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Our A-Z contains a list of all fish/sea creatures that are stored on the site. All listings are by common names and not scientific names.
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Fairy Basslet - Basslets
Also known as Anthias, Bicolor Fairy Basslet, Royal Gramma and Royal Gramma Basslet. Found in ceilings of caves, ledges and near recesses in corals sometimes swimming upside down They... more
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False Cleanerfish - Blennies
Also known as Sabretooth Blennies, Fang Blennies, Cleaner Mimic and Mimic Blenny. Found singly on coral and rocky reefs, sheltered reef slopes and crests. Sometimes in small... more
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False Clown Anemonefish - Anemonefishes
Also known as "NEMO", False Ocellaris Clownfish, Ocellaris Anemonefish, Western Clown Anemonefish, Common Clownfish, Common Clown Anemonefish, False Percula Anemonefish and False Percula Clownfish Found in pairs and... more
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False Flower Coral - Stony Corals
Also known as Branching Corals, Staghorn Coral, Antler Coral and Briar Coral. Found in colonies, often forming thickets with evenly spaced branches. In shallow and deep waters often with... more
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False Pillow Coral - Stony Corals
Also known as Brain Corals and Pillow Corals. Found on coral and rocky reefs in very shallow waters. Colonies dome shaped, septa are fan shaped and usually fused in... more
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Faulkner's Coral - Stony Corals
Also known as Tubastraea aurea, Flower Corals, Cup Corals, Orange Cup Coral, Sun Coral, Orange Sun Coral, Sunflower Coral, Orange Sunflowers, Sun Polyps, Sunflower Polyps, Faulkner's Soft... more
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Feather Duster Worm - Marine Worms
Also known as Segmented Sea Worms, Segmented Worms, Tubeworms, Rock Worms, Feather Tube Worms, Fan Worms, Giant Feather Duster, Feather Dusters and Indo-Pacific Tube Worm. Found solitary or... more
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Fiddler Crab - Crabs
Also known as Crustaceans and Calling Crab. Found sometimes in their thousands on intertidal sandbars, mudflats, mangrove forests, tidal creeks,as well as stone or boulder beaches.animals that live... more
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Filament-fin Parrotfish - Parrotfishes
Also known as Filament-finned Parrotfish and Mini-fin Parrotfish. Found in large shoals on shallow protected reefs and outer reef slopes. They have a short filamentous extension half along the... more
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Filamented Flasher - Wrasses
Also known as Small-mouthed Wrasses, Filament Wrasse, Filamentous Wrasse, Filament-fin Wrasse, Filament Flasher Wrasse, Filamented Flasher Wrasse, Filamented Fairy Wrasse, Filamented Flasher Fairy Wrasse and Flasher Wrasse. Found... more
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Filamentose Spindle Shell - Sea Snails
Also known as Horse Conchs, Tulip Shells, Spindle Shells and Filamentous Horse Conch. Found on coral and rocky reefs, often beneath dead coral slabs during the day,... more
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Fimbriated Moray - Eels
Also known as Moray Eels, Fimbriated Moray Eel, Fimbriate Moray, Spot-face Moray, Spot-faced Moray Eel, Yellowhead Moray Eel, Dark-spotted Moray and Dark-spotted Moray Eel. Found singly on protected... more
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Fine Table Coral - Stony Corals
Also known as Branching Corals, Staghorn Coral, Table Corals and Acropora Table Coral. Found on upper reef slopes and lagoons. Colonies are wide flat tables, usually fine and thin,... more
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Fine-spotted Rabbitfish - Rabbitfishes
Also known as Spinefoots, Fine-spotted Spinefoot, Peppered Rabbitfish and Peppered Spinefoot. Found in pairs in lagoons and along reef slopes. They feed on algae, seagrass and weeds. Length -... more
