Species found here
166 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 eel
Anguilla rostrata
Read guideAmerican sackfish
Neoepinnula americana
Guide coming later
Arrowhead dogfish
Deania profundorum
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Guide coming later
Atlantic bigeye
Priacanthus arenatus
Read guideAtlantic bonito
Sarda sarda
Guide coming later
Atlantic deep-sea lobster
Acanthacaris caeca
Guide coming later
Atlantic spadefish
Chaetodipterus faber
Read guideBalao halfbeak
Hemiramphus balao
Read guideBallyhoo halfbeak
Hemiramphus brasiliensis
Read guideBancroft’s numbfish
Narcine bancroftii
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Guide coming later
Bar jack
Caranx ruber
Read guideBermuda sea chub
Kyphosus sectatrix
Read guideBigeye scad
Selar crumenophthalmus
Read guideBigeye soldierfish
Ostichthys trachypoma
Read guideBigeye tuna
Thunnus obesus
Read guideBlack margate
Anisotremus surinamensis
Read guideBlack triggerfish
Melichthys niger
Read guideBlackbar soldierfish
Myripristis jacobus
Read guideBlackfin snapper
Lutjanus buccanella
Read guideBlackfin tuna
Thunnus atlanticus
Read guideBlue land crab
Cardisoma guanhumi
Read guideBlue runner
Caranx crysos
Read guideBlue tang surgeonfish
Acanthurus coeruleus
Read guideBluehead
Thalassoma bifasciatum
Read guideBluelip parrotfish
Cryptotomus roseus
Read guideBrazilian lizardfish
Saurida brasiliensis
Read guideBroadtail shortfin squid
Illex coindetii
Read guideBucktooth parrotfish
Sparisoma radians
Read guideCaesar grunt
Haemulon carbonarium
Read guideCardinal snapper
Pristipomoides macrophthalmus
Read guideCardinal soldierfish
Plectrypops retrospinis
Read guideCaribbean lanternshark
Etmopterus hillianus
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Read guideCaribbean reef octopus
Octopus briareus
Read guideCaribbean reef squid
Sepioteuthis sepioidea
Read guideCaribbean spiny lobster
Panulirus argus
Read guideCero
Scomberomorus regalis
Read guideChain catshark
Scyliorhinus retifer
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Guide coming later
Chain moray
Echidna catenata
Read guideChannel flounder
Syacium micrurum
Read guideChestnut moray
Enchelycore carychroa
Read guideClown wrasse
Halichoeres maculipinna
Read guideConey
Cephalopholis fulva
Read guideCreolefish
Paranthias furcifer
Read guideDeepreef scorpionfish
Scorpaenodes tredecimspinosus
Read guideDoctorfish
Acanthurus chirurgus
Read guideDusky flounder
Syacium papillosum
Read guideDusky squirrelfish
Neoniphon vexillarium
Read guideDwarf lanternshark
Etmopterus perryi
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Guide coming later
Electric ray
Tetronarce nobiliana
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Guide coming later
Escolar
Lepidocybium flavobrunneum
Read guideEyed flounder
Bothus ocellatus
Read guideFalse herring
Harengula clupeola
Read guideFischer’s falseskate
Pseudoraja fischeri
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Guide coming later
Flagfin mojarra
Eucinostomus melanopterus
Read guideFlying gurnard
Dactylopterus volitans
Read guideFourwing flyingfish
Hirundichthys affinis
Read guideFrench grunt
Haemulon flavolineatum
Read guideGiant manta
Mobula birostris
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Guide coming later
Giant red shrimp
Aristaeomorpha foliacea
Read guideGlasseye
Heteropriacanthus cruentatus
Read guideGoldentail moray
Gymnothorax miliaris
Read guideGraysby
Cephalopholis cruentata
Read guideGreat barracuda
Sphyraena barracuda
Read guideHigh hat
Pareques acuminatus
Read guideHorse-eye jack
Caranx latus
Read guideHound needlefish
Tylosurus crocodilus
Read guideJack-knife fish
Eques lanceolatus
Read guideKey anchovy
Anchoa cayorum
Guide coming later
Lane snapper
Lutjanus synagris
Read guideLebranche mullet
Mugil liza
Read guideLined lanternshark
Etmopterus bullisi
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Guide coming later
Littlescale threadfin
Polydactylus oligodon
Read guideLongfin bulleye
Cookeolus japonicus
Guide coming later
Longfinned deepwater flounder, blackfinned deepwater flounder
Monolene atrimana
Guide coming later
Longjaw squirrelfish
Neoniphon marianus
Read guideLongsnout scorpionfish
Pontinus castor
Read guideLongspine squirrelfish
Holocentrus rufus
Read guideMahi-mahi
