Maya Riviera, Mexico, 2006 - Fish List

  
Family/Species NamePhasesComments
Angelfish
Blue Angelfish Adult, Juvenile  
French Angelfish Adult, Juvenile  
Butterflyfishes
Banded Butterflyfish Adult, Juvenile  
Foureye Butterflyfish Adult  
Spotfin Butterflyfish Adult  
Surgeonfishes
Blue Tang Adult, Initial, Juvenile  
Ocean Surgeonfish    
Doctorfish    
Jacks
Bar Jack (Skip Jack)    
Needlefishes
Houndfish    
Barracudas
Great Barracuda    
Snooks
Common Snook    
Mojarras
Yellowfin Mojarra    
Grunts
French Grunt    
Bluestriped Grunt    
Tomtate    
Caesar Grunt(?)    
Porkfish    
Snappers
Lane Snapper    
Yellowtail Snapper    
Schoolmaster Adult, Juvenile saw huge schools of these
Damselfishes
Bicolor Damselfish    
Yellowtail Damselfish Adult, Juvenile  
Threespot Damselfish    
Sergeant Major Adult, Juvenile, Maleguarding eggs  the males that were guarding eggs have this dusky blue background
Parrotfishes
Midnight Parrotfish    
Stoplight Parrotfish Terminal, Initial, Juvenile  
Redtail/Yellowtail Parrotfish Initial watching these change colour/pattern was amazing. The changes would ripple across their bodies as they swam over different backgrounds.
Hogfishes, Wrasses, Razorfishes - Labridae
Spanish Hogfish Adult, Juvenile  
Puddingwife Initial  
Yellowhead Wrasse Terminal  
Bluehead Terminal, Initial, Juvenile  
Slippery Dick Juvenile approached closely
Green Razorfish Juvenile  
Squirrelfishes
Squirrelfish   saw one or the other or both of these. We think both.
Longspine Squirrelfish    
Bigeyes
Glasseye Snapper   eyes glowed red
Gobies
Cleaning Gobies    
Scaly Blennies
Dusky? Blenny   saw in Cenote
Lefteye Flounders
Peacock Flounder   beautiful turquoise blue rings around their "peacock" spots
Porcupinefishes
Porcupinefish    
Boxfishes
Smooth Trunkfish   these guys had particular hang outs. One would see them at the same spot on the same coral head each day
Spotted Trunkfish    
Sweepers
Glassy Sweeper (Hatchfish)    
Goatfishes
Spotted Goatfish    
Yellow Goatfish    
Remoras
Sharksucker   on Spotted Eagleray
Morays
Goldentail Moray    
Eageray
Spotted Eagleray    
Other
Guppy-like fish   saw in cenote in great quantities