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Flowery Rockcod
Epinephelus fuscoguttatus
Flowery Rockcod is a large Indo-Pacific grouper that lives on coral and rocky reefs, often along drop-offs and lagoon slopes. It is an ambush predator of fishes and crustaceans and is valued as a table fish, though big reef fish can pose ciguatera risk in some areas.
Flying Gurnard
Dactylopterus volitans
Flying gurnard is a bottom-dwelling marine fish with huge winglike pectoral fins it spreads to startle predators. It is not a true gurnard and is a poor-table, seldom-targeted species; anglers usually catch it incidentally.
Forceps Butterflyfish
Forcipiger flavissimus
Forceps Butterflyfish is a bright yellow reef butterflyfish with a long, narrow snout used to pick prey from coral crevices. It lives on coral-rich reef slopes and lagoons across the Indo-Pacific, and is not a common target for anglers.
Four-eyed Butterflyfish
Chaetodon capistratus
The Four-eyed Butterflyfish is a small tropical reef fish with a false eye spot near the tail and a dark eye stripe that helps confuse predators. It is common on shallow Caribbean and western Atlantic reefs and feeds mainly on small benthic invertebrates and coral-associated prey.
Fourspot Butterflyfish
Chaetodon quadrimaculatus
The Fourspot Butterflyfish is a reef-dwelling Indo-Pacific butterflyfish best known for the four dark spots on its body. It usually feeds on coral polyps and small benthic invertebrates, and it is more of an aquarium/reef species than a sporting fish.
Foxface
Siganus vulpinus
Foxface is a venomous rabbitfish from tropical Indo-Pacific reefs, prized in aquariums more than by anglers. It grazes on algae in pairs or small groups and uses a bold yellow body with a dark facial mask for warning camouflage.
Freckled Goatfish
Upeneus tragula
Freckled Goatfish (Upeneus tragula) is a small tropical goatfish of shallow coastal waters, especially sandy bottoms near reefs, lagoons, and estuaries. It forages with chin barbels for worms, crustaceans, and small mollusks.
Freckled Hawkfish
Paracirrhites forsteri
Freckled Hawkfish (Paracirrhites forsteri) is a reef-dwelling perchlet that perches on coral and rock to ambush small fishes and crustaceans. It is not a common food fish or target angling species, and reliable catch-oriented information is limited.
French Angelfish
Pomacanthus paru
French angelfish is a large, reef-dwelling marine angelfish of the western Atlantic and Caribbean. Adults are usually seen in pairs or small groups picking at sponges, tunicates, and algae around coral and rocky reefs.
French Grunt
Haemulon flavolineatum
French grunt is a small tropical marine grunt common on Caribbean and western Atlantic reefs. It forms schools over sand, seagrass, and coral, and makes a distinctive grunting sound when handled.
Freshwater Angelfish
Pterophyllum scalare
Freshwater angelfish (Pterophyllum scalare) is a South American cichlid popular in aquaria, with wild forms from the Amazon, Orinoco, and Essequibo basins. It is a laterally compressed, tall-bodied fish that glides through calm vegetated waters and is rarely a targeted angling species.
Freshwater Drum
Aplodinotus grunniens
Freshwater Drum (Aplodinotus grunniens) is a large North American sciaenid found in rivers, reservoirs, and big lakes. It is named for the croaking or drumming sound it makes and is one of the most widespread freshwater gamefish in the Mississippi, Great Lakes, and Ohio drainages.