Craig Quirolo's Coral Reef Relief Image Archive Photos of over 10,000 Free Florida Reef Photos

Beautiful Fish of the Florida Reef

Reef Fish of Florida
Photos by Paul Humann

BANDED BUTTERFLYFISH

Craig and DeeVon Quirolo
Photo of the Banded Butterfly Fish of the Florida Reef
Chaetodon striatus Size: 3-5 in., max. 6 in., Family Chaetodontidae

BEAUGREGORY

Stegastes leucostictus Size: 1.75 - 2 in., Family Pomacentridae
Picture of a Bluestripped Grunt

BLUESTRIPPED GRUNT

Haemulon sciurus Size: 8 - 14 in., max. 18 in., family Pomadasyidae
Picture of a Blue Tang

BLUE TANG

Acanthurus coerulus Size: 5-10 in., max. 15 in., Family Acanthuridae
Photo of a Foureye Butterfly Fish

FOUREYE BUTTERFLY FISH

Chaetodon capistratus Size: 3-4 in., max. 6 in., Chaetodontidae.
Scrawled File Fish image

SCRAWLED FILE FISH

Chordata actinoptyerygii Size: up to 43" Famiy Monacanthidae.
FRENCH ANGELFISH PHOTOGRAPH

FRENCH ANGELFISH

Pomacanthus paru Size: 10-14 in., max. 18 in., Family Pomacanthidae
Picture of Hogfish

HOGFISH

Lachnolaimus maximus Size: 1-2 ft max. 3 ft., Family Labridae
Image of a Midnight Parrotfish

MIDNIGHT PARROTFISH

Scarus Coelestinus Size: 1-2 ft., max. 3 ft., Family Scaridae
Picture of Porcupinefish

PORCUPINEFISH

Diodon hystix Size: 1-2 ft., max. 3 ft., Family Diodontidae
Queen Angelfish picture

QUEEN ANGELFISH

Holanthus ciliaris Size: 8-14 in., max. 18 in., family Pomacanthidae
Redband Parrotfish picture

REDBAND PARROTFISH

Sparisome aurofrenatum Size: 4 - 6 in., max. 6 in., Family Scaridae
Sargeant Major Fish

SARGEANT MAJOR

Abudefduf saxatilis Size: 4 - 6 in., max. 2 ft., Family Carangidae
Photo of Scrawled Cowfish

SCRAWLED COWFISH

Lactophrys quadricornis Size: 8 - 15 in., Family Ostraciidae
Spanish Hogfish image

SPANISH HOGFISH

Bodianus rufus Size: 8 - 14 in., max. 2 ft., Family Labridae
Spotfin Butterflyfish picture

SPOTFIN BUTTERFLYFISH

Equetus punctatus Size: 2.5 - 4 in., Family Sciaenidae
Photo of Spotted Drum Fish

SPOTTED DRUM

Size: 3-6 in., max. 6 in., Family Chaetodontidae.
Spotted Trunkfish picture

SPOTTED TRUNKFISH

Lactophrys bilcaudalis Size: 6 - 12 in., max. 16 in., Family Ostraciidae
Picture of Stoplight Parrotfish

STOPLIGHT PARROTFISH

Scarus coelestinus Size: 1-1.5 ft., max. 2 ft., Family scaridae
Trumpetfish photo

TRUMPETFISH

Aulostomus maculatus Size: 1.5 - 2.5 ft., max 3 ft., Family Aulostomidae

YELLOWTAIL SNAPPER

Ocyurus chysurus Size: 1 - 2 ft., max. 2.5 ft., family Lutjanidae
If the biota, in the course of aeons, has built something we like but do not understand, then who but a fool would discard seemingly useless parts? To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering. Aldo Leopold, Round River, 1993.
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