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Caribbean fish identification is made much easier by observing them first on video. Find out how to identify various types of Caribbean fish in this free video series.
There are 20 videos in this series:
Porcupine fish identification is easy once they puff up and show their spines. Watch this video of a wild porcupine fish to help you identify it in the reef.
Juvenile Spotted Drum identification is easy once you notice their color, and long flowing dorsal and tail fins. Watch this video of a juvenile spotted drum fish to help you identify them in the reef.
Bar Jack fish identification is easy once you notice their silvery color and blue stripe down its back. Watch this video of a Bar Jack to help you identify them on the reef.
Garden Eel identification is difficult, but will be much easier if you watch this video of wild Garden Eels.
Gray Angelfish identification is easy once you notice their gray color and yellow inner surface of their pectoral fins. Watch this video of wild Gray Angelfish to help you identify them in the Caribbean.
Balloon fish identification is easy once you notice their spines, and yellow irises of their eyes. Watch this video of wild balloon fish to help you identify them in the Caribbean.
Fairy Basslet or Royal Gramma fish identification is easy once you notice their purple and bright yellow colors. Watch this video to help you identify the Fairy Basslet.
Red Lion Fish identification is easy once you notice their feather-like spines and stripes. Watch this video of Red Lion Fish to help you identify them in the reef.
Saddled Blenny identification is easy once you notice the saddles along a Saddled Blenny's back. Watch this video of Saddled Blennies to help you identify them in Caribbean reefs.
Blue Runner identification is easy once you identify their silvery color and black tips on their tail fins. Watch this video of Blue Runners to help you identify them.
Slender File Fish identification will be much easier after watching this video of Slender File Fish in the wild.
Butter Hamlet Fish Identification is easy once you identify their gray yellow color and black saddle near its tail. Watch this video of Butter Hamlets to help you identify them in the reef.
Red Hind identification is easy once you identify the red spots all over its white body. Watch this video of Red Hinds to help you identify them in the reef.
Spanish Hogfish identification is easy once you identify the purple upper half and yellow lower half of their bodies. Watch this video of Spanish Hogfish in the wild to help you identify them.
White Margate identification is much easier with video to show you what they look like. Watch this free video of White Margates to help you identify them in the reef.
Ocean Surgeonfish identification is much easier with video to show you what they look like. Watch this free video of Ocean Surgeonfish to help you identify them.
Honeycomb Cowfish identification is easy once you identify their honeycomb marking and the spines on their foreheads. Watch this free video to help you identify Honeycomb Cowfish in the reef.
Yellowhead Wrasse identification is much easier with video to show you what they look like. Watch this video of Yellowhead Wrasses to help you identify them in the reef.
Scarlet Striped Cleaning Shrimp identification is much easier with video to show you what they look like. Watch this video of Scarlet Striped Cleaning Shrimp to help you identify them.
Red Spotted Horseshoe Worm identification is much easier with video to show you what they look like. Watch this video to help you identify Red Spotted Horseshoe Worms.
There are thousands of fish species in the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean. Identifying these fish can be a daunting task, but well worth the effort. Fish identification is made easy by using fish identification charts to help a scuba diver or snorkeler to identify the fish. However, video of live fish is even better for helping you with your fish identification when you are snorkeling or scuba diving. In this free video series learn how to identify various species of Caribbean fish from expert Don Stark. Don will show you video of wild Caribbean fish such as the Porcupine Fish, the Juvenile Spotted Drum, the Garden Eel, the Gray Angelfish, the Balloon Fish, the Ocean Surgeonfish, and many more. In addition to the fish identification video, Don's expert advice will help you with Caribbean fish identification and Atlantic fish identification. Watching this free video series will help you with Butter Hamlet identification, Yellowhead Wrasse identification, and Blue Runner identification. Happy scuba diving and snorkeling!
Don Stark Don Stark is a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor with more than 20 years of active diving experience. He is a senior diver volunteer at the New England Aquarium in Boston where he helps care for the animals in the 200,000 Caribbean Reef Exhibit, the Giant Ocean Tank. He has been a frequent participant on fish collecting expeditions to the Bahamas with New England Aquarium staff and is the co-author of the PADI Underwater Live Specimen Collector specialty certification course. He is also an award winning videographer with more than 10 years of underwater videography experience. More of his work can be seen at www.ScubaVisions.TV.dkdk
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