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Notes

M = marine life; (ML) and restricted species (RS) endorsements required.
R = restricted species; (RS) endorsement required.

* Only aquaculture allowed for live rock.
** Gray triggerfish and red porgy restricted.
*** For non-restricted species only.

Bold text denotes new additions/changes.
These are unofficial designations - please see Florida Administrative Code Chapter 68B-42.

Updated April 8, 2009

Marine Life Species Codes and Names in Alphabetical Order

988 Amphipods/Copepods
707 M Anemone, banded (=rock)
703 M Anemone, giant Caribbean (=condylactus)
706 M Anemone, green colonial (Zoanthus)
708 M Anemone, other
705 M Anemone, ringed (=curlique)
701 M Anemone, sun (=carpet)
704 M Anemone, sun zoanthid (Palythoa)
702 M Anemone, white/brown colonial (Palythoa)
503 M Angelfish, blue
511 M Angelfish, cherubfish (=pygmy)
505 M Angelfish, French
501 M Angelfish, gray (=black)
507 M Angelfish, queen
509 M Angelfish, rock beauty
641 M Balloonfish
512 Barracuda, great
797 M Basket star
513 M Bass, belted sandfish
515 M Bass, chalk
514 M Bass, creole-fish
517 M Bass, harlequin
519 M Bass, lantern
525 M Bass, other
521 M Bass, peppermint (=swissguard)
518 M Bass, red barbier
913 M Bass, roughtongue
520 M Bass, spanish flag
516 M Bass, threadnose
523 M Bass, tobaccofish
522 M Bass, wrasse
912 M Basslet, candy
916 M Basslet, cave

915 M Basslet, threeline
596 M Batfish
887 Bigeye
526 M Blenny, banded
528 M Blenny, barred
852 M Blenny, Florida
530 M Blenny, glass
532 M Blenny, hairy
850 M Blenny, marbled
533 M Blenny, other
527 M Blenny, redlip
531 M Blenny, saddled
529 M Blenny, sailfin
534 M Blenny, wrasse
804 M Brittle star, other
801 M Brittle star, red serpent
803 M Brittle star, serpent
799 M Brittle star, spiny ophiocoma
896 M Brotula, black (widow)
907 M Brotula, key (orange)

894 Brotula, other (non-ML)***
829 Bryozoa
646 M Burrfish, spotted
645 M Burrfish, striped (=spiny boxfish)
535 M Butterflyfish, banded
537 M Butterflyfish, bank
539 M Butterflyfish, foureye
538 M Butterflyfish, french
541 M Butterflyfish, longsnout
543 M Butterflyfish, reef
545 M Butterflyfish, spotfin
547 M Cardinalfish, flamefish
546 M Cardinalfish, other
548 M Cardinalfish, two-spot
899 Catfish
985 Chiton
692 Chub, Bermuda
845 Clam, angel wing
847 Clam, jewel box
849 Clam, other
839 Clam, sunray Venus
691 M Clingfish
654 R Cobia
959 Conch, Florida crown
951 Conch, Florida fighting
779 Conch, Florida horse
957 Conch, hawkwing
953 Conch, milk
960 Conch, other
832 M Corallimorph, Discosoma
833 M Corallimorph, other

831 M Corallimorph, Ricordea
865 M Cornetfish, blue-spotted
867 M Cornetfish, red
549 M Cowfish, honeycomb
550 M Cowfish, other
690 M Cowfish, scrawled
776 Cowrie, Atlantic deer
775 Cowrie, measled
718 M Crab, blue-legged hermit
835 Crab, box (=flame)
834 M Crab, clinging reef (M. ruber)
838 Crab, clinging reef, other (non-ML)***

987 Crab, coral spider
713 M Crab, false (=frilly) arrow  
904 Crab, fiddler
711 M Crab, furcate spider (=decorator)
722 M Crab, giant hermit
712 M Crab, green clinging or reef (emerald)
710 M Crab, hermit, other
719 Crab, horseshoe
724 Crab, land hermit
723 M Crab, nimble spray (=lightfoot, urchin)
725 Crab, other (non-ML)***
714 M Crab, red banded hermit
837 Crab, redfinger rubble (=calico)
716 M Crab, red-legged (scarlet) hermit
836 M Crab, red-ridged clinging

721 M Crab, spotted porcelain
720 M Crab, stareye hermit
715 M Crab, thinstripe (=green-striped) hermit
717 M Crab, white operculate (polkadot)
726 M Crab, white speckled hermit

