Creole Fish
Paranthias furcifer
Also called Creole-fish.
How to tell it
Red-brown grouper relative with three or four white spots along the back and a forked tail; schools above reefs.
- Not a creole wrasse? That one purple-blue, a wrasse. (Creole Wrasse)
Rules for
Every state
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Not specifically regulated in Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida (Atlantic), Florida (Gulf), Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia: each state’s rule for unlisted species applies there (on its page).
On the table
Edible.
In the app
Point the camera at a creole fish and the name appears before you take the picture, with these rules for the water you’re standing in. No signal needed, and every catch goes in the log.
Get the appQuestions anglers ask about creole fish
How do you tell creole fish from creole wrasse?
Creole Fish has this: Red-brown grouper relative with three or four white spots along the back and a forked tail; schools above reefs.. Creole Wrasse purple-blue, a wrasse.