Sealife guideThe atlantic creolefishParanthias furcifer
Last updated on 06/10/2024 at 11:44 PM
Taxonomy
English names
Atlantic creolefish
French namesBadèche créole
Spanish namesCuna luceroCunaroCanela
Scientific nameParanthias furcifer (Valenciennes, 1828)
FamilyEpinephelidae
OrderPerciformes
ClassActinopterygii

The atlantic creolefish (Paranthias furcifer) © Seatraveler | Dreamstime.com
Within the same family

Atlantic Goliath GrouperEpinephelus itajara

Blacktip grouperEpinephelus fasciatus

Camouflage grouperEpinephelus polyphekadion

Darkfin hindCephalopholis urodeta

Nassau grouperEpinephelus striatus

Pacific creolefishCephalopholis colonus

Potato grouperEpinephelus tukula

Red hind grouperEpinephelus guttatus
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