Shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean online information system

Español  Contact



  • snout yellow; body blue + thin stripes
    C lobes blackish + blue-white borders
    D XVI-XIX, notched but entire
    tail base with keel
  • D XI-XII, wide gap
    tail base no keel
    red-brown stripes; fins reddish
  • elongate
    narrow stripes along scale rows (oblique above, horizontal below); C base - dark spot
    juv: middle & top stripes join under D, C base - double spot
    D XIII-XIV
    scale rows below LL horizontal