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Juvenile Reefs have sharper snouts than adults. Also, like bony fish, the eye doesn't grow proportional to the body so the eyes are larger relative to their body when young.

Yes, I'd say Reef Shark. Definitely not a bull. They have a much broader Dorsal placed further forward and are beefier overall.

Those look like Sand Drum. They don't always have the bars. You got some Threadfin mixed in the second shot too. Louis

1st: Horse Conch is what we call them in the Bahamas, but West Indian Chank is the proper name. Look up their egg cases, you've most likely seen them around. 2nd: The other conch is the Queen Conch, Strombus gigas

Yes it is a Lemon Shark, but not the same Lemon Shark that lives in the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific. It's the Sicklefin Lemon Shark found in the Indian and Indo-Pacific oceans. The sharply pointed, swept back fins are a distinguishing feature. Louis

Fire Coral.

Yes, the white bars are common on Redlip Blenny - They confuse a lot of people and I've always thought it strange there aren't more pictures of Redlip showing these bars. Also the Ophioblennius genus (which the Redlip belongs to) has unbranched supraoribital (above eye) cirri. Most other...

Whoa, you have some awesome pictures. That's a really nice shot of a Bar Jack. Just a couple of corrections: http://www.rothschilddesign.com/fishdatabase/images/page60.html. This one is actually a Ophioblennius atlanticus, Redlip Blenny...

That's not the first dorsal, those are the pectoral rays showing through. Def a Malacoctenus blenny. I would bet M. triangulatus. Check out this one from Key West: thumbs6. It's about halfway down the page and looks similar to yours.

Looks like a Jolthead, C. bajonado.

Juvenile Filefish. Possibly Slender or Fringed.

That's a black grouper, Mycteroperca bonaci

Eggs from a Horse Conch. Oops, we call them Horse Conch in the Bahamas but the proper name is West Indian Chank. I have seen them laying the egg cases before - It takes forever...

Redspotted Hawkfish. The body is too deep to be any blenny we have around here. Look for the spots on the face, the distinct 'Eiffel Tower' body bars, and the cool tassels on top of each dorsal spine.

Whew, that was a good one. Really had me thinking. I was just about to give up and suggest you consider the rare Sea Mouse when I recognized something. That dorsal ridge, those projections... A Cowfish! I know it looks a little narrow for a boxfish, but you'll recall that Cowfishes are not...

Looks like a Cowrie. I saw lots at the Blue Heron.

Lutjanus apodus, Schoolmaster.

Yep, Graysby. See the nice round tail. Tiger Grouper, Epinephelus tigris Hawksbill Green Turtles Coney Grey Snapper Batwing Coral Crab

Yeah, it's a Mako.