Raccoon Butterflyfish
Yellow and black with a raccoon-like mask.
Fourspot Butterflyfish
Upper half of body dark with two white spots, lower half orange-yellow.
Mexican Goatfish
White head and body, often with some bluish tinting and fine markings. Also known as the Mexican goatfish.
Spotted Sharpnose Puffer
Whitish spots often tinted yellowish to bluish; head and body reddish brown to gray ad greenish gray; no spots on fins.
Reef Cornetfish
Silvery with blue to blue-green to green tints on back; silvery white belly. Two thin blue lines on back and sides.
Giant Hawkfish
Medium to light olive to brown. Large, fat lips; tassels on tips of dorsal fin spines. Also known as the hieroglyphic hawkfish.
Panamic Fangblenny
Olive to brown; reddish circle around eye. Blunt head with large lips and obvious cirri. Can lack bar markings (as shown in this picture).
Cortez Rainbow Wrasse
TP: Body varies from violet to reddish green; blue dorsal, anal and tail fins. IP: Dark back, may display a second yellow stripe below dorsal fin. Belly white.
Mexican Hogfish
Gray, tinted red to reddish brown or green to blue-green. Large bulbous bump develops on head with age. Also known as the streamer hogfish.
Chameleon Wrasse
Can change colors rapidly and dramatically. Terminal phase head shades of salmon changing to shades of blue-green on body. Initial phase adults are light reddish brown to bluish white, with dark spot above pectoral fin.

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