Species found here
343 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.
African pompano
Alectis ciliaris
Read guideAgujon needlefish
Tylosurus acus
Read guideAlmaco jack
Seriola rivoliana
Read guideAmerican cupped oyster
Crassostrea virginica
Guide coming later
American eel
Anguilla rostrata
Read guideAmerican yellow cockle
Dallocardia muricata
Read guideAtlantic anchoveta
Cetengraulis edentulus
Read guideAtlantic bigeye
Priacanthus arenatus
Read guideAtlantic bluefin tuna
Thunnus thynnus
Guide coming later
Atlantic bumper
Chloroscombrus chrysurus
Read guideAtlantic croaker
Micropogonias undulatus
Guide coming later
Atlantic flyingfish
Cheilopogon melanurus
Guide coming later
Atlantic leatherjack
Oligoplites saurus
Read guideAtlantic look down
Selene vomer
Read guideAtlantic moonfish
Selene setapinnis
Read guideAtlantic needlefish
Strongylura marina
Read guideAtlantic pearl oyster
Pinctada imbricata
Read guideAtlantic sharpnose shark
Rhizoprionodon terraenovae
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Read guideAtlantic smallwing flyingfish
Oxyporhamphus micropterus
Guide coming later
Atlantic spadefish
Chaetodipterus faber
Read guideAtlantic tarpon
Megalops atlanticus
Read guideAtlantic thread herring
Opisthonema oglinum
Read guideAtlantic tiger lucine
Codakia orbicularis
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
Bank cusk-eel
Ophidion holbrookii
Read guideBar jack
Caranx ruber
Read guideBarbados keyhole limpet
Fissurella barbadensis
Read guideBarbfish
Scorpaena brasiliensis
Read guideBarbu threadfin
Polydactylus virginicus
Read guideBarred grunt
Conodon nobilis
Read guideBermuda sea chub
Kyphosus sectatrix
Read guideBigclaw river shrimp
Macrobrachium carcinus
Read guideBigeye anchovy
Anchoa lamprotaenia
Read guideBigeye mojarra
Eucinostomus havana
Guide coming later
Bigeye scad
Selar crumenophthalmus
Read guideBigeye tuna
Thunnus obesus
Read guideBigmouth sleeper
Gobiomorus dormitor
Read guideBlack gemfish
Nesiarchus nasutus
Guide coming later
Black grouper
Mycteroperca bonaci
Read guideBlack grunt
Haemulon bonariense
Read guideBlack margate
Anisotremus surinamensis
Read guideBlack seabass
Centropristis striata
Guide coming later
Black snake mackerel
Nealotus tripes
Guide coming later
Black snapper
Apsilus dentatus
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Black triggerfish
Melichthys niger
Read guideBlackbar soldierfish
Myripristis jacobus
Read guideBlackear wrasse
Halichoeres poeyi
Read guideBlackfin snapper
Lutjanus buccanella
Read guideBlackfin tuna
Thunnus atlanticus
Read guideBleeding tooth
Nerita peloronta
Read guideBlue crab
Callinectes sapidus
Read guideBlue land crab
Cardisoma guanhumi
Read guideBlue marlin
Makaira nigricans
Read guideBlue parrotfish
Scarus coeruleus
Read guideBlue runner
Caranx crysos
Read guideBlue tang surgeonfish
Acanthurus coeruleus
Read guideBluehead
Thalassoma bifasciatum
Read guideBluelip parrotfish
Cryptotomus roseus
Read guideBluestriped grunt
Haemulon sciurus
Read guideBluntnose jack
Hemicaranx amblyrhynchus
Guide coming later
Boa catshark
Scyliorhinus boa
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Guide coming later
Bobo mullet
Joturus pichardi
Guide coming later
Bonefish
Albula vulpes
Read guideBrazilian lizardfish
Saurida brasiliensis
Read guideBroad-striped anchovy
Anchoa hepsetus
Read guideBucktooth parrotfish
Sparisoma radians
Read guideBull shark
Carcharhinus leucas
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Read guideBurro grunt
Rhonciscus crocro
Read guideCaesar grunt
Haemulon carbonarium
Read guideCaitipa mojarra
Diapterus rhombeus
Read guideCardinal snapper
Pristipomoides macrophthalmus
Read guideCardinal soldierfish
Plectrypops retrospinis
Read guideCaribbean flounder
Trichopsetta caribbaea
Read guideCaribbean lizardfish
Saurida caribbaea
Read guideCaribbean reef octopus
Octopus briareus
Read guideCaribbean reef shark
Carcharhinus perezii
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Read guideCaribbean reef squid
Sepioteuthis sepioidea
Read guideCaribbean sharpnose shark
