Species found here
209 species with documented occurrence. Records may be historical; they do not establish abundance or permission to fish.
Species without a full guide yet are still listed.
Albacore
Thunnus alalunga
Read guideAmerican cupped oyster
Crassostrea virginica
Guide coming later
American eel
Anguilla rostrata
Read guideAtlantic bigeye
Priacanthus arenatus
Read guideAtlantic flyingfish
Cheilopogon melanurus
Guide coming later
Atlantic pearl oyster
Pinctada imbricata
Read guideAtlantic smallwing flyingfish
Oxyporhamphus micropterus
Guide coming later
Atlantic spadefish
Chaetodipterus faber
Read guideAtlantic tarpon
Megalops atlanticus
Read guideAtlantic tiger lucine
Codakia orbicularis
Read guideBalao halfbeak
Hemiramphus balao
Read guideBar jack
Caranx ruber
Read guideBarbados keyhole limpet
Fissurella barbadensis
Read guideBermuda sea chub
Kyphosus sectatrix
Read guideBigeye anchovy
Anchoa lamprotaenia
Read guideBigeye mojarra
Eucinostomus havana
Guide coming later
Bigeye scad
Selar crumenophthalmus
Read guideBigeye soldierfish
Ostichthys trachypoma
Read guideBigeye tuna
Thunnus obesus
Read guideBigmouth sleeper
Gobiomorus dormitor
Read guideBlack gemfish
Nesiarchus nasutus
Guide coming later
Black grouper
Mycteroperca bonaci
Read guideBlack jack
Caranx lugubris
Read guideBlack margate
Anisotremus surinamensis
Read guideBlack snake mackerel
Nealotus tripes
Guide coming later
Black snapper
Apsilus dentatus
Guide coming later
Black triggerfish
Melichthys niger
Read guideBlackbar soldierfish
Myripristis jacobus
Read guideBlackfin snapper
Lutjanus buccanella
Read guideBlackfin tuna
Thunnus atlanticus
Read guideBlacktip shark
Carcharhinus limbatus
Protected — do not keep
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Read guideBleeding tooth
Nerita peloronta
Read guideBlue land crab
Cardisoma guanhumi
Read guideBlue parrotfish
Scarus coeruleus
Read guideBlue runner
Caranx crysos
Read guideBlue tang surgeonfish
Acanthurus coeruleus
Read guideBluehead
Thalassoma bifasciatum
Read guideBluestriped grunt
Haemulon sciurus
Read guideBonefish
Albula vulpes
Read guideBucktooth parrotfish
Sparisoma radians
Read guideBull shark
Carcharhinus leucas
Protected — do not keep
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Read guideCaesar grunt
Haemulon carbonarium
Read guideCardinal snapper
Pristipomoides macrophthalmus
Read guideCardinal soldierfish
Plectrypops retrospinis
Read guideCaribbean reef octopus
Octopus briareus
Read guideCaribbean reef shark
Carcharhinus perezii
Protected — do not keep
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Read guideCaribbean reef squid
Sepioteuthis sepioidea
Read guideCaribbean spiny lobster
Panulirus argus
Presence: documented · Harvest: Regulated
Read guideCero
Scomberomorus regalis
Read guideChain moray
Echidna catenata
Read guideChannel scabbardfish
Evoxymetopon taeniatus
Guide coming later
Chestnut moray
Enchelycore carychroa
Read guideChestnut turban
Turbo castanea
Read guideClown wrasse
Halichoeres maculipinna
Read guideConey
Cephalopholis fulva
Read guideCottonwick grunt
Haemulon melanurum
Read guideCrevalle jack
Caranx hippos
Read guideCross-barred venus
Chione cancellata
Read guideCuban dogfish
Squalus cubensis
Protected — do not keep
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Read guideCubera snapper
Lutjanus cyanopterus
Read guideDeepreef scorpionfish
Scorpaenodes tredecimspinosus
Read guideDoctorfish
Acanthurus chirurgus
Read guideDog snapper
Lutjanus jocu
Read guideDusky squirrelfish
Neoniphon vexillarium
Read guideEared ark
Anadara notabilis
Read guideEscolar
Lepidocybium flavobrunneum
Read guideEyed flounder
Bothus ocellatus
Read guideFighting conch
Strombus pugilis
Read guideFlame helmet
Cassis flammea
Read guideFlathead mullet
Mugil cephalus
Read guideFlorida pompano
Trachinotus carolinus
Read guideFlying gurnard
Dactylopterus volitans
Read guideFlying halfbeak
Euleptorhamphus velox
Read guideFrench grunt
