2. Adult
Juveniles would
have light tail and
rear dorsal fins.
The stripes are
brown instead
of blue
3. Adult
Blue stripes over yellow-gold
Juveniles would
have light tail and
rear dorsal fins.
The stripes are
brown instead
of blue
4. Dark tail and rear dorsal fins
Adult
Blue stripes over yellow-gold
Juveniles would
have light tail and
rear dorsal fins.
The stripes are
brown instead
of blue
5. Dark tail and rear dorsal fins
Bluestriped Grunt
Adult
Blue stripes over yellow-gold
Juveniles would
have light tail and
rear dorsal fins.
The stripes are
brown instead
of blue
8. Yellow to dark copper/bronze stripes
Adult
Juveniles have a lighter
color instead of the darker
underbelly
9. Yellow to dark copper/bronze stripes
Adult
Juveniles have a lighter
color instead of the darker Dusky rear dorsal, anal, and tail fins
underbelly
10. Ceasar Grunt Yellow to dark copper/bronze stripes
Adult
Juveniles have a lighter
color instead of the darker Dusky rear dorsal, anal, and tail fins
underbelly
11. Yellow Stripes below lateral line set on diagonal
Juveniles have a yellowish
tent but not yellow stripes
like the adult. Their scales
are clear looking
12. Yellow Stripes below lateral line set on diagonal
Juveniles have a yellowish
tent but not yellow stripes
like the adult. Their scales
are clear looking
13. Adult
Yellow Stripes below lateral line set on diagonal
Juveniles have a yellowish
tent but not yellow stripes
like the adult. Their scales
are clear looking
14. French Grunt
Adult
Yellow Stripes below lateral line set on diagonal
Juveniles have a yellowish
tent but not yellow stripes
like the adult. Their scales
are clear looking
16. Black Margate
High Back Profile
Adult
Dark patch behind pectoral fins
17. Sailors Choice
Adult
Black spots on scales from numerous
Juvenile oblique stripes on body
18. Smallmouth Grunt
Adult
Yellow fins
Five or six
yellow stripes
Juvenile
19. Spanish Grunt
Bold black stripe Yellow-green dorsal hump
on upper body
Adult
Yellow saddle or spot on base of tail
20. Tomtate
Prominent yellow and bronze stripe run through
eye to base of tail; another thinner stripe on back
(they are really hard to see)
Fins pale
Adult
Black spot on base
of tail (not always
present)
22. Porkfish Two bold black diagonal bands on head
High back profile
Brilliant yellow head Black stripe on back
and midbody Adult
Spot at base of tail
Juvenile
