Sealife guideThe atlantic creolefishParanthias furcifer

Taxonomy
  • Common name: Atlantic creolefish
  • French name: Badèche créole
  • Spanish name: Cuna lucero,cunaro,canela
  • Scientific name: Paranthias furcifer (Valenciennes, 1828)
  • Family name: Epinephelidae
  • Order name: Perciformes
  • Class name: Actinopterygii
The atlantic creolefish (Paranthias furcifer)
The atlantic creolefish (Paranthias furcifer) © Seatraveler | Dreamstime.com
Within the same family
Coney (Cephalopholis fulva)
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(Cephalopholis fulva)
Dusky grouper (Epinephelus marginatus)
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(Epinephelus marginatus)
Peacock grouper (Cephalopholis argus)
Peacock grouper
(Cephalopholis argus)
Honeycomb grouper (Epinephelus merra)
Honeycomb grouper
(Epinephelus merra)
Blacktip grouper (Epinephelus fasciatus)
Blacktip grouper
(Epinephelus fasciatus)
Potato grouper (Epinephelus tukula)
Potato grouper
(Epinephelus tukula)
Red grouper (Epinephelus morio)
Red grouper
(Epinephelus morio)
Tomato grouper (Cephalopholis sonnerati)
Tomato grouper
(Cephalopholis sonnerati)
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(Ophichthus bonaparti)
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(Chaetodon meyeri)
Leaf scorpionfish (Taenianotus triacanthus)
Leaf scorpionfish
(Taenianotus triacanthus)

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