Haemulon flavolineatum
Read guideFringed filefish
Monacanthus ciliatus
Protected — do not keep
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Read guideGlasseye
Heteropriacanthus cruentatus
Read guideGoldentail moray
Gymnothorax miliaris
Read guideGoliath grouper
Epinephelus itajara
Protected — do not keep
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Read guideGoosehead scorpionfish
Scorpaena bergii
Read guideGraysby
Cephalopholis cruentata
Read guideGreat barracuda
Sphyraena barracuda
Read guideGreat hammer head
Sphyrna mokarran
Protected — do not keep
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Guide coming later
Green moray
Gymnothorax funebris
Read guideGrey snapper
Lutjanus griseus
Read guideGrey triggerfish
Balistes capriscus
Read guideHigh hat
Pareques acuminatus
Read guideHogfish
Lachnolaimus maximus
Read guideHorse-eye jack
Caranx latus
Read guideHound needlefish
Tylosurus crocodilus
Read guideJack-knife fish
Eques lanceolatus
Read guideJenny mojarra
Eucinostomus gula
Read guideJolthead porgy
Calamus bajonado
Read guideKeeltail needlefish
Platybelone argalus
Read guideLane snapper
Lutjanus synagris
Read guideLemon shark
Negaprion brevirostris
Protected — do not keep
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Read guideLister’s keyhole limpet
Diodora listeri
Read guideLittle tunny
Euthynnus alletteratus
Read guideLongjaw squirrelfish
Neoniphon marianus
Read guideLongspine squirrelfish
Holocentrus rufus
Read guideMahi-mahi
Coryphaena hippurus
Read guideMahogany snapper
Lutjanus mahogoni
Read guideMarbled moray
Uropterygius macularius
Read guideMasked swimcrab
Callinectes larvatus
Read guideMidnight parrotfish
Scarus coelestinus
Read guideMilk conch
Macrostrombus costatus
Read guideMottled flounder
Bothus maculiferus
Read guideMushroom scorpionfish
Scorpaena inermis
Read guideMutton snapper
Lutjanus analis
Read guideNassau grouper
Epinephelus striatus
Presence: documented · Harvest: Regulated
Read guideNude sole
Gymnachirus nudus
Guide coming later
Nurse shark
Ginglymostoma cirratum
Protected — do not keep
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Read guideOcean surgeon
Acanthurus bahianus
Read guideOcean triggerfish
Canthidermis sufflamen
Read guideOceanic whitetip shark
Carcharhinus longimanus
Protected — do not keep
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Read guideOrangespotted filefish
Cantherhines pullus
Protected — do not keep
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Read guidePalometa pompano
Trachinotus goodei
Read guidePeacock flounder
Bothus lunatus
Read guidePlanehead filefish
Stephanolepis hispida
Protected — do not keep
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Read guidePluma porgy
Calamus pennatula
Read guidePompano dolphinfish
Coryphaena equiselis
Guide coming later
Porkfish
Anisotremus virginicus
Read guidePrincess parrotfish
Scarus taeniopterus
Read guidePuddingwife
Halichoeres radiatus
Read guidePurplemouth moray
Gymnothorax vicinus
Read guidePygmy filefish
Stephanolepis setifer
Protected — do not keep
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Read guidePygmy moray
Anarchias similis
Guide coming later
Queen conch
Aliger gigas
Presence: documented · Harvest: Regulated
Read guideQueen parrotfish
Scarus vetula
Read guideQueen triggerfish
Balistes vetula
Read guideRainbow parrotfish
Scarus guacamaia
Read guideRainbow runner
Elagatis bipinnulata
Read guideRainbow wrasse
Halichoeres pictus
Read guideRed hind
Epinephelus guttatus
Read guideRed lionfish
Pterois volitans
Read guideRedband parrotfish
Sparisoma aurofrenatum
Read guideRedbarred lizardfish
Synodus synodus
Read guideRedface eel
Monopenchelys acuta
Guide coming later
Redfin needlefish
Strongylura notata
Guide coming later
Redfin parrotfish
Sparisoma rubripinne
Read guideRedtail parrotfish
Sparisoma chrysopterum
Read guideReef scorpionfish
Scorpaenodes caribbaeus
Read guideReef squirrelfish
Sargocentron coruscum
Read guideRock hind
