A to Z

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.

Obicular Damselfish - Damselfishes

Also known as Guru, Obicular Damsel, Sergeant. Found singly or in pairs over reef channels, shallow lagoons, coastal and outer reefs. They feed on algae and zooplankton. Length - 8cm Depth.. more

Oblong Silverbiddy - Mojarras

Also known as Elongate Silverbiddy, Large-bodied Silverbiddy, Oblong Mojarra, Oblong Pursemouth, Oblong Silverbelly, Pursemouth, Silverbelly, Silverbiddy, Slender Silverbiddy, Slender-bodied Silverbiddy. Found in schools, over sand and weedy areas.. more

Obscure Damsel - Damselfishes

Also known as Dusky Damsel, Half-ocellus Damsel, Obscure Damselfish. Found singly or in pairs, over open rubble patches, of lagoons, coastal and seaward reefs. They feed on algae, benthic.. more

Obscure Damsel (Juvenile) - Damselfishes

Also known as Dusky Damsel, Half-ocellus Damsel, Obscure Damselfish. Found singly or in pairs, over open rubble patches, of lagoons, coastal and seaward reefs. They feed on algae, benthic.. more

Obtuse Barracuda - Barracudas

Also known as Blunt Barracuda, Bluntjaw Seapike, Blunt-jawed Seapike, Dark-finned Seapike, Dingo Fish, Green-and-Gold Seapike, Highfin Barracuda, Pike, Pygmy Barracuda, Red Barracuda, Sea Pike, Sennit, Short-finned Seapike,.. more

Ocean Sunfish - Puffers-Filesfishes---Molas-Ocean Sunfishes

Also known as Common Mola, Giant Sunfish, Headfish, Mola Ocean Sunfish, Moonfish, Sunfish. Found singly or in pairs, over slopes close to very deep water, usually in the.. more

Ocean Surgeonfish - Surgeonfishes-Tangs-Unicornfishes

Also known as Barber, Barber Surgeonfish, Brown Surgeonfish, Doctorfish, Fiveband Surgeonfish, Grey Doctorfish, Lancetfish, Ocean Surgeon, Ocean Tang, Ringtail, Thorntail, Thorntail Fish. Found in small schools, close to.. more

Ocean Surgeonfish (Juvenile) - Surgeonfishes-Tangs-Unicornfishes

Also known as Barber, Barber Surgeonfish, Brown Surgeonfish, Doctorfish, Fiveband Surgeonfish, Grey Doctorfish, Lancetfish, Ocean Surgeon, Ocean Tang, Ringtail, Thorntail, Thorntail Fish. Found in small schools, close to.. more

Ocean Triggerfish - Puffers-Filefishes---Triggerfishes

Also known as Filefish, Ocean Tally, Turbot. Found singly or in small schools, in weedy areas, over drop-offs of seaward reefs. They feed on large zooplankton. Length - 65cm Depth -.. more

Ocean Whitefish - Deepwater Tilefishes

Also known as Bighead Tilefish, Blanquillo, Tilefin. Found singly, over mud, and sand bottoms, of rocky reefs. They feed by digging into the substrate for small fish and invertebrates. Length.. more

Oceanic Pufferfish - Puffers-Filefishes---Puffers

Also known as Blowfish, Blue Blaasop, Oceanic Blaasop, Oceanic Puffer, Pufferfish, Rabbit Puffer, Swelltoad, Toadfish. Found singly in estuaries but mainly oceanic. They feed on crustaceans and squid. Length -.. more

Oceanic Whitetip Shark - Sharks---Ground-Requim Sharks

Also known as Brown Milbert's Sandbar Shark, Brown Shark, Nigano Shark, Oceanic Shark, Oceanic White-tipped Whaler, Silvertip Shark, Whitetip, Whitetip Shark, Whitetip Whaler, White-tipped Shark. Found singly often.. more

Ocellata Nudibranch - Sea Slugs

Also known as Dorid Nudibranch, Nudibranch, Ocellate Phyllidia, Ocellata Sea Slug, Ocellated Wart Slug, Varicose Wart Nudibranch, Varicose Wart Sea Slug, Varicose Wart Slug, Warty Sea Slug... more

Ocellate Coralfish - Surgeonfishes---Butterflyfishes

Also known as Coralfish, Eyespot Butterflyfish, Eyespot Coralfish, False Batfish, Four-banded Butterflyfish, Kite Butterflyfish, Kite Coralfish, Ocellate Butteflyfish, Ocellated Butterflyfish, Ocellated Coral, Ocellated Coralfish, Sixspine Butterflyfish, Sixspine.. more

