Epinephelus tauvina)

Honeycomb grouper
(Epinephelus merra)

Pacific creolefish
(Cephalopholis colonus)

Red grouper
(Epinephelus morio)

Redmouth grouper
(Aethaloperca rogaa)

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Banded mud moray
(Gymnothorax chlamydatus)

Blackspot razorfish
(Iniistius dea)

Common bluestripe snapper
(Lutjanus kasmira)

Picasso triggerfish
(Rhinecanthus aculeatus)

Reticulated damselfish
(Dascyllus reticulatus)

Rock beauty
(Holacanthus tricolor)

Spanish hogfish
(Bodianus rufus)

Yellowspotted trevally
(Carangoides fulvoguttatus)

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