Shorefishes - Gallery

snout +/- tiny spots

dark blue-brown above, yellow below

D = back color

red-brown head, body, D & C;
eye yellow
mouth and belly mauve/blue

pelvics & front A mauve/blue

head, body & fins dark brown
violet: around eye, spots & lines on head, spot on opercle

SW Gulf Mexico

white + yellow fins
black bar under eye, black blotch on snout & tail base
bright blue lines: head & breast

dark blue/black
C yellow/clear

3 dark bars: head, nape, mid-body
spots: 4-5 top rear back, C base -2

Yucatan

pale + 6 dark bars (4th = 2 spots)
C base: 2 spots

Florida

bright blue
C upper & lower rays black

yellow/gold
blue edged black blotch before eye

body dark brown, head & fins yellow
before eye : blue ringed black blotch

blue + dark bars

pale
upper flank: thick dark stripe + 3 blotches

blue, fins paler; no black on fins

all black

grey-white, black triangle under eye
pectoral black

C black or grey + black top & bottom edges

tan + darker bars, belly & pelvics yellow
head thin blue bars; snout: small blue spots

brown; black blotch before eye
pectoral base: black spot
tail base: +/- black saddle

yellow-white
side of snout: +/- black blotch
tail base: black saddle