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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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Haddon's Anemone - Sea Anemones
Also known as Hexacorals, Carpet Anemone, Haddoni Anemone, Haddon's Sea Anemone, Saddle Carpet Sea Anemone, Saddle Anemone, Saddleback Carpet Anemone, Saddleback Carpet Sea Anemone, Striped Carpet Anemone... more
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Haeckeli Anemone - Sea Anemones
Also known as Hexacorals, Haeckels Sand Anemone, Haecknels Anemone, Branching Tube Anemone, Sea Snake Anemone, Snake Sea Anemone and Snake Arm Anemone. Found on coral and rocky reefs... more
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Hairy Orange Hermit Crab - Hermit Crabs
Also known as Crustaceans, Anomura Crabs, Hermit Crabs, Yellow Hairy Hermit Crab, Left-handed Hermit Crab, and Hairy Yellow Hermit Crab. Found both day and night across coral and... more
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Hairy Red Hermit Crab - Hermit Crabs
Also known as Crustaceans, Anomura Crabs, Hermit Crabs, Red Hairy Hermit Crab, Blade-eyed Hermit Crab and Yellow-eyed Hermit Crab. Found both day and night on coral and rocky... more
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Half-banded Goby - Gobies
Also known as Sleeper Gobies, White-barred Reef-goby, White-barred Sleeper Goby, Half-barred Goby, Half-barred Reef-goby, Bullet Goby and Hover Goby. Found singly or in pairs in silty lagoons, harbours,... more
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Halloween Hermit Crab - Hermit Crabs
Also known as Crustaceans, Anomura Crabs, Hermit Crabs, Halloween Crab, Cone Hermit Crab, Cone Shell Hermit, Cone Shell Hermit Crab, Red Striped Hermit Crab, Striped Cone Shell... more
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Harlequin Bass - Groupers
Also known as Sea Bass, Rockcods, Cods, Hinds, Trouts, Harlequin Basslet, Tiger Bass and Tiger Basslet. Found singly in shallow waters of lagoons and seaward reefs, amongst coral... more
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Harlequin Crab - Crabs
Also known as Crustaceans, Brachyura Crabs, True Crabs, Swimmer Crabs and Harlequin Anemone Crab. Found on coral and rocky reefs usually associated with sea anemones and tube anemones. They... more
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Harlequin Shrimp - Shrimps
Also known as Harlequin Shrimps, Hymenocera Elegans, Clown Shrimp, Painted Shrimp, Dancing Shrimp, Painted Dancing Shrimp and Orchid Shrimp. Found on sponges and algae of coral and rocky... more
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Hartzfeld's Cardinalfish - Cardinalfishes
Also known as Silver-lined Cardinalfish and White-lined Cardinalfish. Found singly or in groups often sheltering in sea urchin spines in coastal lagoons and reefs during the day coming... more
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Hartzfeld's Cardinalfish (juvenile) - Cardinalfishes
Also known as Silver-lined Cardinalfish and White-lined Cardinalfish. Found singly or in groups often sheltering in sea urchin spines in coastal lagoons and reefs during the day coming... more
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Hawksbill Turtle - Turtles
Also known as Hawksbill, Hawksbill Sea Turtle, Atlantic Hawksbill, Atlantic Hawksbill Sea Turtle, Tropical Sea Turtle, Tortoiseshell Turtle, Carey Sea Turtle and Carey. Found in shallow lagoons and... more
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Heffernan's Sea Star - Sea Stars
Also known as Starfish, Heffernan's Starfish, Chocolate Chip Sea Star, Chocolate Chip Starfish, Pebbled Sea Star and Pebbled Starfish. Found singly or in groups along reefs on sand... more
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Hell's Fire Sea Anemone - Sea Anemones
Also known as Hexacorals, Fire Anemone, Pinnate Anemone, Sand Anemone, Knobby-tentacled Anemones, Beaded-tentacled Anemones, Tree Anemones and Branching Anemones. Found on sandy areas of coral and rocky reefs. They... more
