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Author/AutorLisamarie CarrubbaEditors/EditoresLisamarie Carrubba, Aitza Pabón, Joan O’CallaghanDesign and Production/Diseño y ProducciónCommunications Collective and Buckeye GraphicsPhotosWe are grateful to individuals and organizations for theircontributions of photographs to this guide. Special thanks to theU.S. Environmental Protection Agency Bioindicators Program(http://www.epa.gov/bioindicators/). Credits are printed on thephotographs throughout the guide.Cover photos, left to right: Juan Torres, NMFS Southeast FisheriesScience Center, Steve Garner, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.FotosAgradecemos a las personas y organizaciones por suscontribuciones de las fotografías incluidas en esta guía.Agradecemos especialmente a la Agencia Federal para laProtección del Ambiente, Programa de Indicadores Biológicos(http://www.epa.gov/bioindicators/). El nombre del fotógrafo estáescrito dentro de cada foto en la guía.Fotos de portada de izquierda a derecha: Juan Torres, NMFSCentro de Ciencias Pesqueras del Sureste, Steve Garner, ServicioFederal de Pesca y Vida Silvestre.IntroductionThis guide is meant to serve as a quick reference for all those working inlaw enforcement, conservation, and management of marine resources inPuerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. It provides general descriptionsof species that are either managed due to their importance in our localfisheries, or protected under the Federal Endangered Species Act of1973. The guide briefly summarizes pertinent Federal, Territorial, orCommonwealth regulations for each species, or group of animals whereappropriate, and provides photos of the animals.IntroducciónEsta guía sirve como una referencia rápida para todas las personasque trabajan en orden público, la conservación, y el manejo de losrecursos marinos de Puerto Rico y las Islas Vírgenes Estadounidenses.La guía provee las descripciones generales de las especies las cualesson manejadas debido a su importancia a nuestras pesquerías localeso protegidas bajo la Ley Federal de Especies en Peligro de Extinción del1973. La guía resume brevemente los reglamentos pertinentes a nivelfederal, territorial, o estado libre asociado para cada especie o grupo deanimales donde sea apropiado, y se provee fotos de estos animales.
InvertebratesInvertebradosCORALS 1 CoralesQueen Conch 4 Carrucho ReinaWest Indian Top Snail 5 Bulgao o BurgaOor WhelkNetted Olive 6 OlivaLobsters 7 LangostasShrimp 9 CamaronesOctopusCrabs14 Pulpo15 CangrejosWest Indian Cushion Star 31 Estrella de Maror Reticulated SeastarJuan TorresInvertebratesInvertebrados
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Page 5 and 6: CoralsCorals include hard or stony
Page 7 and 8: Staghorn CoralColonies form cylindr
Page 9 and 10: West Indian Top Snail or WhelkThick
Page 11 and 12: LobstersLobsters typically reproduc
Page 13 and 14: ShrimpShrimps are characterized by
Page 15 and 16: Golden Coral ShrimpYellow body and
Page 17 and 18: Squat Anemone ShrimpBrown to gray b
Page 19 and 20: CrabsPorcelain crabs look like true
Page 21 and 22: Purple Land Crab or Mountain CrabOc
Page 23 and 24: Spotted Mangrove Crab, Mangrove Roo
Page 25 and 26: Speckled Swimming Crab or Speckled
Page 27 and 28: Rugose Swimming CrabCarapace less t
Page 29 and 30: Common Blue CrabCarapace width is a
Page 31 and 32: Spiny Spider Crab or Channel Clingi
Page 33 and 34: Green Clinging Crab or Green Reef C
Page 35: West Indian Cushion Star or Reticul
Page 38 and 39: Reef FishPeces Arrecifales
Page 40 and 41: SNAPPERSSnappers (Family Lutjanidae
Page 42 and 43: SNAPPERSLane SnapperCharacterized b
Page 44 and 45: SNAPPERS38PargosYellowtail SnapperJ
Page 46 and 47: SNAPPERS40PargosBlack SnapperThese
Page 48 and 49: groupers/sea bass42MerosRed HindThi
Page 50 and 51: groupers/sea bass44MerosRed Grouper
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groupers/sea bass46MerosBlack Group
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groupers/sea bass48MerosYellowfin G
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assLETS50ChernitasRoyal Gramma or F
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oxfish52ChapinesScrawled cowfishBod
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JACKS54JurelesBlack jackDark gray,
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MACKEREL56SierrasCero, painted mack
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jawfish58QuijadasJawfish (Family Op
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ANGELfish60Pez ángelAngelfish (Fam
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ANGELfish62Pez ángelCherubfishYell
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GOBIES64SagasGobies (Family Gobiida
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BLENNIES66BleniosBlennies (Family L
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wrassesWrasses (Family Labridae)Yel
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wrasses70CapitanesSpanish HogfishPu
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chromis/damselfish72 Cromis/Sargent
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CARDINALfish74CardenalesCardinalfis
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triggerfish76PuercosTriggerfish (Fa
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Other Reef fish78Otros Peces Arreci
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Other Reef fish80Otros Peces Arreci
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The Territory and Commonwealth adop
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Large Coastal Sharks (LCS)Tiger sha
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Silky sharkDorsal fins with long fr
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Blacktip sharkFirst and second dors
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Nurse sharkMouth near tip of snout
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Great hammerheadHead nearly straigh
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Small Coastal Sharks (SCS)Tiburones
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Finetooth sharkSnout pointed, short
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Pelagic SharksTiburones PelágicosS
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PorbeagleFirst dorsal fin has white
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Blue sharkTiburón azulPectoral fin
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Basking sharkHead almost encircled
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Sand tiger sharkFirst dorsal fin fa
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Bigeye sixgill sharkSmall and slend
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Caribbean sharpnoseSlender body and
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Narrowtooth sharkThin, pointed snou
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Dusky sharkFirst dorsal fin sloping
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Sandbar sharkFirst dorsal fin large
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Night sharkEyes large and green. Sn
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Sevengill sharkSlender body with na
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White sharkTeeth large, triangular,
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Yellowfin tunaSecond dorsal and ana
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Bluefin tunaFinlets yellow with nar
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BillfishSwordfishPelvic fins absent
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White MarlinFirst anal, dorsal, and
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SailfishFirst dorsal fin high, sail
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Sea TurtlesTortugas Marinas
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sea turtles134Tortugas MarinasGreen
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sea turtles136Tortugas MarinasLogge
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Marine MammalsMamíferos Marinos
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WhalesWhales138BallenasBallenasHump
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WhalesSei WhaleThe third largest wh
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WhalesFinback WhaleThe second large
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AcronymsCFL curved fork lengthCFMC
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