Rhizoprionodon porosus
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Read guideCaribbean spiny lobster
Panulirus argus
Read guideCero
Scomberomorus regalis
Read guideChain moray
Echidna catenata
Read guideChannel flounder
Syacium micrurum
Read guideChere-chere grunt
Haemulon steindachneri
Guide coming later
Chestnut moray
Enchelycore carychroa
Read guideChestnut turban
Turbo castanea
Read guideCinnamon river shrimp
Macrobrachium acanthurus
Guide coming later
Clown wrasse
Halichoeres maculipinna
Read guideCobia
Rachycentron canadum
Guide coming later
Colon stardrum
Stellifer colonensis
Read guideCommon Caribbean donax
Donax denticulatus
Read guideCommon halfbeak
Hyporhamphus unifasciatus
Read guideCommon snook
Centropomus undecimalis
Read guideConey
Cephalopholis fulva
Read guideCoral scorpionfish
Scorpaena albifimbria
Guide coming later
Cottonwick grunt
Haemulon melanurum
Read guideCrevalle jack
Caranx hippos
Read guideCross-barred venus
Chione cancellata
Read guideCuban anchovy
Anchoa cubana
Guide coming later
Cubera snapper
Lutjanus cyanopterus
Read guideDoctorfish
Acanthurus chirurgus
Read guideDog snapper
Lutjanus jocu
Read guideDoublespott whiff
Citharichthys dinoceros
Read guideDoubtful lizardfish
Saurida suspicio
Guide coming later
Dusky flounder
Syacium papillosum
Read guideDusky squirrelfish
Neoniphon vexillarium
Read guideDwarf goatfish
Upeneus parvus
Read guideEared ark
Anadara notabilis
Read guideEmerald parrotfish
Nicholsina usta
Read guideEscolar
Lepidocybium flavobrunneum
Read guideEyed flounder
Bothus ocellatus
Read guideFalse herring
Harengula clupeola
Read guideFantail mullet
Mugil trichodon
Read guideFat sleeper
Dormitator maculatus
Read guideFat snook
Centropomus parallelus
Read guideFighting conch
Strombus pugilis
Read guideFlagfin mojarra
Eucinostomus melanopterus
Read guideFlame helmet
Cassis flammea
Read guideFlat needlefish
Ablennes hians
Read guideFlathead mullet
Mugil cephalus
Read guideFlorida horse conch
Triplofusus giganteus
Guide coming later
Florida lobsterette
Nephropsis aculeata
Read guideFlorida pompano
Trachinotus carolinus
Read guideFlying gurnard
Dactylopterus volitans
Read guideFlying halfbeak
Euleptorhamphus velox
Read guideFourwing flyingfish
Hirundichthys affinis
Read guideFrench grunt
Haemulon flavolineatum
Read guideFringed filefish
Monacanthus ciliatus
Read guideFringed flounder
Etropus crossotus
Read guideFull moonfish
Selene brownii
Read guideGiant red shrimp
Aristaeomorpha foliacea
Read guideGlasseye
Heteropriacanthus cruentatus
Read guideGoldentail moray
Gymnothorax miliaris
Read guideGrass porgy
Calamus arctifrons
Read guideGraysby
Cephalopholis cruentata
Read guideGreat barracuda
Sphyraena barracuda
Read guideGreater amberjack
Seriola dumerili
Read guideGreen moray
Gymnothorax funebris
Read guideGrey snapper
Lutjanus griseus
Read guideGrey triggerfish
Balistes capriscus
Read guideGround croaker
Bairdiella ronchus
Read guideGuachanche barracuda
Sphyraena guachancho
Read guideGulf toadfish
Opsanus beta
Guide coming later
High hat
Pareques acuminatus
Read guideHogfish
Lachnolaimus maximus
Read guideHorned whiff
Citharichthys cornutus
Read guideHorse-eye jack
Caranx latus
Read guideHound needlefish
Tylosurus crocodilus
Read guideInshore lizardfish
Synodus foetens
Read guideIrish mojarra
Diapterus auratus
Read guideJack-knife fish
Eques lanceolatus
Read guideJenny mojarra
Eucinostomus gula
Read guideJolthead porgy
Calamus bajonado
Read guideKeeltail needlefish
Platybelone argalus
Read guideKing helmet
Cassis tuberosa
Guide coming later
King mackerel
Scomberomorus cavalla
Read guideKinglet rock shrimp
Sicyonia typica
Read guideLadyfish
Elops saurus
Read guideLane snapper
Lutjanus synagris
Read guideLargehead hairtail
Trichiurus lepturus
Read guideLargescale fat snook
Centropomus mexicanus
Read guideLebranche mullet
Mugil liza
Read guideLined sole
Achirus lineatus
Read guideLister’s keyhole limpet
Diodora listeri
Read guideLittle anchovy
Anchoa parva
Read guideLongfinger anchovy
Anchoa filifera
Read guideLongjaw squirrelfish