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Helmut Gurnard - Flying Gurnards
Also known as Common Helmut Gurnard, Oriental Helmut Gurnard, Oriental Gurnard, Oriental Flying Gurnard, Flying Gurnard, Brown Flying Gurnard, Purple Flying Gurnard, Flying Fish, Sea Robin, Grunt... more
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Hermit Crab Anemone - Sea Anemones
Also known as Hexacorals, Formerly know as Calliactis miriam, Anemone Hermit Crab and Cloak Anemone. Found on coral and rocky reefs. They feed on plankton. Width to 2cm Depth - 2-15m Widespread... more
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Heterorhaphis Sponge - Sponges
Also known as Calcareous Sponges, Marine Sponge, Lettuce Sponge and Yellow Sponge Coral. Found on coral and rocky reefs on slopes and drop off's. They feed on plankton. Colour... more
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Hiby's lamellarid - Sea Slugs
Also known as Nudibranchs, Hiby's Sea Slug, Five Fingered Blue Nudibranch, Blue Velvet Sponge Snail, Velvet Snail, Maldivian Lamellarid, Maldivian Sponge Snail and Maldives Sponge Snail. Found singly... more
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Highfin Grouper - Groupers
Also known as Sea Bass, Rockcods, Cods, Hinds, Trouts, Trout Cod, High-finned Grouper, Brown-spotted Rock-cod, Marbled Grouper, Marbled Rock-cod and Spotted Grouper. Found singly in coastal lagoons and... more
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Hikueru Glossodoris - Sea Slugs
Also known as Nudibranchs and Girdled Nudibranch. Found singly or in pairs on coral and rocky reefs amongst sand and rubble areas. This nudibranch has a pale-brown-colored body, covered... more
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Holthuis Cleaner Shrimp - Shrimps
Also known as Crustaceans, Carid Shrimps, Commensal Shrimps, Holthuis Shrimp, Holthuis's Anemone Shrimp, Boomerang Anemone Shrimp, Anemone Shrimp, Purple-spotted Commensal Shrimp, Bubble Coral Shrimp, Cleaner Shrimp and... more
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Honeycomb Cowfish - Boxfishes
Also known as Trunkfish and Honeycomb Trunkfish. Found on reefs blending in with the background, if detected will quickly retreat. Colour can vary to blend in with background. They feed... more
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Honeycomb Grouper - Groupers
Also known as Sea Bass, Rockcods, Cods, Hinds, Trouts, Honeycomb Cod, Honeycomb Rock Cod, Honeycomb Sea Bass, Reef Grouper, Dwarf Spotted Grouper, Dwarf Spotted Rockcod, Dwarf Spotted... more
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Honeycomb Oyster - Bivalves
Also known as Molluscs, Giant Honeycomb Oyster, Cockscomb Oyster, Giant Coxcomb Oyster, Razor Oyster, Rock Oyster and Zig-zag Oyster. Found on reef faces and walls attached to rocks... more
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Honeycomb Rabbitfish - Rabbitfishes
Also known as Spinefoots, Stellate Rabbitfish, Starry Rabbitfish, Star-spotted Rabbitfish, Star-spotted Spinefoot and Brown-spotted Spinefoot. Found in pairs along reef edges and lagoons amongst rubble and sand. They feed... more
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Honeycomb Sea Star - Sea Stars
Also known Starfish, Chocolate Chip Sea Star, Chocolate Chip Starfish, Chocolate Chip Cookie Sea Star, Chocolate Chip Cookie Starfish. Found singly or in groups on coral and rocky... more
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Honeycomb Toby - Pufferfishes
Also known as Honeycomb Pufferfish, Honeycomb Sharpnose Puffer, Honeycomb Sharpnose Pufferfish, White-spotted Puffer, White-spotted Pufferfish and White-spotted Toby. Found singly or in pairs swimming close to caves... more
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Honeyhead Damsel - Damselfishes
