Table 1.
Fish regulation in Cuba.
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Local Name | Family | Weight (#) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mycteroperca bonaci | Black grouper | Aguají o bonací arará | Serranidae | (1) |
| Mycteroperca venenosa | Yellowfin grouper | Arigua o bonací cardenal | Serranidae | (2) |
| Mycteroperca tigris | Tiger grouper | Bonací gato | Serranidae | (3) |
| Carangoides bartholomaei | Yellowjack | Cibí amarillo | Carangidae | (4) |
| Seriola rivoliana | Longfin yellowtail | Coronado | Carangidae | (3) |
| Seriola zonata | Banded rudderfish | Coronado de bandas | Carangidae | (3) |
| Seriola dumerili | Greater amberjack | Coronado de ley | Carangidae | (3) |
| Lutjanus cyanopterus | Cubera snapper | Cubera | Lutjanidae | (5) |
| Caranx latus | Horse-eyejack | Gallego o jurel | Carangidae | (6) |
| Chilomycterus reticulatus | Spotfin burrfish | Guanábana | Diodontidae | (3) |
| Rypticus saponaceus | Greater soapfish | Jaboncillo o jabón | Grammistidae | (3) |
| Lutjanus jocu | Dog snapper | Pargo jocú | Lutjanidae | (4) |
| Gymnothorax funebris | Green moray | Morena verde | Muraenidae | (3) |
| Ogcocephalus vespertilio | Seadevil | Pez diablo | Ogcocephalidae | (3) |
| Diodon holocanthus | Longspined porcupinefish | Pez erizo | Diodontidae | (3) |
| Sphyraena barracuda | Great barracuda | Picúa o Picuda | Sphyraenidae | (3) |
| Diodon hystrix | Spot-fin porcupinefish | Puerco espín | Diodontidae | (3) |
| Lagocephalus laevigatus | Smooth puffer | Tamboril gigante | Tetrodontidae | (3) |
| Sphoeroides testudineus | Checkered puffer | Tamboril rayado | Tetrodontidae | (3) |
| Caranx lugubris | Black jack | Tiñosa o Tiñosa prieta | Carangidae | (3) |
(#) indicate restricted weight (1) > 4.5 Kg; (2) > 4.6 Kg; (3) any weight; (4) > 1.4 Kg; (5) > 6.8 Kg; (6) > 1 Kg.