Ocellated Damsel - Damselfishes

Also known as Eyespot Damselfish, Ocellated Damselfish, Padang Damsel, Red Honey Damsel. Found singly or in pairs, over surge zones, of coral reefs. They feed on benthic algae, crustaceans,.. more

Ocellated Damsel (Juvenile) - Damselfishes

Also known as Eyespot Damselfish, Ocellated Damselfish, Padang Damsel, Red Honey Damsel. Found singly or in pairs, over surge zones, of coral reefs. They feed on benthic algae, crustaceans,.. more

Ocellated Dragonet - Dragonets

Also known as Mandarinfish, Marble Dragonet, Psychedelic Mandarin Dragonet, Scooter Blenny, Scooter Dragonet. Found in small, loose schools, resting on algae covered coral and rocks, over sandy areas,.. more

Ocellated Eagle Ray - Rays---Stingrays-Pacific Eagle Rays

Also known as Beaked Eagle Ray, Bonnet Skate, Duckbill Eagle Ray, Duckbill Ray, Eagle Ray, Flying Ray, Jumping Ray, Long-headed Eagle Ray, Pacific Eagle Ray, Sharpwing Eagle.. more

Ocellated Flounder - Flatfishes---Large-tooth Flounders

Also known as Bigtooth Twinspot Flounder, Flounder, Fourspot Flounder, Sand Flounder, Three Twinspot Flounder, Twinspot Flounder. Found singly on sand and muddy bottoms over coastal and deeper waters.. more

Ocellated Tozeuma Shrimp - Shrimps

Also known as Broken-back Shrimp, Carid Shrimp, Hump-backed Shrimp, Sawblade Shrimp, Tozeuma Shrimp. Found singly or in small colonies, blending in with their hosts, on algae, soft corals,.. more

Ocellated Waspfish - Scorpionfishes---Wasp Scorpionfishes

Also known as Bearded Waspfish, Bullrout, Longfin Waspfish, Long-finned Waspfish, Ring-tailed Waspfish, Stonefish, Sulky, Waspfish. Found singly over soft sandy bottoms, burying itself during the day, with just.. more

Ochre Sea Star - Sea Stars

Also known as Common Sea Star, Ochre Star, Ochre Starfish, Pisaster Seastar, Purple Sea Star, Purple Star, Purple Starfish, Starfish, Webbed Sea Star. Found singly or in constellations,.. more

Ochre-banded Goatfish - Goatfishes

Also known as Ochreband Goatfish, Redband Goatfish, Sunda Goatfish, Yellowfin Goatfish. Found singly or in small schools, foraging for food, over silty mud and sandy bottoms, and in.. more

Ochre-striped Cardinalfish - Cardinalfishes

Also known as Blue-eye Cardinalfish, Blue-eyed Cardinal, Blue-eyed Cardinalfish, Nurseryfish, Split-banded Cardinalfish. Found in small schools, during the day sheltering in the branches of Porites cylindrical and Porites.. more

Ochreband Wrasse - Wrasses

Also known as Sand-reef Wrasse, Yellow Ribbon Wrasse. Found singly, or in small schools, over inshore, silty, coral and sandy bottoms. They feed on hard shell invertebrates. Length - 11cm Depth.. more

Odessa Barb - Carps---Minnows-Carps

Also known as Ruby Barb, Scarlett Barb. Found in schools, over ponds and tributaries, of the river Chindwin, in Myanmar. They feed on insects, small invertebrates, and worms. Length -.. more

Offshore cardinalfish - Cardinalfishes

Also known as Nurseryfish. Found sheltering during the day, over soft silty sand bottoms, dispersing at night foraging for food, over coral reefs. They feed on small fish, benthic.. more

Offshore Lizardfish - Grinners---Lizardfishes

Also known as Javelinfish, Snakefish. Found singly, pairs, or in small schools, half buried, or resting, on rubble and sandy bottoms, off-shore in deeper waters, of the ocean. They.. more

Oilfish - Mackerels---Snake Mackerels

Also known as Castor Oilfish, Escolar, Night Barracuda, Plaintail, Scourfish, White Tuna. Found singly or in pairs close to the bottom of the continental shelf or.. more

Okinawa Goby - Gobies

Also known as Clown Goby, Yellow Clowngoby, Yellow Coralgoby, Yellow-speckled Cave-goby. Found in schools, hiding, or hovering in the branches of Acropora corals, over sheltered lagoons. Their skin.. more