Neoniphon marianus
Read guideLongspine squirrelfish
Holocentrus rufus
Read guideMackerel scad
Decapterus macarellus
Read guideMahi-mahi
Coryphaena hippurus
Read guideMahogany snapper
Lutjanus mahogoni
Read guideMarbled moray
Uropterygius macularius
Read guideMarginated flyingfish
Cheilopogon cyanopterus
Guide coming later
Masked swimcrab
Callinectes larvatus
Read guideMexican flounder
Cyclopsetta chittendeni
Guide coming later
Midnight parrotfish
Scarus coelestinus
Read guideMilk conch
Macrostrombus costatus
Read guideMisty grouper
Hyporthodus mystacinus
Read guideMottled flounder
Bothus maculiferus
Read guideMottled mojarra
Ulaema lefroyi
Read guideMottlemargin moray
Gymnothorax ocellatus
Read guideMountain mullet
Dajaus monticola
Read guideMozambique tilapia
Oreochromis mossambicus
Read guideMutton hamlet
Alphestes afer
Read guideMutton snapper
Lutjanus analis
Read guideNassau grouper
Epinephelus striatus
Read guideNurse shark
Ginglymostoma cirratum
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Read guideOcean surgeon
Acanthurus bahianus
Read guideOcean triggerfish
Canthidermis sufflamen
Read guideOceanic two-wing flyingfish
Exocoetus obtusirostris
Read guideOceanic whitetip shark
Carcharhinus longimanus
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Read guideOilfish
Ruvettus pretiosus
Read guideOrange filefish
Aluterus schoepfii
Read guideOrangeback flying squid
Sthenoteuthis pteropus
Guide coming later
Orangespotted filefish
Cantherhines pullus
Read guidePalometa pompano
Trachinotus goodei
Read guideParassi mullet (Trench mullet)
Mugil incilis
Guide coming later
Peacock flounder
Bothus lunatus
Read guidePigfish
Orthopristis chrysoptera
Guide coming later
Pinfish
Lagodon rhomboides
Guide coming later
Planehead filefish
Stephanolepis hispida
Read guidePluma porgy
Calamus pennatula
Read guidePoey’s anchovy
Anchoviella perfasciata
Read guidePoey’s lizardfish
Synodus poeyi
Read guidePorkfish
Anisotremus virginicus
Read guidePrickly 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 filefish
Stephanolepis setifer
Read guidePygmy moray
Anarchias similis
Guide coming later
Queen conch
Aliger gigas
Read guideQueen parrotfish
Scarus vetula
Read guideQueen snapper
Etelis oculatus
Read guideQueen triggerfish
Balistes vetula
Read guideRainbow runner
Elagatis bipinnulata
Read guideRainbow wrasse
Halichoeres pictus
Read guideRed grouper
Epinephelus morio
Read guideRed hind
Epinephelus guttatus
Read guideRed lionfish
Pterois volitans
Read guideRedband parrotfish
Sparisoma aurofrenatum
Read guideRedbarred lizardfish
Synodus synodus
Read guideRedear herring
Harengula humeralis
Read guideRedface eel
Monopenchelys acuta
Guide coming later
Redfin needlefish
Strongylura notata
Guide coming later
Redfin parrotfish
Sparisoma rubripinne
Read guideRedspotted shrimp
Penaeus brasiliensis
Read guideRedtail parrotfish
Sparisoma chrysopterum
Read guideRedtail scad
Decapterus tabl
Guide coming later
Reef croaker
Odontoscion dentex
Read guideReef scorpionfish
Scorpaenodes caribbaeus
Read guideReef squirrelfish
Sargocentron coruscum
Read guideRiver goby
Awaous banana
Read guideRiver prawn
Macrobrachium faustinum
Guide coming later
Rock hind
Epinephelus adscensionis
Read guideRoudi escolar
Promethichthys prometheus
Read guideRough scad
Trachurus lathami
Guide coming later
Roughneck grunt
Haemulopsis corvinaeformis
Read guideRoughneck shrimp
Rimapenaeus constrictus
Read guideRoughtail catshark
Galeus arae
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Read guideRound sardinella
Sardinella aurita
Read guideRound scad
Decapterus punctatus
Read guideSailfin flyingfish
Parexocoetus hillianus
Read guideSailor’s choice
Haemulon parra
Read guideSand diver
Synodus intermedius
Read guideSand drum
Umbrina coroides
Read guideSand seabass
Diplectrum formosum
Guide coming later
Sand tilefish
Malacanthus plumieri
Read guideSargassum triggerfish
Xanthichthys ringens
Read guideSaucereye porgy
Calamus calamus
Read guideScaled herring
Harengula jaguana
Read guideScalloped hammerhead
Sphyrna lewini