Epinephelus adscensionis
Read guideSaddle squirrelfish
Sargocentron poco
Read guideSailor’s choice
Haemulon parra
Read guideSand diver
Synodus intermedius
Read guideSand tilefish
Malacanthus plumieri
Protected — do not keep
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Read guideSargassum triggerfish
Xanthichthys ringens
Read guideSaucereye porgy
Calamus calamus
Read guideScalloped hammerhead
Sphyrna lewini
Protected — do not keep
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Read guideSchoolmaster snapper
Lutjanus apodus
Read guideScrawled filefish
Aluterus scriptus
Protected — do not keep
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Read guideSculptured mitten lobster
Parribacus antarcticus
Read guideSennet
Sphyraena borealis
Read guideSharksucker
Echeneis naucrates
Read guideShelligs crab
Callinectes ornatus
Read guideSilk snapper
Lutjanus vivanus
Read guideSilky shark
Carcharhinus falciformis
Protected — do not keep
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Read guideSkipjack tuna
Katsuwonus pelamis
Guide coming later
Slender filefish
Monacanthus tuckeri
Protected — do not keep
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Read guideSlender mojarra
Eucinostomus jonesii
Read guideSlippery dick
Halichoeres bivittatus
Read guideSnake mackerel
Gempylus serpens
Read guideSouthern stingray
Hypanus americanus
Protected — do not keep
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Read guideSpanish flag
Gonioplectrus hispanus
Guide coming later
Spanish grunt
Haemulon macrostomum
Read guideSpanish hogfish
Bodianus rufus
Read guideSpanish slipper lobster
Scyllarides aequinoctialis
Read guideSpotfin mojarra
Eucinostomus argenteus
Read guideSpotted drum
Equetus punctatus
Read guideSpotted eagle ray
Aetobatus narinari
Protected — do not keep
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Read guideSpotted goatfish
Pseudupeneus maculatus
Read guideSpotted moray
Gymnothorax moringa
Read guideSpotted oceanic triggerfish
Canthidermis maculata
Read guideSpotted scorpionfish
Scorpaena plumieri
Read guideSpotted spiny lobster
Panulirus guttatus
Read guideSquirrelfish
Holocentrus adscensionis
Read guideStoplight parrotfish
Sparisoma viride
Read guideStriped grunt
Haemulon striatum
Read guideStriped parrotfish
Scarus iseri
Read guideSwordfish
Xiphias gladius
Read guideThreadfin shad
Dorosoma petenense
Read guideTidewater mojarra
Eucinostomus harengulus
Read guideTiger grouper
Mycteroperca tigris
Read guideTimucu
Strongylura timucu
Read guideTomtate grunt
Haemulon aurolineatum
Read guideTulip mussel
Modiolus americanus
Read guideTurkey wing
Arca zebra
Read guideUnicorn leatherjacket
Aluterus monoceros
Protected — do not keep
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Guide coming later
Viper moray
Enchelycore nigricans
Read guideWahoo
Acanthocybium solandri
Read guideWest Indian crown conch
Melongena melongena
Guide coming later
West Indian furrow lobster
Justitia longimana
Guide coming later
West Indian top shell
Cittarium pica
Read guideWhite grunt
Haemulon plumierii
Read guideWhite margate
Haemulon album
Read guideWhite mullet
Mugil curema
Read guideWhitefin sharksucker
Echeneis neucratoides
Read guideWhitespotted filefish
Cantherhines macrocerus
Protected — do not keep
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Read guideYellow jack
Caranx bartholomaei
Read guideYellow sea chub
Kyphosus incisor
Guide coming later
Yellow stingray
Urobatis jamaicensis
Protected — do not keep
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Guide coming later
Yellowcheek wrasse
Halichoeres cyanocephalus
Read guideYellowfin grouper
Mycteroperca venenosa
Read guideYellowfin mojarra
Gerres cinereus
Read guideYellowfin tuna
Thunnus albacares
Read guideYellowhead wrasse
Halichoeres garnoti
Read guideYellowmouth grouper
Mycteroperca interstitialis
Read guideYellowtail snapper
Ocyurus chrysurus
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