Okinawan Yellowfin Seabream - Porgies

Also known as Black Sea Bream, Bream, Sea Bream. Found singly, or in schools, foraging for food, in coastal waters. They feed on crustaceans. Juveniles found close to shore. Length.. more

Old Club Sea Star - Sea Stars

Also known as Asteroids, Giant Starfish, Military Starfish, Nail-armed Sea Star, Nail Sea Star, Nail Starfish, Starfish, Studded Sea Star, Studded Starfish. Found singly or in constellations, on.. more

Old Glory - Gobies

Also known as Court Jester Goby, Gudgeon, Old Glory Goby, Orange-striped Goby, Rainford's Goby, Red-lined Goby, Red-striped Goby, Reef Goby. Found singly or in small schools, over.. more

Old Wife - Basses---Oldwife

Also known as Angelfish, Bastard Dory, Double Scalare, Moonlighter, Scalare, Zebra Fish, Zebra-tail. Found singly, pairs or in large schools, over seagrass beds and rocky areas of estuaries,.. more

Olivar's Squat Lobster - Squat Lobsters

Also known as Anomura Crab, Bug-eyed Squat Lobster, Robokon Squat Lobster. Found in small holes, often with just the head and arms exposed, over shallow waters of coral.. more

Olive Barb - Carps---Minnows-Carps

Also known as Peninsular Olive Barb, Pondicherry Barb. Found in small schools, in lakes, rivers, streams and their backwaters. They feed on algae, aquatic insects, fish and shrimps. Length -.. more

Olive Sea Snake - Sea Snakes---Venomous Sea Snakes

Also known as Golden Sea Snake, Olive Brown Sea Snake. Found singly, cruising the seabed for their next meal, over lagoons, coastal, coral and rocky reefs. Colour grey.. more

Olive Tambja - Sea Slugs

Also known as Nudibranch, Olivaria Nudibranch. Found singly, pairs, or in groups, during the day out in the open, over coral and rocky reefs. They feed exclusively on Bugula.. more

Oman Anemonefish - Damselfishes

Also known as Anemonefish, Blueband Anemonefish, Blueband Clownfish, Clown Anemonefish, Clownfish, Dhofar Clownfish, Oman Clownfish, Omani Clownfish. Found in pairs and families, with their host anemone, over sheltered.. more

Oman Cuttlefish - Cuttlefishes

Also known as Cephalopod, Cuttlefish, Large Striped Cuttlefish. Found over rock, and sandy areas, blending in with their surroundings, over coral and rocky reefs. Colour changes to match.. more

Oneknife Unicornfish - Surgeonfishes-Tangs-Unicornfishes

Also known as Barred Unicornfish, Doctorfish, Lancetfish, Oneknife Unicorn, Onespine Unicorn, Onespine Unicornfish, Singlespine Unicornfish, Thorntail, Thorntail Fish, Thunny Unicornfish. Found singly or in large schools, patrolling steadily.. more

Oneline Clingfish - Clingfishes-Singleslits

Also known as Crinoid Clingfish, Onestripe Clingfish, Sea Lily Clingfish. Found singly or in pairs, hiding in the arms of crinoids, blending in to match their host crinoid,.. more

Onespot Demoiselle - Damselfishes

Also known as Cape Damsel, Onespot Damsel, Onespot Damselfish. Found singly or in small schools, in moderate, very shallow, surge zones, over reef flats, rocky beaches, and rubble.. more

Onespot Demoiselle (Juvenile) - Damselfishes

Also known as Cape Damsel, Onespot Damsel, Onespot Damselfish. Found singly or in small schools, in moderate, very shallow surge zones, over reef flats, rocky beaches, and rubble.. more

Onespot fringehead - Blennies---Pike-Tube-Flagblennies

Also known as Chaenopsid Blenny, Fringehead. Found living inside crevices and holes in the reef, as well as inside bottles, cans, rubbish, shells, and tires etc., often.. more

Onespot Snapper - Snappers

Also known as Blackspot Red Snapper, Blue-lined Snapper, Moses Perch, Onespot Perch, Onespot Seaperch, Red Snapper, Sea Perch. Found singly or in small schools close to the shelter.. more

Opah - Velifers-Tube-eyes-Ribbonfishes---Opah

Also known as Glacefish, Jerusalem Haddock, John Dory, Kingfish, Lampris, Mariposa, Moonfish, Ocean Moonfish, Opal Fish, San Pedrofish, Spotted Moonfish, Spotted Opah, Sunfish. Found singly in oceanic waters. They.. more