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Read guideScarlet shrimp
Aristaeopsis edwardsiana
Guide coming later
Schoolmaster snapper
Lutjanus apodus
Read guideScrawled filefish
Aluterus scriptus
Read guideScrawled sole
Trinectes inscriptus
Read guideSharksucker
Echeneis naucrates
Read guideSheepshead porgy
Calamus penna
Read guideShelligs crab
Callinectes ornatus
Read guideShoal flounder
Syacium gunteri
Read guideShort bigeye
Pristigenys alta
Guide coming later
Shortbeard cusk-eel (Blackedge cusk-eel)
Lepophidium brevibarbe
Read guideShorthead drum
Larimus breviceps
Read guideShortjaw lizardfish
Saurida normani
Read guideSilky shark
Carcharhinus falciformis
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Read guideSilver croaker
Bairdiella chrysoura
Guide coming later
Simony’s frostfish
Benthodesmus simonyi
Guide coming later
Skipjack tuna
Katsuwonus pelamis
Guide coming later
Slender filefish
Monacanthus tuckeri
Read guideSlender mojarra
Eucinostomus jonesii
Read guideSlender suckerfish
Phtheirichthys lineatus
Guide coming later
Slippery dick
Halichoeres bivittatus
Read guideSmallmouth grunt
Brachygenys chrysargyreum
Read guideSmoothhead scorpionfish
Scorpaena calcarata
Read guideSnake mackerel
Gempylus serpens
Read guideSouthern pink shrimp
Penaeus notialis
Read guideSouthern sennet
Sphyraena picudilla
Read guideSouthern stingray
Hypanus americanus
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 guideSpearfish remora
Remora brachyptera
Guide coming later
Spiny flounder
Engyophrys senta
Guide coming later
Spotfin flounder
Cyclopsetta fimbriata
Guide coming later
Spotfin mojarra
Eucinostomus argenteus
Read guideSpottail pinfish
Diplodus holbrookii
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 oceanic triggerfish
Canthidermis maculata
Read guideSpotted scorpionfish
Scorpaena plumieri
Read guideSpotted spiny lobster
Panulirus guttatus
Read guideSpotted whiff
Citharichthys macrops
Guide coming later
Spottedfin deepwater flounder
Monolene megalepis
Read guideSpotwing scorpionfish
Neomerinthe beanorum
Read guideSquirrelfish
Holocentrus adscensionis
Read guideStiff pen shell
Atrina rigida
Guide coming later
Stoplight parrotfish
Sparisoma viride
Read guideStriate donax
Donax striatus
Read guideStriped croaker
Corvula sanctaeluciae
Read guideStriped escolar
Diplospinus multistriatus
Guide coming later
Striped grunt
Haemulon striatum
Read guideStriped mojarra
Eugerres plumieri
Read guideStriped parrotfish
Scarus iseri
Read guideSwordfish
Xiphias gladius
Read guideSwordspine snook
Centropomus ensiferus
Read guideThreadfin bonefish
Albula nemoptera
Read guideTidewater mojarra
Eucinostomus harengulus
Read guideTiger grouper
Mycteroperca tigris
Read guideTimucu
Strongylura timucu
Read guideTomtate grunt
Haemulon aurolineatum
Read guideTrigonal tivela
Tivela mactroides
Read guideTurkey wing
Arca zebra
Read guideTwo-toned lobsterette
Nephropsis rosea
Guide coming later
Twospot flounder
Bothus robinsi
Read guideVermilion snapper
Rhomboplites aurorubens
Read guideViper moray
Enchelycore nigricans
Read guideWahoo
Acanthocybium solandri
Read guideWenchman
Pristipomoides aquilonaris
Read guideWest Indian chank
Turbinella angulata
Guide coming later
West Indian crown conch
Melongena melongena
Guide coming later
West Indian murex
Chicoreus brevifrons
Read guideWest Indian top shell
Cittarium pica
Read guideWestern Atlantic seabream
Archosargus rhomboidalis
Read guideWhite grunt
Haemulon plumierii
Read guideWhite margate
Haemulon album
Read guideWhite mullet
Mugil curema
Read guideWhitefin sharksucker
Echeneis neucratoides
Read guideWhitemouth croaker
Micropogonias furnieri
Read guideWhitespotted filefish
Cantherhines macrocerus
Read guideYellow jack
Caranx bartholomaei
Read guideYellow roughneck shrimp
Rimapenaeus similis
Read guideYellow stingray
Urobatis jamaicensis
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 guideYellowtail snapper
Ocyurus chrysurus
Read guideZabaleta anchovy
Anchovia clupeoides
Read guideZigzag scallop
Euvola ziczac
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