Species found here
170 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 guideAlmaco jack
Seriola rivoliana
Read guideAmerican eel
Anguilla rostrata
Read guideAmerican yellow cockle
Dallocardia muricata
Read guideAntilles flounder
Ancylopsetta antillarum
Read guideAntilles sawtail catshark
Galeus antillensis
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Read guideAtlantic bluefin tuna
Thunnus thynnus
Guide coming later
Atlantic pearl oyster
Pinctada imbricata
Read guideAtlantic spadefish
Chaetodipterus faber
Read guideAtlantic tarpon
Megalops atlanticus
Read guideAtlantic tiger lucine
Codakia orbicularis
Read guideBalao halfbeak
Hemiramphus balao
Read guideBallyhoo halfbeak
Hemiramphus brasiliensis
Read guideBankslope tilefish
Caulolatilus dooleyi
Guide coming later
Bar jack
Caranx ruber
Read guideBarbados keyhole limpet
Fissurella barbadensis
Read guideBermuda sea chub
Kyphosus sectatrix
Read guideBigeye mojarra
Eucinostomus havana
Guide coming later
Bigeye scad
Selar crumenophthalmus
Read guideBigeye tuna
Thunnus obesus
Read guideBlack gemfish
Nesiarchus nasutus
Guide coming later
Black grouper
Mycteroperca bonaci
Read guideBlack jack
Caranx lugubris
Read guideBlack margate
Anisotremus surinamensis
Read guideBlack snapper
Apsilus dentatus
Guide coming later
Black triggerfish
Melichthys niger
Read guideBlackbar soldierfish
Myripristis jacobus
Read guideBlackfin tuna
Thunnus atlanticus
Read guideBleeding tooth
Nerita peloronta
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 guideBluestriped grunt
Haemulon sciurus
Read guideBonefish
Albula vulpes
Read guideBucktooth parrotfish
Sparisoma radians
Read guideCaesar grunt
Haemulon carbonarium
Read guideCardinal soldierfish
Plectrypops retrospinis
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 spiny lobster
Panulirus argus
Read guideCero
Scomberomorus regalis
Read guideChain moray
Echidna catenata
Read guideChestnut turban
Turbo castanea
Read guideClown wrasse
Halichoeres maculipinna
Read guideConey
Cephalopholis fulva
Read guideCreolefish
Paranthias furcifer
Read guideCross-barred venus
Chione cancellata
Read guideCubera snapper
Lutjanus cyanopterus
Read guideDoctorfish
Acanthurus chirurgus
Read guideDusky squirrelfish
Neoniphon vexillarium
Read guideDwarf catshark
Scyliorhinus torrei
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Read guideEmperor helmet
Cassis madagascariensis
Read guideEscolar
Lepidocybium flavobrunneum
Read guideEyed flounder
Bothus ocellatus
Read guideFantail mullet
Mugil trichodon
Read guideFlame helmet
Cassis flammea
Read guideFlat needlefish
Ablennes hians
Read guideFlying gurnard
Dactylopterus volitans
Read guideFrench grunt
Haemulon flavolineatum
Read guideGlasseye
Heteropriacanthus cruentatus
Read guideGoldentail moray
Gymnothorax miliaris
Read guideGraysby
Cephalopholis cruentata
Read guideGreat barracuda
Sphyraena barracuda
Read guideGreat hammer head
Sphyrna mokarran
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Guide coming later
Great white shark
Carcharodon carcharias
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Guide coming later
Greater amberjack
Seriola dumerili
Read guideGreen moray
Gymnothorax funebris
Read guideGrey snapper
Lutjanus griseus
Read guideHigh hat
Pareques acuminatus
Read guideHogfish
Lachnolaimus maximus
Read guideHorse-eye jack
Caranx latus
Read guideHound needlefish
Tylosurus crocodilus
Read guideInshore lizardfish
Synodus foetens
Read guideJolthead porgy
Calamus bajonado
Read guideKeeltail needlefish
Platybelone argalus
Read guideKitefin shark
Dalatias licha
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Guide coming later
Lane snapper
Lutjanus synagris
Read guideLemon shark
Negaprion brevirostris
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Read guideLister’s keyhole limpet
Diodora listeri
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 guideMasked swimcrab
Callinectes larvatus
Read guideMilk conch
Macrostrombus costatus
Read guideMottled flounder
Bothus maculiferus
Read guideMottled mojarra
Ulaema lefroyi
Read guideMountain mullet
Dajaus monticola
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 guideOrangespotted filefish
Cantherhines pullus
Read guidePalometa pompano
Trachinotus goodei
Read guidePeacock flounder
Bothus lunatus
Read guidePlanehead filefish
Stephanolepis hispida
Read guidePompano dolphinfish
Coryphaena equiselis
Guide coming later
Porkfish
Anisotremus virginicus
Read guidePrincess parrotfish
Scarus taeniopterus
Read guidePuddingwife
Halichoeres radiatus
Read guidePygmy moray
Anarchias similis
Guide coming later
Queen conch
Aliger gigas
Read guideQueen parrotfish
Scarus vetula
Read guideQueen triggerfish
Balistes vetula
Read guideRainbow parrotfish
Scarus guacamaia
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 guideRedfin parrotfish
Sparisoma rubripinne
Read guideRedtail parrotfish
Sparisoma chrysopterum
Read guideReef squirrelfish
Sargocentron coruscum
Read guideRock hind
Epinephelus adscensionis
Read guideSailor’s choice
Haemulon parra
Read guideSand diver
Synodus intermedius
Read guideSand tilefish
Malacanthus plumieri
Read guideSargassum triggerfish
Xanthichthys ringens
Read guideSaucereye porgy
Calamus calamus
Read guideScalloped hammerhead
Sphyrna lewini
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Read guideSchoolmaster snapper
Lutjanus apodus
Read guideScrawled filefish
Aluterus scriptus
Read guideSculptured mitten lobster
Parribacus antarcticus
Read guideSennet
Sphyraena borealis
Read guideShelligs crab
Callinectes ornatus
Read guideShortjaw lizardfish
Saurida normani
Read guideSilk snapper
Lutjanus vivanus
Read guideSkipjack tuna
Katsuwonus pelamis
Guide coming later
Slender filefish
Monacanthus tuckeri
Read guideSlippery dick
Halichoeres bivittatus
Read guideSnake mackerel
Gempylus serpens
Read guideSouthern hardshell clam
Mercenaria campechiensis
Read guideSouthern stingray
Hypanus americanus
Incidental encounter; not presented as a fishing target.
Read guideSpanish hogfish
Bodianus rufus
Read guideSpotted 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 guideSquirrelfish
Holocentrus adscensionis
Read guideStoplight parrotfish
Sparisoma viride
Read guideStriped parrotfish
Scarus iseri
Read guideSwordfish
Xiphias gladius
Read guideTidewater mojarra
Eucinostomus harengulus
Read guideTiger grouper
Mycteroperca tigris
Read guideTomtate grunt
Haemulon aurolineatum
Read guideTropical two-wing flyingfish
Exocoetus volitans
Guide coming later
Unicorn leatherjacket
Aluterus monoceros
Guide coming later
Wahoo
Acanthocybium solandri
Read guideWest Indian chank
Turbinella angulata
Guide coming later
West 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 margate
Haemulon album
Read guideWhite mullet
Mugil curema
Read guideWhitespotted filefish
Cantherhines macrocerus
Read guideYellow jack
Caranx bartholomaei
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
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