Opalescent Sea Slug - Sea Slugs

Also known as Aeolid Nudibranch, Aeolus, Electric Blue Opalescens, Electric Nudibranch, Nudibranch Butterfly, Nudibranch, Opalescent Solar-powered Sea Slug, Solar-powered Sea Slug. Found singly or in pairs, amongst rubble.. more

Orange Angelfish - Surgeonfishes---Angelfishes

Also known as Damsel Angelfish, Dwarf Angelfish, Fisher's Angel, Fisher's Angelfish, Fisher's Dwarf Angelfish, Fisher's Pygmy, Fisher's Pygmy Angelfish, Hawaiian Flame Angelfish, Pygmy Angelfish, Whitetail Angelfish,.. more

Orange Dottyback - Dottybacks

Also known as Arabian Blueline Dottyback, Arabian Blue-lined Dottyback, Arabian Dottyback, Neon Dottyback, Neon Dottyback Aldabraensis. Found singly, close to shelter, over off-shore, coral and rocky reefs. They feed.. more

Orange Fiddler Crab - Crabs

Also known as Calling Fiddler Crab, Fiddler Crab, Orange Fiddler, Orange-clawed Fiddler Crab, Yellow-clawed Fiddler Crab. Found in consortiums, on mud and sandy areas of beaches, close to.. more

Orange Filefish - Puffers-Filefishes---Filefishes

Also known as Leatherjacket, Tobaccofish. Found singly, pairs, or in schools, over mud, sand, and seagrass beds, of reefs. They feed on algae and seagrass. Juveniles found floating with Sargassum.. more

Orange Goatfish - Goatfishes

Also known as Pfluger's Goatfish, Red Goatfish, Red Weke, Rosy Goatfish. Found in schools, foraging for food, over sand and limestone bottoms of reefs. When feeding they display.. more

Orange-and-Black Dragonet - Dragonets

Also known as Fingered Dragonet, Kuiter's Dragonet, Orangeblack Dragonet, Sailfin Dragonet. Found singly or in pairs, sometimes buried during the day, but will raise fins if disturbed, on.. more

Orange-dashed Goby - Gobies

Also known as Blackchin Sleepergoby, Diamond Goby, Diamond Sleepergoby, Diamond Watchman Goby, Diamondspot Goby, Gudgeon, Maiden Goby, Orange Diamond Goby, Orangedash Goby, Orange-spotted Glidergoby, Orange-spotted Goby, Orange-spotted.. more

Orange-finned Anemonefish - Damselfishes

Also known as Anemonefish, Blueline Clownfish, Bluestripe Anemonefish, Bluestripe Clownfish, Blue-striped Anemonefish, Blue-striped Clownfish, Clown Anemonefish, Clownfish, Filipino Orangefin Anemonefish, Orangefin Anemonefish, Orangefin Clownfish, Orange-finned Clownfish, Two-banded.. more

Orange-lined Cardinalfish - Cardinalfishes

Also known as Narrow-lined Cardinalfish, Nurseryfish, Painted Cardinal, Painted Cardinalfish, Red-barred Cardinal, Red-barred Cardinalfish. Found in dense schools, during the day often sheltering at the entrance to caves,.. more

Orange-lined Triggerfish - Puffers-Filefishes---Triggerfishes

Also known as Green Triggerfish, Orangestripe Triggerfish, Orange-striped Triggerfish, Red-lined Triggerfish, Striped Triggerfish, Undulate Triggerfish, Undulated Trigger, Undulated Triggerfish, Vermiculated Triggerfish, Yellowtail Triggerfish. Found singly and territorial, in.. more

Orange-lined Triggerfish (Juvenile) - Puffers-Filefishes---Triggerfishes

Also known as Green Triggerfish, Orangestripe Triggerfish, Orange-striped Triggerfish, Red-lined Triggerfish, Striped Triggerfish, Undulate Triggerfish, Undulated Trigger, Undulated Triggerfish, Vermiculated Triggerfish, Yellowtail Triggerfish. Found singly and territorial, in.. more

Orange-margined Glossodoris - Sea Slugs

Also known as Brown Margin Glossodoris, Caramel Nudibranch, Dorid Nudibranch, Girdled Nudibranch, Nudibranch, Red-margined Glossodoris, Whitemargin Glossodoris, Whitemargin Sea Slug. Found singly or in pairs, amongst rubble and.. more

