1. Fish I.D. An Introduction to Tropical Fish By Lauren, Tori, and Andrew

2. Ways to Identify

• Stripes- vertical, bars, horizontal

• Body shape- long/skinny, short/fat

• Size

• Shape of tail fin

3. Damsel Fish

• Sergeant major- 5 bars, short/fat

• Yellowtail

• Blue

• Four stripe

• Yellow

• Grey

4. Parrot Fish

• Blue- blue stripe by eye

• Green- vegetarians, excretes sand

• King Kong

• Purple

• Red

• Dark Orange

• Yellow

• Brown

• Albino

• Mix

• Midnight- black mouth, blue body, no eye lids

• Stop light- green, has a red dot when an adult

5. Eels

• Moray- have teeth, yellow, and green

• Electric- brown and white

• Spotted

6. Doctor/Surgeon Fish

• Blue Tang- Yellow spot by tail fin, flattened body

• Ocean Tang-Yellow on one fin

7. Rays

• Sting rays

• Eagle rays

• Manta rays

• Southern rays

8. Snappers

• Gray- long and chubby

• Margate- thin, black outline on tail

• Yellow tailed- narrow, and horizontal yellow stripes

• Red Snapper

9. Grunts

• Blue striped- fat lips

• French- yellow based

• Goat fish- whiskers

• Spotted Goat fish- brown dots in center

10. Hog Fish

• Red- big, three spikes on dorsal fin

• Spanish- purple on top, yellow on bottom

11. Butterfly fish

• Spot fin- black stripe through eye

• Four eyed- dots on backside that look like two extra eyes

• Barred- four black bars

12. Angel

• Queen- yellow, blue, spot on forehead (crown shaped)

• Blue- yellow tips

• French- yellow dots everywhere

13. Box fish

• Porcupine- blows up when a aggravated

• Cow- box shaped

• Spotted- spots