DRAFTING…
Front & Back Covers of my well used (since 1980), ducktaped guide
My GoTo Guide:
Guide to Corals and Fishes of Florida, the Bahamas and the Caribbean by Daz & Jerry Greenberg, 1977 SeaHawk Press.Miami Florida “Take this book underwater when you dive or fish. The waterproof, tear-resistant pages contain descriptions and colour illustrations of 260 species of corals and fishes. Edible fish are identified.” Common and scientific names are given; index. View example coral page; example fish page. ‘Still available as a used book; and it can be viewed on the Web Archive.
Comment: Of course, depending on the use, such IDs may need to to be checked out for the current scientific name, also for similar species; iNaturalist can be a good place to start as it now has fairly good coverage of coral and fish species in the Caribbean.
Caribbean Marine Life ID Gallery: Corals
On snorkelstj.com (Snorkel St. John, USVI)
– Stony Corals (Hard Skeleton)
– Octocorals (Soft Skeleton)
– Cup and Tube Corals (Hard Skeleton)
– Hydrocorals-not true corals
There are multiple high quality photos of each species
Coralpedia
University of Warwick (U.K.) website by Professor Charles Sheppard. Photos and text description for each species. Comprehensive. About the Project
Guide for the Identification of the Shallow Water Corals of the Wider Caribbean (PDF)
Ernesto Weil and Hector Ruiz Department of Marine Sciences, University of Puerto Rico. 2003
PICTURE GUIDE TO STONY CORALS OF GLOVERS REEF ATOLL
Created for WCS by Dr. Tom Bright and Dr. Judy Lang, March 2013. 10 page PDF