Orange-saddle Fugu Pufferfish - Puffers-Filefishes---Puffers

Also known as Fugu Puffer, Ocellated Puffer, Orange Saddle Puffer, Orange Saddle Pufferfish, Peacock Puffer, Pufferfish. Found singly, pairs, or in small schools, over rubble areas of lagoons.. more

Orange-socket Surgeonfish - Surgeonfishes-Tangs-Unicornfishes

Also known as Doctorfish, Lancetfish, Ringtail Doctorfish, Ringtail Surgeon, Ringtail Surgeonfish, Thorntail, Thorntail Fish. Found in small schools, often mixing with other similar species, over shallow, protected reef.. more

Orange-spotted Blenny - Blennies---Combtooth Blennies

Also known as Coral Blenny, Reef Blenny, Rock Blenny. Found singly, or in pairs, often perched near their holes, or with their heads just poking out, in very.. more

Orange-spotted Emperor - Emperors-Scavengers

Also known as Bream, Large-eye Bream, Orangefin Emperor, Orange-finned Emperor, Pigface Bream, Yellowfin Emperor, Yellow-spotted Emperor. Found singly, during the day close to caves and ledges, out at.. more

Orange-spotted Filefish - Puffers-Filefishes---Filefishes

Also known as Leatherjacket, Orangefleck Filefish, Orangespot Filefish, Orange-spotted File, Stoplight Filefish, Tail-light Filefish, Tobaccofish. Found singly, in shallow waters, close to the bottom, hiding, in branching corals.. more

Orange-spotted Goby - Gobies

Also known as Brown-speckled Sandgoby, Gudgeon, Orange-spotted Sandgoby, Rigilius Goby, Sand Goby. Found singly or in pairs, close to their burrows, in clear water, sandy areas, with living.. more

Orange-spotted Goby - Gobies

Also known as Atlantic Orange-spotted Goby, Atlantic Shrimp Goby, Shrimp Goby, Snapping Shrimp Goby. Found sharing its burrow with the aphid shrimp Alpheus floridanus, over shallow, silty,.. more

Orange-spotted Grouper - Groupers

Also known as Brown-spotted Grouper, Brown-spotted Rockcod, Cod, Coral Cod, Coral Trout, Estuary Cod, Estuary Rockcod, Gold-spotted Rockcod, Greasy Cod, Greasy Grouper, Hind, Northwest Grouper, Orange-spotted Cod,.. more

Orange-spotted Pipefish - Pipefishes-Seahorses

Also known as Ocellate Pipefish, Ocellated Pipefish. Found in pairs, on coral and rubble patches, over shallow sheltered reefs. They feed on tiny swimming invertebrates which they suck whole.. more

Orange-spotted Sunfish - Basses---Sunfishes

Also known as Dwarf Sunfish, Pigmy Sunfish, Red-spotted Sunfish, Sunperch. Found close to vegetation, in quiet creeks, lakes, pools, and murky waters of rivers. They feed on tiny crustaceans.. more

Orange-spotted Toadfish - Puffers-Filefishes---Puffers

Also known as Blowfish, Cheek-barred Toadfish, Dwarf Blowfish, Northern Toadfish, Orange-banded Blowfish, Pufferfish, Swelltoad, Toadfish. Found in small loose schools, over shallow sand flats, of estuaries and coastal.. more

Orange-spotted Trevally - Jacks---Pompanos

Also known as Carangue Bajad, Gold-spotted Jack, Gold-spotted Trevally, Orange-spotted Jack, Trevally. Found in schools, sometimes mixed with others, patrolling around coral heads, over muddy bays, lagoons and.. more

Orange-striped Emperor - Emperors-Scavengers

Also known as Bream, Orangestripe Emperor, Pigface Bream, Yellow-banded Emperor, Yellow-banded Pigface Bream, Yellow-banded Porgy, Yellowstripe Emperor. Found singly or in schools, over rubble, sand, and in.. more

Orange-striped Emperor (Juvenile) - Emperors-Scavengers

Also known as Bream, Orangestripe Emperor, Pigface Bream, Yellow-banded Emperor, Yellow-banded Pigface Bream, Yellow-banded Porgy, Yellowstripe Emperor. Found singly or in schools, over rubble, sand, and seagrass.. more