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Fine-striped Snapping Shrimp - Shrimps
Also known as Alpheus ochrostriata, Alpheus sp., Snapping Shrimps, Alpheid Shrimps, Goby Shrimps, Pistol Shrimps, Yellow Bulldozer Shrimp and Yellow-lined Pistol Shrimp. Found usually in pairs in shallow... more
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Finger-lobed Leather Coral - Soft Corals
Also known as Leather Corals and Lobed Leather Coral. Found on coral and rocky reefs. They feed on plankton. Length - 25cm Depth - 5-10m Widespread Indo-Pacific Most soft corals have no true... more
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Finger-tip Cladiella - Soft Corals
Also known as Leather Corals, Finger Leather Coral, Colt Coral, Seaman's Hands Coral and Stubby Finger Coral. Found on coral and rocky reefs, on reef slopes, looking like... more
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Fingered Dragonet - Dragonets
Also known as Finger Dragonet and Sailfin Dragonet. Found singly or in pairs on protected sand and mud flats with sandy/weedy bottoms. Sometimes buried during the day, but will... more
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Fingerprint Toby - Pufferfishes
Also known as Fingerprint Sharpnose Puffer and Compressed Toby. Found singly in silty bays, reef flats and harbours often around wharf pilings. Adults usually in pairs. They feed on... more
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Fire Dartfish - Dartfishes
Also known as Dart Gobies & Worm Gobies, Red Fire-goby, Red Firefish, Red Firefish Goby, Red Dartfish, Orange Firefish, Orange Fire Goby, Fire Goby, Firefish Goby, Fire... more
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Five-lined Snapper - Snappers
Also known as Five-line Snapper, Five-Lined Seaperch, Five-Line Seaperch, Bluestriped Snapper, Bluestripe Snapper, Blue-banded Seaperch and Blue-band Seaperch. Found in large schools near deep channels between outer reefs... more
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Five-saddle Parrotfish - Parrotfishes
Also known as Yellow-barred Parrotfish and Dusky-Capped Parrotfish. Found in small groups of mixed sexes, in lagoons and inner reef slopes with coral areas often in silty conditions. Males... more
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Five-saddle Parrotfish (juvenile) - Parrotfishes
Also known as Yellow-barred Parrotfish and Dusky-Capped Parrotfish. !This picture fish above left of powder blue surgeonfish! Found in small groups of mixed sexes, in lagoons and inner reef... more
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Fivefinger Razorfish - Wrasses
Also known as Sand Wrasses, Xyrichtys pentadactylus, Fivefinger Wrasse, Redspot Razorfish and Red-spot Razor Wrasse. Found singly or in small groups over sand or mud slopes. When disturbed they... more
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Fivelined Cardinalfish - Cardinalfishes
Also known as Five-line Cardinalfish, Five-band Cardinalfish and Five-striped Apogon. Found in small groups in coastal lagoons, inner and outer reef margins often swimming through staghorn corals, sheltering... more
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Fivestripe Wrasse - Wrasses
Also known as Lunate-Tailed Wrasses, Fivestripe Rainbowfish, Five-striped Wrasse, Five-striped Rainbowfish, Fivestripe Surge Wrasse, Fivestripe Surge Rainbowfish, Five-striped Surge Wrasse, Five-striped Surge Rainbowfish, Red-ribbon Wrasse,... more
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Flabelliform Sponge - Sponges
Also known as Marine Sponges, Siliceous Sponges, Stylissa Carteria Sponge, Bright Cork Sponge and Cork Sponge. Found on coral and rocky reefs on slopes and drop-off's. Varies in... more
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Flagtail Blanquillo - Tilefishes
Also known as Flagtail Tilefish, Stripe-tail Tilefish, Blue-tail Goby, Banded Torpedo Goby and Quakerfish. Found singly (because one may be buried in sand) or in pairs, buried... more
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Flagtail Grouper - Groupers
