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) © Seatraveler | Dreamstime.com
Within the same family

Coney
(Cephalopholis fulva)
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Dusky grouper
(Epinephelus marginatus)
(Epinephelus marginatus)

Peacock grouper
(Cephalopholis argus)
(Cephalopholis argus)

Honeycomb grouper
(Epinephelus merra)
(Epinephelus merra)

Blacktip grouper
(Epinephelus fasciatus)
(Epinephelus fasciatus)

Potato grouper
(Epinephelus tukula)
(Epinephelus tukula)

Red grouper
(Epinephelus morio)
(Epinephelus morio)

Tomato grouper
(Cephalopholis sonnerati)
(Cephalopholis sonnerati)
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(Centropristis striata)
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(Taenianotus triacanthus)
(Taenianotus triacanthus)
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