Orange-tipped Sea Gooseberry - Jellyfish

Also known as Comb Jellies, Ctenophores, Sea Goddess, Sea Jellies, Sea Walnut, Spotted Comb Jellies. Found singly, or in swarms, swimming in open waters, sometimes in rock pools,.. more

Orangeback Wrasse - Wrasses

Also know as Goldback Fairy Wrasse, Goldback Wrasse, Golden-back Wrasse, Orangeback Fairy Wrasse. Found in small harems, over rubble patches and along reef edges, of lagoons and seaward.. more

Orangeband Surgeonfish - Surgeonfishes-Tangs-Unicornfishes

Also known as Doctorfish, Lancetfish, Olive Surgeonfish, Orangeband Tang, Orange-banded Surgeonfish, Orangebar Surgeonfish, Orangebar Tang, Orangeblotch Surgeon, Orangeblotch Surgeonfish, Orangeblotch Tang, Orange-ear Surgeonfish, Orange-epaulette Surgeonfish, Orange-epaulette Tang,.. more

Orangeclaw Hermit - Crabs---Hermit Crabs

Also known as Anomura Crab, Hermit Crab, Left-handed Hermit Crab, Orangeclaw Hermit Crab, Orange-clawed Hermit Crab, Redleg Hermit. Found on coral and rocky reefs, active during the day,.. more

Orangefin Ponyfish - Surgeonfishes---Slimys-Slipmouths-Ponyfishes

Also known as Deep Pugnose Pony, Orange Ponyfish, Orangefin Slipmouth, Orangetip Ponyfish, Orange-tipped Ponyfish, Silverbelly, Soapy, Soapy Pony, Tooth Pony. Found in schools, over mud and sand.. more

Orangeside Triggerfish - Puffers-Filefishes---Triggerfishes

Also known as Orange-sided Triggerfish, Yellowbelly Triggerfish, Yellow-bellied Triggerfish. Found singly or in small schools, along rocky reefs and coastlines, sometimes in deep water swimming high above the.. more

Orangespine Unicornfish - Surgeonfishes-Tangs-Unicornfishes

Also called Barcheek Unicornfish, Blonde Naso Tang, Clown Tang, Doctorfish, Lancetfish, Lipstick Tang, Lipstick Unicornfish, Masked Unicornfish, Naso Surgeonfish, Naso Tang, Orange Unicorn Tang, Orangespine Surgeonfish, Orange-spined.. more

Orangetip Bristletooth - Surgeonfishes-Tangs-Unicornfishes

Also known as Bristletooth Tomini Tang, Doctorfish, Flamefin Tang, Lancetfish, Orange-tipped Bristletooth, Thorntail, Thorntail Fish, Tomini Bristletooth, Tomini Bristletooth Tang, Tomini Surgeonfish, Tomini Tang, Yellowtip Bristletooth. Found.. more

Orangutan Crab - Crabs

Also known as Brachyura Crab, Bubble Coral Crab, Decorator Crab, Hairy Crab, Hairy Spider Crab, Granchio Orangutan, Orangutan Spider Crab, Spider Crab, True Crab. Found living in.. more

Orb Fish - Surgeonfishes---Spadefishes-Batfishes-Scats

Also know as Orbicular Spadefish, Orbiculate Spadefish, Round Spadefish. Found in shallow waters, over mud bottoms, of coastal reefs. They feed on fish and benthic invertebrates. Length - 25cm Depth -.. more

Orbicular Batfish - Surgeonfishes---Spadefishes-Batfishes-Scats

Also known as Circular Batfish, Circular Spadefish, Copper Batfish, Dusky Batfish, Narrow-banded Batfish, Orbic Batfish, Orbic Platax, Orbiculate Batfish, Round Batfish, Rounded Batfish, Sicklefish. Found singly or in.. more

Orbicular Batfish (Juvenile) - Surgeonfishes---Spadefishes-Batfishes-Scats

Also known as Circular Batfish, Circular Spadefish, Copper Batfish, Dusky Batfish, Narrow-banded Batfish, Orbic Batfish, Orbic Platax, Orbiculate Batfish, Round Batfish, Rounded Batfish, Sicklefish. Found singly or in.. more

Orbicular Cardinalfish - Cardinalfishes

Also known as Chubby Cardinal, Chubby Cardinalfish, Nurseryfish, Orbic Cardinalfish, Orbiculate Cardinalfish, Orbiculated Cardinalfish, Polka-dot Cardinalfish. Found in small schools, during the day, around debris, mangroves, piers, and.. more