Also known as Sea Bass, Rockcods, Cods, Hinds, Trouts, Red V-Tail Grouper, V-tail Grouper, Flagtail Rockcod, Dark-finned Coral Cod, Darkfin Hind, Darkfin Hind Grouper and Banded-tail Coral... more
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Flagtail Shrimpgoby - Gobies
Also known as Shrimp Gobies, Yanoi Goby and Flagtail Pinkbar Goby. Found singly or in pairs in lagoons and seaward reefs keeping house and guard duty in their... more
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Flagtail Triggerfish - Triggerfishes
Also known as Half Moon Trigger, Half-moon Triggerfish, Half-moon Picasso Fish, Black Triggerfish, Goldenfinned Triggerfish, Goldenlined Triggerfish, Yellowstreak Triggerfish, Yellow-backed Triggerfish, Blue Belly Triggerfish, Blue Belly Sufflamen... more
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Flagtail Triggerfish (Juvenile) - Triggerfishes
Also known as Half Moon Trigger, Half-moon Triggerfish, Half-moon Picasso Fish, Black Triggerfish, Goldenfinned Triggerfish, Goldenlined Triggerfish, Yellowstreak Triggerfish, Yellow-backed Triggerfish, Blue Belly Triggerfish, Blue Belly Sufflamen... more
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Flamboyant Cuttlefish - Cuttlefishes
Also known as Pfeffer's Flamboyant Cuttlefish, Seppia Flamboyant and Lightening Cuttlefish. Found in shallow waters on sand and mud flats. They feed nocturnally on small fish and crustaceans. Colour change... more
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Flamboyant Cuttlefish (Juvenile) - Cuttlefishes
Also known as Pfeffer's Flamboyant Cuttlefish, Seppia Flamboyant and Lightening Cuttlefish. Found in shallow waters on sand and mud flats. They feed nocturnally on small fish and crustaceans. Colour change... more
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Flame Anthias - Anthias
Also known as Basslets, Sea Bass, Flame Basslet, Indian Flame Fairy Anthias, Indian Flame Fairy Basslet, Indian Flame Anthias and Indian Flame Basslet. Found in small schools on... more
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Flamingo Tongue - Sea Snails
Also known as Simnias, Allied Cowries, Flamingo Tongue Cowrie and Flamingo Tongue Snail. Found on coral and rocky reefs on the host coral Dendronephthya. They feed on soft corals... more
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Flasher Scorpionfish - Scorpionfishes
Also known as Flasher Stingfish, Flasher Devilfish and Flasher Goblinfish. Found singly or in pairs amongst rubble weed and rocks of coastal reefs and harbours. They feed on small... more
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Flat Rock Crab - Crabs
Also known as Crustaceans, Brachyura Crabs, True Crabs, Shore Crabs, Sally Lightfoot Crab, Sally Longlegs, Nimble Spray Crab and Spray Crab. Found on intertidal coral and rocky reefs... more
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Flat-sided Fire Coral - Hydroids
Also known as Octocorals, Fire Hydroid, Fire Corals, Encrusting Corals, Plate Fire Corals and Branching Fire Corals. Found on coral and rocky reefs in fairly shallow waters with... more
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Flathead Lobster - Lobsters
Also known as Crustaceans, Bay Lobster, Slipper Lobster, Rock Lobsters, Bug Lobster, Moreton Bay Bug, Mug Bug Lobster, Sand Bug Lobster, Shovel-nosed Lobster and Sand Lobster. Found singly... more
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Floral Wrasse - Wrasses
Also known as Maori and Thicklip Wrasses, Cheilinus chlorurus, Floral Maori Wrasse, White-dotted Wrasse and White-dotted Maori Wrasse. Found singly in shallow lagoons and harbours over rubble areas. These... more
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Floral Wrasse (juvenile) - Wrasses
Also known as Maori and Thicklip Wrasses, Cheilinus chlorurus, Floral Maori Wrasse, White-dotted Wrasse and White-dotted Maori Wrasse. Found singly in shallow lagoons and harbours over rubble areas. These... more
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Flower Soft Coral - Soft Corals
Also known as Octocorals, Soft Tree Corals, Tree Coral, Bush Coral, Waving Hand Coral and Wood's Polyp Coral. Found on reef flats. They feed on plankton. Length - 25cm Depth -... more
