Yellowtail snapper
Ocyurus chrysurus
Sighting evidence at Dean's Blue Hole, Long Island
Photo: Ricardo Betancur · CC BY-NC-ND
Schooling yellowtail snapper densely populate the rim and the shallows outside the blue hole, their vivid yellow lateral stripes and tail brilliant against the blue water. They follow divers expecting to be fed and form shimmering curtains in the sun-lit shallows. As an ecologically important mid-level predator on Caribbean reefs they connect the smaller invertebrate community with larger piscivores like grouper and sharks.
Evidence at this site
No confirmed records on file at this site
Yellowtail snapper is listed as a curated species here based on historical reports.