Coryphaena hippurus
Read guideMahogany snapper
Lutjanus mahogoni
Read guideMarbled moray
Uropterygius macularius
Read guideMottled flounder
Bothus maculiferus
Read guideMottled mojarra
Ulaema lefroyi
Read guideMountain mullet
Dajaus monticola
Read guideMushroom scorpionfish
Scorpaena inermis
Read guideMutton hamlet
Alphestes afer
Read guideMutton snapper
Lutjanus analis
Read guideNurse shark
Ginglymostoma cirratum
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Read guideOcean surgeon
Acanthurus bahianus
Read guideOrangespotted filefish
Cantherhines pullus
Read guidePalometa pompano
Trachinotus goodei
Read guidePeacock flounder
Bothus lunatus
Read guidePelican flounder
Chascanopsetta lugubris
Guide coming later
Pompano dolphinfish
Coryphaena equiselis
Guide coming later
Prickly brown ray
Dipturus teevani
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Guide coming later
Princess parrotfish
Scarus taeniopterus
Read guidePuddingwife
Halichoeres radiatus
Read guidePurplemouth moray
Gymnothorax vicinus
Read guidePygmy moray
Anarchias similis
Guide coming later
Queen conch
Aliger gigas
Read guideQueen parrotfish
Scarus vetula
Read guideQueen snapper
Etelis oculatus
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 guideRedfin parrotfish
Sparisoma rubripinne
Read guideRedtail parrotfish
Sparisoma chrysopterum
Read guideRedtail scad
Decapterus tabl
Guide coming later
Reef croaker
Odontoscion dentex
Read guideReef scorpionfish
Scorpaenodes caribbaeus
Read guideRiver goby
Awaous banana
Read guideRock hind
Epinephelus adscensionis
Read guideRound scad
Decapterus punctatus
Read guideSailfin flyingfish
Parexocoetus hillianus
Read guideSand diver
Synodus intermedius
Read guideSand drum
Umbrina coroides
Read guideSand tilefish
Malacanthus plumieri
Read guideScaled herring
Harengula jaguana
Read guideScarlet shrimp
Aristaeopsis edwardsiana
Guide coming later
Schoolmaster snapper
Lutjanus apodus
Read guideScrawled filefish
Aluterus scriptus
Read guideSculptured lobster
Eunephrops cadenasi
Guide coming later
Sculptured mitten lobster
Parribacus antarcticus
Read guideSennet
Sphyraena borealis
Read guideShortfinger anchovy
Anchoa lyolepis
Read guideSilk snapper
Lutjanus vivanus
Read guideSlender filefish
Monacanthus tuckeri
Read guideSlender mojarra
Eucinostomus jonesii
Read guideSlippery dick
Halichoeres bivittatus
Read guideSooty smallskate
Rajella fuliginea
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Guide coming later
Southern stingray
Hypanus americanus
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Read guideSpanish flag
Gonioplectrus hispanus
Guide coming later
Spanish hogfish
Bodianus rufus
Read guideSpinythroat scorpionfish
Pontinus nematophthalmus
Guide coming later
Spotted drum
Equetus punctatus
Read guideSpotted eagle ray
Aetobatus narinari
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Read guideSpotted goatfish
Pseudupeneus maculatus
Read guideSpotted moray
Gymnothorax moringa
Read guideSpotted scorpionfish
Scorpaena plumieri
Read guideSpotted spiny lobster
Panulirus guttatus
Read guideSpotwing scorpionfish
Neomerinthe beanorum
Read guideSquirrelfish
Holocentrus adscensionis
Read guideStoplight parrotfish
Sparisoma viride
Read guideStriped escolar
Diplospinus multistriatus
Guide coming later
Striped parrotfish
Scarus iseri
Read guideSwordfish
Xiphias gladius
Read guideTomtate grunt
Haemulon aurolineatum
Read guideTropical two-wing flyingfish
Exocoetus volitans
Guide coming later
Two-toned lobsterette
Nephropsis rosea
Guide coming later
Vermilion snapper
Rhomboplites aurorubens
Read guideViper moray
Enchelycore nigricans
Read guideWahoo
Acanthocybium solandri
Read guideWest Indian furrow lobster
Justitia longimana
Guide coming later
West Indian top shell
Cittarium pica
Read guideWhale shark
Rhincodon typus
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Guide coming later
White grunt
Haemulon plumierii
Read guideWhite mullet
Mugil curema
Read guideWhitespotted filefish
Cantherhines macrocerus
Read guideYellow jack
Caranx bartholomaei
Read guideYellowfin tuna
Thunnus albacares
Read guideYellowhead wrasse
Halichoeres garnoti
Read guideYellowmouth grouper
Mycteroperca interstitialis
Read guideYellowtail snapper
Ocyurus chrysurus
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