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Flower Tube Anemone - Sea Anemones
Also known as Hexacorals, Tube Anemones, Tube-dwelling Anemone and Glass Anemones. Found on coral and rocky reefs amongst sand and rubble areas. Varies in colour. They feed on plankton. Tube... more
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Flower Urchin - Sea Urchins
Also known as Flower Sea Urchin and Flower Tip Urchin. Found singly or in groups in shallow bays and lagoons on sand and rubble areas often covered in... more
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Flowerpot Coral - Stony Corals
Also known as Flower Corals, Starburst Flowerpot Coral, Branching Flower Pot Coral, Daisy Coral and Sunflower Coral. Found on coral and rocky reefs, may cover large areas. Pale,... more
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Fluted Giant Clam - Bivalves
Also known as Molluscs, Clams, Fluted Clam, Fluted Giant Clam Seashell, Scaly Giant Clam, Scaled Clam and Squamosa Clam. Found on coral and rocky reefs. They feed on... more
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Flying Gurnard - Flying Gurnards
Also known as Flying Gurnard, Atlantic Flying Gurnard, Flying Fish, Sea Robin, Grunt Fish and Grondin Volant. Found singly on shallow sandy bottoms near deep water. They feed on... more
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Foliate Sponge - Sponges
Also known as Marine Sponges, Siliceous Sponges and Foil Sponge. Found on coral and rocky reefs. They feed on plankton. Width - 18cm Depth - 10-25m Widespread Indo-Pacific Sponges come in a range... more
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Fork -spined Thorny Oyster - Bivalves
Also known as Molluscs, Thorny Oyster, Bearded Thorny Oyster and Spiny Oyster. Has a pure white shell and double forked spines. Found on coral and rocky reefs in caves... more
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Forktail Rabbitfish - Rabbitfishes
Also know as Spinefoots, Schooling Rabbitfish, Rabbitface Spinefoot, Roman-nose Spinefoot and Streamlined Spinefoot. Found in schools on sheltered inner reef slopes and jetties. They feed on algae, seagrass and... more
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Formosa Coral - Stony Corals
Also known as Branching Corals, Staghorn Coral and Antler Coral. Found in colonies, often forming thickets which can be 10 metres across, with antler like cylindrical branches.... more
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Forskal's Pleurobranch - Sea Slugs
Also known as Nudibranchs, Sidegill Slugs, Pleurobranch Sea Slug, Side-gilled Sea Slug and Notoaspidean Sea Slug. Found singly or in pairs in shallow waters of lagoons, reef crests,... more
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Foureye Butterflyfish - Butterflyfishes
Also known as Coralfishes, Four-eyed Butterflyfish and Butterbun. Found singly, pairs or in groups in clear water lagoons and seaward reefs over reef tops with rich coral growth. They... more
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Fourline Wrasse - Wrasses
Also known as Sand-reef Wrasses, Threeline Rainbowfish, Three-lined Rainbowfish, Three Lined Wrasse, Three-blueline Wrasse, Three-ribbon Wrasse, Three-lined Ribbon Wrasse and Blue-ribbon Wrasse. Found singly in shallow waters of... more
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Fourlined Cardinalfish - Cardinalfishes
Also known as Four-striped Cardinalfish, Fourband Cardinalfish, Two-striped Cardinalfish, Bar-striped Cardinalfish and Sawcheek Cardinalfish. Found in groups on sand and mud bottoms of lagoons, inner and outer reefs,... more
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Foursaddle Grouper - Groupers
Also known as Sea Bass, Rockcods, Cods, Hinds, Trouts and Foursaddle Rock Cod. Found singly on shallow coastal reef crests, slopes and in lagoons. They feed on small fish... more
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Foxface Rabbitfish - Rabbitfishes