709 M Crab, yellowline arrow
917 M Croaker, reef
893 Cusk-eel
551 M Damselfish, beaugregory
553 M Damselfish, bicolor
563 M Damselfish, blue chromis (=blue reef)
564 M Damselfish, brown chromis (=brown reef)
560 M Damselfish, cocoa
559 M Damselfish, dusky (=scarletback)
552 M Damselfish, longfin (=honey gregory)
569 M Damselfish, other
565 M Damselfish, purple reeffish
561 M Damselfish, sergeant major
567 M Damselfish, sunshinefish
557 M Damselfish, threespot (=orange)
555 M Damselfish, yellowtail (=jewel)
562 M Damselfish, yellowtail reeffish
572 M Drum, cubbyu
571 M Drum, high-hat
573 M Drum, jackknife-fish
575 M Drum, spotted
576 Eel, conger
927 M Eel, goldspotted
923 M Eel, sharptail
929 M Eel, speckled worm
759 M Fileclam, rough (=flame scallop)
761 M Fileclam, spiny (=white flame scallop)
895 M Filefish, orangespotted
590 M Filefish, other
587 M Filefish, planehead (=green)
588 M Filefish, pygmy
586 M Filefish, scrawled (=blue spot)
589 M Filefish, whitespotted
591 R Flounder
593 M Frogfish, ocellated (=common)
594 M Frogfish, other
595 M Frogfish, sargassumfish
925 Gambusia, mangrove
871 Goatfish, other
869 Goatfish, spotted
868 Goatfish, yellow
598 M Goby, naked
597 M Goby, neon
601 M Goby, other
599 M Goby, yellowline
731 M Gorgonian, other
727 M Gorgonian, red
729 M Gorgonian, sea blades (=purple)
603 R Grouper, coney
602 R Grouper, graysby
898 R Grouper, other
604 R Grouper, red hind (=strawberry)
897 R Grouper, rock hind
605 Grunt, cottonwick
607 Grunt, French
611 Grunt, other (non-ML)***
609 M Grunt, porkfish
608 Grunt, tomtate
619 M Hamlet, butter
613 M Hamlet, butter (=barred)
615 M Hamlet, butter (=black)
617 M Hamlet, butter (=blue)
621 M Hamlet, butter (=indigo)
623 M Hamlet, butter (=shy)
622 M Hamlet, mutton
678 M Hawkfish, red spotted
627 R Hogfish, rooster (=hogfish)
629 M Hogfish, Spanish
625 M Hogfish, spotfin (=Cuban)
996 Isopod, deepwater (Bathyonomus)

883 Jack, lookdown
882 Jack, other
631 M Jawfish, dusky
632 M Jawfish, other
630 M Jawfish, spotfin
633 M Jawfish, yellowhead
734 Jellyfish, other (non-ML)***
733 M Jellyfish, upside-down
812 Live rock (pounds)*
827 Live sand
693 Lizardfish, inshore
735 R Lobster, Caribbean spiny (=rock)
737 Lobster, Spanish slipper (=shovelnose)
736 Lobster, spotted
999 Miscellaneous fishes
998 Miscellaneous invertebrates
854 Mojarra
577 M Moray, blackedge (=chain)
583 M Moray, goldentail
579 M Moray, green
585 M Moray, other
581 M Moray, spotted
997 Nonnative species
740 M Nudibranch, FL regal doris (=Greek godd
739 M Nudibranch, lettuce sea slug (=fancy)
741 M Nudibranch, other
745 M Octopus, Atlantic pygmy (=dwarf)
744 M Octopus, Caribbean reef
743 Octopus, common
746 M Octopus, white-spotted
747 Oyster, Atlantic thorny- (=spiny)
635 M Parrotfish, blue
890 M Parrotfish, midnight
639 M Parrotfish, other
892 M Parrotfish, princess
638 M Parrotfish, queen
636 M Parrotfish, rainbow
640 M Parrotfish, redband
634 M Parrotfish, stoplight
637 M Parrotfish, striped (=painted)
989 Penshell
872 M Perch, dwarf sand
873 Perch, sand
884 Pilotfish
652 M Pipefish, other
653 M Pipefish, sargassum
749 M Plant, Caulerpa (gallons)
754 M Plant, coralline red algea
751 M Plant, Halimeda (numbers)
753 M Plant, Merman's shaving brush (numbers)
755 Plant, non-rooted (gallons)
752 M Plant, rooted, other