Also known as Honeyhead Damselfish, Honey-Breasted Damsel and Honey-Breasted Damsel. Found singly or in loose groups on silty bottoms of lagoons and inshore reefs. They feed on algae. Length -... more
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Hooded butterflyfish - Butterflyfishes
Also known as Coralfishes, Larvatus Butterflyfish, Masked Butterflyfish, Maskface Hooded Butterflyfish, Redhead Butterflyfish, Orange-head Butterflyfish, Orange-faced Butterflyfish,Brownface Butterflyfish, Red Sea Triangular Butterflyfish and Blue Chevron Butterflyfish. Found... more
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Horned Sea Star - Sea Stars
Also known as Starfish, Nodular Sea Star, Cookie Dough Sea Star, Chocolate Chip Sea Star, Chocolate Chip Cookie Sea Star, Choc Chip Sea Star and Knobbly Sea... more
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Horrid Sea Cucumber - Sea Cucumbers
Also known as Echinoderms, Lollyfish, Pricklyfish, Curryfish, Horrendous Sea Cucumber, Selenka's Sea Cucumber, Warty Sea Cucumber, Warty Selenka's Sea Cucumber, Teatfish Sea Cucumber and Peanutfish. Found in shallow... more
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Humbug Dascyllus - Damselfishes
Also known as Humbugs, Humbug Damsel, Humbug Damselfish, Banded Humbug, Banded Dascyllus, Black and White Damselfish, Black and White Humbug, Common Humbug, Three-stripe Damselfish, Three-stripe Damsel, Stripe... more
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Humilis Acropora - Stony Corals
Also known as Branching Corals, Staghorn Coral, Bush Coral, Finger Coral and Stumpy Acropora. Found on exposed upper reef slopes and reef flats. Very common and sometimes dominates reefs. Various... more
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Hump Coral - Stony Corals
Also known as Massive Corals and Boulder Coral. Found on coral and rocky reefs, on back reef margins, fringing reefs and lagoons. A common species that often form 'micro... more
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Humpback Prawn - Prawns
Also known as Penaeid Shrimps, Hunchback Prawn, Humpback Shrimp, Hunchback Shrimp, Humpback Velvet Shrimp and Humpback Velvet Prawn. Found singly on hard bottoms with reef and coral debris. Medium... more
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Humpback Snapper - Snappers
Also known as Humpback Red Snapper, Hunched Snapper, Red Snapper, Paddletail Snapper and Paddle Tail. Found in large dense stationary schools during the day in sheltered inshore... more
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Humpback Turretfish - Boxfishes
Also known as Hunchback Turretfish, Camel-backed Turretfish, Indo-Pacific Trunkfish, Wild Trunkfish, Thornback Trunkfish, Helmet Cowfish, Camel Cowfish, Camel-backed Cowfish, Humpback Boxfish, Thornback Boxfish, Thornbacked Boxfish, Pyramid Boxfish... more
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Humpback Unicornfish - Surgeonfishes
Also known as Doctorfishes, Lancetfishes and Humpback Unicorn. Found singly or in small groups on outer reef slopes, walls and rocky shores. They feed on plankton and algae. Length -... more
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Humpnose Big-eye Bream (Juvenile) - Emperors
Also known as Large-eye Bream, Large-eyed Bream, Large-eyed Sea Bream, Big-eye Bream, Big-eye Sea Bream, Big-eye Emperor, Humpnose Sea Bream, Roundtoothed Sea Bream, Roundtoothed Large-eyed Bream and... more
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Humpnose Bigeye Bream - Emperors
Also known as Large-eye Bream, Large-eyed Bream, Large-eyed Sea Bream, Big-eye Bream, Big-eye Sea Bream, Big-eye Emperor, Humpnose Sea Bream, Roundtoothed Sea Bream, Roundtoothed Large-eyed Bream and... more
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Hyalinum Nudibranch - Sea Slugs
Also known as Nudibranchs, Solar-powered Sea Slugs and Hyalinum Sea Slug. Found singly or in pairs on coral and rocky reefs amongst sand and rubble areas. They feed... more
