This is an image of an adult french angelfish, Pomacanthus paru, that was shipped to the Fulton Fish Market in May 1989.  During the late 1980s several Fulton Fish Market wholesalers received Caribbean reef fish to supply the Caribbean community living in New York.
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The rock beauty, Holacanthus tricolor, came in a box as part of a mixed consignment of Caribbean reef fish into the Fulton Fish Market in New York in April 1989.  Caribbean reef fish were imported into New York to supply New York's Caribbean community.
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A graysby, Epinephelus cruentatus, photographed at Fulton Fish Market, New York City in November 1988.  It was shipped from Florida.  This grouper is common on coral reefs.
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A beautiful recreationally caught coral cod , Cephalopholis miniatus, from Wisteria Reef near Heron Island on the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland,  Australia in December 1987.
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A bar jack, Caranx ruber, delivered to Fulton Fish Market, New York in November 1990.
File No. 1190
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This snapper which is called a 'stripey' (Lutjanus carponotatus) in Australia was caught at night on a rod and line by Heron Island marine station researchers.  Heron Island, which is a coral key, is about 50 miles to the east of Gladstone, Queensland, Australia and is at the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef.  The fish was photographed on the beach and then returned to the sea.
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A graysby, Epinephelus cruentatus, photographed at Fulton Fish Market, New York City in November 1988. It was shipped from Florida. This grouper is common on coral reefs.
File No. 1188
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A graysby, Epinephelus cruentatus, photographed at Fulton Fish Market, New York City in November 1988.  It was shipped from Florida.  This grouper is common on coral reefs.
File No. 1188 
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A graysby, Epinephelus cruentatus, photographed at Fulton Fish Market, New York City in November 1988. It was shipped from Florida. This grouper is common on coral reefs.
File No. 1188
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See photo in original gallery.