Orchid Dottyback - Dottybacks

Also known as Fridman's Dottyback, Fridman's Pseudochromi, Purple Dottyback, Pygmy Basslet. Found singly, in crevices and holes, under overhangs and along vertical rock faces, of lagoons and seaward.. more

Organ Pipe Coral - Soft Corals

Also known as Button Coral, Musical Coral, Pipe Organ Coral, Red Coral, Red Organ Pipe Coral. Found in colonies composed of thin tubes, "organ pipes" 0.2 cm diameter,.. more

Oriental Blue-spotted Maskray - Rays---Stingrays

Also known as Maskray, Oriental Blue-spotted Maskray, Oriental Blue-spotted Stingray, Spotted Stingray, Whipray. Found singly, often resting on sandy bottoms, close to or under ledges and rocks.. more

Oriental Butterflyfish - Surgeonfishes---Butterflyfishes

Also known as Coralfish, Gold Butterflyfish, Golden Butterflyfish, Modest Butterflyfish, Redtail Butterflyfish. Found singly, pairs, or in schools, over rocky reefs, rich in algae and coral growth. They feed.. more

Oriental File Shell - Bivalves

Also known as a Dancing File Clam, False Flying Shell, File Shell, Fire Shell, Flame Scallop, Mollusc, Oyster, Red Fire Shell. Found singly or in groups, in caves,.. more

Oriental Flying Gurnard - Flying Gurnards

Also known as Brown Flying Gurnard, Common Helmut Gurnard, Flying Fish, Grunt Fish, Helmut Gurnard, Indo-Pacific Flying Gurnard, Oriental Gurnard, Oriental Helmut Gurnard, Oriental Sea Robin, Purple.. more

Oriental Maori Wrasse - Wrasses

Also known as Maori Wrasse, Oriental Wrasse, Slender Maori Wrasse, Slender Wrasse, Thicklip Wrasse, Thickstripe Maori Wrasse. Found singly often in the arms of the mushroom coral Heliofungia.. more

Oriental Maori Wrasse (Juvenile) - Wrasses

Also known as Maori Wrasse, Oriental Wrasse, Slender Maori Wrasse, Slender Wrasse, Thicklip Wrasse, Thickstripe Maori Wrasse. Found singly, often in the arms of the mushroom coral Heliofungia.. more

Oriental Moon Snail - Sea Snails

Also known as Moon Shell, Moon Shell Snail, Moon Snail, Necklace Shell, Naticid Snail. Found burrowing in soft sediment, over inter-tidal, to deeper, sandy areas of reefs. They.. more

Oriental Sillago - Smelt-whitings

Also known as Blotchy Sillago, Indo-Pacific Whiting, Oriental Trumpeter Whiting, Sand Smelt, Sillago's, Silver Sillago. Found in schools, over mud or sandy depressions, of bays and inshore.. more

Ornamented Wrasse - Wrasses

Also known as Christmas Wrasse, Ornamental Wrasse, Ornate Wrasse, Sand-reef Wrasse. Found singly over sand patches in lagoons and seaward reefs rich in coral growth. They feed on benthic.. more

Ornate Bichir - Bichirs

Also known as Ornate Bichir Eel Catfish, Reedfish, Ropefish, Sailfin. Found singly, in calm waters, of drainage ditches, lakes, rivers and swamps. They feed nocturnally on fish, insect larvae.. more

Ornate Blue Crab - Crabs

Also known as Brachyura Crab, Ornate Blue Swimming Crab, Ornate Crab, Shelling Crab, Swimming Crab, True Crab, Western Atlantic Blue Crab, Western Atlantic Swimming Crab. Found both close.. more

Ornate Butterflyfish - Surgeonfishes---Butterflyfishes

Also known as Clown Butterfly, Clown Butterflyfish, Coralfish, Ornate Butterfly, Ornate Coralfish, Ornatissimus Butterfly. Found singly or in pairs, over clear water lagoons and seaward reefs, rich in.. more

Ornate Cowfish - Puffers-Filefishes---Deepwater Boxfishes

Also known as Boxfish, Cowfish, Ornate Boxfish, Ornate Thornback Boxfish, Ornate Thornback Cowfish, Ornate Thornback Trunkfish, Ornate Trunkfish, Temperate Boxfish, Trunkfish. Found singly, in shallow waters, over rocky.. more

Ornate emperor - Emperors-Scavengers

Also known as Bream, Redsnout Emperor, Reticulated Pigface Bream, Striped Emperor, Yellow-striped Emperor. Found singly or in small schools, over soft bottoms and seagrass beds, of inshore bays,.. more