Also known as Spinefoots, Common Foxface, Yellow Foxface and Foxface Spinefoot. Found singly or in small groups in coral rich areas of lagoons and outer reefs, often sheltering... more
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Freckled Frogfish - Frogfishes
Also known as Scarlet Frogfish, Freckled Anglerfish, Freckled Angler and Freckled Frogfish. Found singly on sheltered reefs with leaf litter and on sandy bottoms with rich sponge growth. They... more
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Freckled Goatfish - Goatfishes
Also known as Bar-tail Goatfish, Bar-tailed Goatfish, Dark-band Goatfish and Mottled Goatfish. Found singly or in small groups in sand and rubble areas of silty coastal harbours to... more
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Freckled Goby - Gobies
Also known as Sleeper Gobies, Byno Goby, Bynoe's Goby and Byno Sleeper Goby. Found singly or in pairs in silty lagoons and harbours with turbid water. They feed on... more
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Freckled Hawkfish - Hawkfishes
Also known as the Forster's Hawkfish, Forster's Hawk, Freckle Faced Hawkfish, Black-sided Hawkfish and Blackside Hawkfish. Found singly in lagoons and seaward reefs on reef crests and slopes,... more
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French Angelfish - Angelfishes
Also known as French Angel and French Angela. Found singly in coral rich areas of coral and rocky reefs, caves in shallows and along deep walls. They feed on... more
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French Angelfish (Juvenile) - Angelfishes
Also known as French Angel and French Angela. Found singly in coral rich areas of coral and rocky reefs, caves in shallows and along deep walls. They feed on... more
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French Grunt - Sweetlips
Also known as Grunts, Dogfish, Open-mouthed Grunt, Banana Grunt, Gold Laced Grunt and Yellow Grunt. Found in small to very large schools on rocky and coral reefs often... more
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French Grunt (Juvenile) - Sweetlips
Also known as Grunts, Dogfish, Open-mouthed Grunt, Banana Grunt, Gold Laced Grunt and Yellow Grunt. Found in small to very large schools on rocky and coral reefs often... more
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Friant's Sea Star - Sea Stars
Also known as Starfish, Friant's Starfish, Nodular Sea Star and Stripped Sea Star. Found singly or in groups on shallow water reefs on sand and rubble areas. Varies in... more
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Fringelip Mullet - Mullets
Also known as Warty-lip Mullet, Warty-lipped Mullet, Wart-lipped Mullet, Warty-nosed Mullet and Thicklip Mullet. Found in schools in sheltered bays and lagoons often near coral reefs. They feed on... more
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Frondy Black Coral - Black Corals
Also known as Precious Black Coral, Bushy Black Coral and Black Coral. Found on coral and rocky reefs, forming large bushy colonies with fine branches and small polyps. They... more
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Frostfin Cardinalfish - Cardinalfishes
Also know as Flag-fin Cardinalfish. Found in small groups on sheltered reef slopes, near corals often amongst weeds or between spines of sea urchins, sheltering during the day... more
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Funeral Jorunna - Sea Slugs
Also known as Nudibranchs, Kentrodorididae, Funebris Sea Slug, Funeral Sea Slug, Funeral Nudibranch, Nudibranch Funeral, Funeral Pyre Nudibranch, Polka-dot Nudibranch, Polka-dot Sea Slug, Polka-dotted Nudibranch, Leopard Sea... more
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Funnel Weed - Algae
Also known as Brown Algae, Marine Algae, Curly Algae and Fan Algae. Found in shallow waters and lagoons growing on dead coral heads and in patches on reefs. Funnel... more
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Fusilier Damsel - Damselfishes
Also known as Fusilier Damselfish, Fusilier Demoiselle and Redwing Coral Damsel. Found in small to large schools on inner reefs and lagoons around coral heads. Variable in colour, this... more
