Bonaire
With a Cymothoid Isopod attached.
Bonaire
Bonaire
Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas and
Caribbean Reefs
Atlantic Creolefish
Paranthias furcifer
Atlantic Creolefish
Category: Groupers
Scientific Name: Paranthias furcifer
Size: 4 to 8 in. (10 to 20 cm)
Depth: 20-160 ft. (6-50 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida, Bermuda, Gulf of America, Brazil
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
└Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
└Teleostei (Class)
└Perciformes (Order)
└Percoidei (Suborder)
└Epinephelidae (Family)
└Paranthias (Genus)
└P. furcifer (Species)
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