Ornate Goby - Gobies

Also known as Gudgeon, Ornate Lagoon Goby, Ornate Sand Goby, Sand Goby. Found singly, close to their burrows, in very shallow, silty, rock, and rubble areas, close to.. more

Ornate Pipefish - Pipefishes-Seahorses

Also known as Whiskered Pipefish, Winged Pipefish. Found singly or in pairs, over algae, coral rubble, and in seagrass beds, of reef flats. They feed by sucking tiny invertebrates.. more

Ornate Sapsucking Slug - Sea Slugs---Sapsucking Slugs

Also known as Leaf Slug, Ornate Elysia, Ornate Leaf Slug, Ornate Sap-sucking Slug. Found singly or in large groups, during the day over patches of rubble and sandy.. more

Ornate Spiny Lobster - Lobsters---Spiny Lobsters

Also known as Coral Crayfish, Ornate Crayfish, Ornate Rock Lobster, Ornate Tropical Lobster, Painted Cray, Painted Crayfish, Tropical Rock Lobster. Found singly or in small squads, during the.. more

Ornate tetra - Characins---Characins-Tetras

Also known as Bentosi Tetra, Rosy Tetra, White Fin Ornate Tetra. Found in schools, amongst vegetation of moderate flowing rivers, streams and flood plains, of the Amazon River.. more

Ornate Wrasse - Wrasses

Also known as Lunate-tailed Wrasse, Peacock Wrasse. Found singly or in small schools, close to eelgrass beds and rocky areas of lagoons and coastal reefs. They feed on crustaceans.. more

Ornate Wrasse - Wrasses

Also known as False Leopard, False Leopard Wrasse, Ornate Leopard Wrasse, Sand-reef Wrasse, Western Leopard Wrasse. Found singly or in small schools, over mixed coral, rubble, and sandy.. more

Ornate Wrasse (Juvenile) - Wrasses

Also known as Lunate-tailed Wrasse, Peacock Wrasse. Found singly or in small schools, close to eelgrass beds and rocky areas of lagoons and coastal reefs. They feed on crustaceans.. more

Oscar - Cichlids

Also known as Black Oscar, King Cichlid, Marble Cichlid, Oscar Cichlid, Oscar Fish, Red Oscar, Tiger Oscar, Tiger Oscar Cichlid, Velvet Cichlid. Found in quiet, shallow waters, over.. more

Oto - Catfishes---Armored Catfishes

Also known as Algae Eater, Armored Oto Catfish, Dwarf Armored Catfish, Dwarf Otocinclus, Dwarf Otto, Dwarf Sucker, Dwarf Sucker Catfish, Dwarf Suckermouth Catfish, Dwarf Sucking Catfish, Midget.. more

Oval-spot Butterflyfish - Surgeonfishes---Butterflyfishes

Also known as Coralfish, Mirror Butterflyfish, Onespot Butterfly, Onespot Butterflyfish, Ovalspot Coralfish, Oval-spotted Coralfish, Speculum Butterflyfish, Spotted Butterflyfish. Found singly or in pairs, over coastal reef.. more

Oxeye Scad - Jacks---Pompanos

Also known as Bonito, Eye-of-the-Sea, Scad, Selar, Trevally, Yellowband Scad. Found in large schools, during the day, over coastal areas, dispersing at night, to forage for food. They feed.. more

Oxina Cardinalfish - Cardinalfishes

Also known as Nurseryfish. Found singly or in small schools, sheltering during the day, dispersing at night to feed over coral and rocky reefs. They feed on benthic invertebrates.. more

Oxyrhyncha Mantis Shrimp - Mantis Shrimps

Also known as Praying Mantis, Praying Mantis Shrimp, Spearing Mantis Shrimp. Found around rubble and sandy areas, with several burrows to hide in, over very shallow, coral and.. more

Oyster Blenny - Blennies---Combtooth Blennies

Also known as Australian Oyster Blenny, Brachiosaurus Blenny, Coral Blenny, Crested Blenny, Oyster Shell Blenny, Reef Blenny, Rock Blenny. Found in pairs hiding in crevices, holes and dead,.. more

Oyster Toadfish - Toadfishes

Also known as Bar Dog, Barbells, Common Toadfish, Frogfish, Oyster Catcher, Oyster Cracker, Ugly Toad. Found singly, often in shallow, polluted waters, amongst litter strewn and rocky.. more

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