Boot Key Harbor
"Marathon- the Heart of the Florida Keys"

An On-Line Cruising Guide for the Florida Keys & Cuba
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A GUIDE TO FLORIDA KEYS TROPICAL FISH & OTHER LIFE
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Also see the Florida Keys Game Fish AND FOR DIVERS - go to the DIVE SITES pages

See the Marine Stings & Bites page for information & treatment of hazardous marine life stings & bites

All of the below pictures (except 8) were provided by and copyrighted (C) to Paul Humann/New World Publications - For more information about marine life books and guides for viewers, to go to www.fishid.com . This is a really good website that has lots of photos and a learning center where you can get more detailed information on reefs and marine life. It even has a kids corner, and a complete catalogue with all of their books and guides. Check it out.

Queen Angelfish	All of these pictures (except Queen Angel at left) are thumb nailed. Click each one to enlarge it. Blue Angelfish
Gray Angelfish	French Angelfish
Rock Beauty (this is an angelfish)	Spotted ButterflyFish
Blue Tang	Chub
Ocean Surgeon Fish	Doctor Fish
French Grunts 6-10", yellow strips below lateral line are diagonal	Blue Striped Grunt 8-14", dark tail and rear dorsal fin. Blue stripes. Anal fin is yellow, unlike Caesar Grunt below
White Grunt 8-14", stripes are only on head	Caesar Grunt 7-12", yellow to bronze stipes, dusky rear dorsal, anal & tail fins.
Porkfish	Schoolmasters
Yellowtail Damselfish	Three Spot Damselfish
Sergeant Major	Sergeant Major - Purple Phase (mating)
Blue Chromis	YellowTail Snapper
Nassau Grouper - note black spot on base of tail (saddle area)	Black Grouper - note block patterns on side
Jewfish	Queen conch (Ok, it's not a fish, but it is marine life)
Grasby	Coney
Fairy Basslet	Harlequin Bass
Rainbow Parrotfish	Queen Parrotfish
Blue Parrotfish	Midnight Parrotfish
Stoplight Parrotfish	Hogfish - Great Eating!

BlueHead Wrasse	Spanish Hogfish
Squirrelfish	Yellowhead Jawfish
Trumpetfish	Glassy Sweepers
Yellow Goatfish - note the "goat whiskers"	Spotted Goatfish - note the "goat whiskers"
Porcupine Fish	Hammerhead Shark (rare to see on a reef - mostly open water & deep channels)
Honeycomb Cowfish - note the "horns"	Scrawled Cowfish
Smooth Trunkfish	Spotted Trunkfish
Queen Triggerfish	Black Durgon
Scrawled Filefish	Green Moray Eel
Spotted Moray - dark spots and blotches on body	Goldentail Moray - small yellow spots over body
Southern Stingray - 3-4 ft "wingspan"	Yellow Stingray - 8-12 inch wingspan
Spotted Eagle Ray - 4-6 ft wingspan	Nurse Shark -
Pufferfish - Inflated	Puffer Fish - Deflated
Moon Jellyfish	Upside Down Jellyfish (Cassiopeia) (This is how they swim)
LionFish These are not ordinarily indigenous to the Keys waters, but have recently been introduced. Beware. The spines are poisonous.	Octopus
Pacific Squid	Dolphin
Our local Caribbean Reef Squid (South Florida) Courtesy of Chip Baumberger Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Ft Pierce FL

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