993 M Polychaete, fanworm
994 M Polychaete, feather-duster
992 Polychaete, fireworm
991 M Polychaete, horned Christmas-tree
995 Polychaete, other (non-ML)***
644 M Porcupinefish
875 Porgy, other**
881 Puffer, other (non-ML)***
643 M Puffer, sharpnose
642 Puffer, southern
696 Ray, butterfly
698 Ray, eagle
697 Ray, lesser electric
694 Ray, other
689 M Razorfish
853 Remora, other
851 Remora, sharksucker
941 Sand dollar, 5-holed keyhole
943 Sand dollar, 6-holed keyhole
945 Sand dollar, notched
757 Sand dollar, other
841 Scallop, lions-paw
843 Scallop, other
648 Scorpionfish, other
647 Scorpionfish, reef
947 Sea biscuit, flat
946 Sea biscuit, inflated
758 Sea biscuit, other
763 M Sea cucumber, Florida
764 M Sea cucumber, other
742 M Sea Hare
798 M Sea lilies (Crinoids)
796 M Sea star, other
793 M Sea star, red spiny (=common)
649 M Seahorse, dwarf
651 M Seahorse, lined (=giant)
891 M Seahorse, other
877 Searobin
657 Shark, lemon
655 Shark, nurse
656 Shark, other
874 R Sheepshead
767 M Shrimp, banded coral (=barber pole)
773 M Shrimp, cleaner (=scarlet cleaner)
766 Shrimp, mantis
774 Shrimp, other (non-ML)***
770 M Shrimp, Pederson's cleaner
769 M Shrimp, peppermint (=veined)
771 M Shrimp, pistol or snapping
768 Shrimp, rock
765 M Shrimp, spotted cleaner (=anemone)
732 M Siphonophores/Hydroids
885 Skate
931 M Sleepers
964 M Snail, bruised nassa
780 Snail, cerith
785 Snail, chestnut turban
967 Snail, cone
935 M Snail, Eastern mud
969 Snail, fig
777 Snail, flamingo tongue
974 Snail, Florida miter
965 Snail, frogsnail
966 Snail, helmet
972 Snail, marginella
973 Snail, melampus
977 Snail, moon, other
976 Snail, murex
937 M Snail, Nassarius, other
978 Snail, nerites
979 Snail, olive
787 Snail, other (non-ML)***
971 Snail, periwinkle
970 Snail, purple sea
975 Snail, rocksnail (=rock shell)
778 Snail, sharkeye (=Atlantic moon)
984 M Snail, star
986 Snail, tegula
982 Snail, topsnail
980 Snail, triton, angular
981 Snail, triton, other
781 Snail, tulip (=true tulip)
939 Snail, turbo, other (non-ML)***
983 Snail, vase
968 Snail, wentletrap
658 R Snapper, other
920 R Snapper, schoolmaster
920 R Snapper, schoolmaster
921 R Snapper, yellowtail
524 M Soapfish
659 M Soldierfish, blackbar
592 Sole, zebra (fringed, naked, flabby)
861 Spadefish, Atlantic
788 M Sponge, other (ML only)
792 Sponge, other (non-ML)***

789 M Sponge, red ball
790 M Sponge, red finger
791 M Sponge, red tree
663 Squirrelfish, deepwater
665 Squirrelfish, glasseye snapper
660 Squirrelfish, other
661 Squirrelfish, reef (=common)
859 Stargazer, other
857 Stargazer, southern
699 Stingray, other
688 Stingray, southern
695 Stingray, yellow (=yellow spot)
672 M Surgeonfish, other
862 M Sweeper, glassy
667 M Tang, blue (young are yellow)
669 M Tang, doctorfish
671 M Tang, ocean surgeon
856 Tilefish, sand
889 M Toadfish
673 M Triggerfish, black durgon
677 Triggerfish, other**
675 M Triggerfish, queen
855 R Tripletail
863 M Trumpetfish
879 M Trunkfish
878 M Trunkfish, spotted
830 Tunicates, sea squirts
810 M Urchin, other
807 M Urchin, pencil
806 M Urchin, purple-spined (Arbacia)
811 M Urchin, rock-boring (red; Echinometra)
809 M Urchin, variable or green (pincushion)
961 Whelk, knobbed
963 Whelk, lightning
686 M Wrasse, blackear
679 M Wrasse, bluehead
684 M Wrasse, clown
681 M Wrasse, creole
687 M Wrasse, other
685 M Wrasse, puddingwife
682 M Wrasse, slippery dick
683 M Wrasse, yellowhead (=neon)

 

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