Florent's Guide To The
South Florida Reefs
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Labrisomid Blennies
Masquerader Hairy Blenny
Hairy Blenny
Parrotfishes
Bucktooth Parrotfish
Gobies
Island Frillfin Goby
Whale Sharks
Whale Shark
Mantis Shrimps
Common Mantis Shrimp
Wrasses
Clown Wrasse
Hogfishes
Hogfish
Moray Eels
Purplemouth Moray Eel
Batfishes
Polka-Dot Batfish
Snake Eels
Sharptail Eel
Porcupinefishes
Striped Burrfish
Spider Crabs
Coral Clinging Crab
Stone Crabs
Cuban Stone Crab
Horseshoe Crabs
Atlantic Horseshoe Crab
Boxer Shrimps
Golden Coral Shrimp
Nerite Snails
Lightning Nerite
Snooks
Common Snook
Filefishes
Planehead Filefish
Fireworms
Blackline Fireworm
Whitespotted Fireworm
Margin Shells
Common Atlantic Marginella
Filefishes
Pygmy Filefish
Scorpionfishes
Barbfish
Lightning Whelks
Lightning Whelk
Aeolid Nudibranchs
Marcus' Aeolid
Gobies
Banner Goby
Lizardfishes
Inshore Lizardfish
Moon Snails
Colorful Moon Snail
Tube Blennies
Bluethroat Pikeblenny
Chubs
Gray Chub
Brassy Chub
Silversides
Reef Silverside
Coral Crabs
Elkhorn Coral Crab
Sea Turtles
Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle
Tiger Sharks
Tiger Shark
Sea Turtles
Leatherback Sea Turtle
Hammerhead Sharks
Scalloped Hammerhead Shark
True Jellyfishes
Cannonball Jelly
Sea Thimble Jelly
Green Algae
Sea Pearl
Trumpetfishes
Atlantic Trumpetfish
Sea Spiders
Sea Spider
Box Jellyfishes
Sea Wasp
Hamlets
Bluelip Hamlet
Boxer Shrimps
Banded Coral Shrimp
Filefishes
Scrawled Filefish
Sea Anemones
Red Beaded Anemone
Elongated Worms
Bobbit Worm
Lionfishes
Red Lionfish
Sea Hares
Spotted Sea Hare
Sea Turtles
Green Turtle
Barracudas
Great Barracuda
Porcupinefishes
Spotted Porcupinefish
Spotfin Burrfish
Manatees
West Indian Manatee
Dolphins
Bottlenose Dolphin
Common Sponges
Lavender Rope Spounge
Orange-Veined Encrusting Sponge
Feather Duster Worms
Split-Crown Feather Duster
Common Sponges
High-Veined Encrusting Sponge
Orange Icing Sponge
Red Encrusting Sponge
Parrotfishes
Stoplight Parrotfish
Right-Handed Hermits
Shortfinger Hermit Crab
Sea Urchins
Atlantic Rock-Boring Urchin
Common Sponges
Dark Volcano Sponge
Boxfishes
Smooth Trunkfish
Groupers
Red Hind
Moray Eels
Goldentail Moray Eel
Sea Cucumbers
Tiger Tail Sea Cucumber
Octopuses
Common Octopus
Damselfishes
Yellowtail Damselfish
Goatfishes
Spotted Goatfish
Damselfishes
Beaugregory
Left-Handed Hermits
Blue-Eye Hermit Crab
Common Sponges
Azure Vase Sponge
Stinker Sponge
Tube Blennies
Sailfin Blenny
Stony Corals
Great Star Coral
Thorny Oysters
Atlantic Thorny-Oyster
Sea Anemones
Corkscrew Anemone
Black Corals
Bushy Black Coral
Butterflyfishes
Foureye Butterflyfish
Common Sponges
Orange Ball Sponge
Stony Corals
Smooth Flower Coral
Jacks
Blue Runner
Stony Corals
Knobby Cactus Coral
Tunicates
Overgrowing Mat Tunicates
Allied Cowries
Flamingo Tongue
Pufferfishes
Sharpnose Puffer
Common Sponges
Branching Tube Sponge
Wrasses
Yellowhead Wrasse
Left-Handed Hermits
Blue-Legged Hermit Crab
Zoanthids
White Encrusting Zoanthid
Sea Urchins
Atlantic Long-Spined Urchin
Chromis
Blue Chromis
Octocorals
Common Sea Fan
Filefishes
Orangespotted Filefish
Left-Handed Hermits
Red Reef Hermit Crab
Snapping Shrimps
Red Snapping Shrimp
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