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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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Tailspot Squirrelfish - Squirrelfishes & Soldierfishes
Also known as Whitetail Squirrelfish, Spot-tailed Soldierfish and Silverspot Squirrelfish. Found in groups during the day, along steep slopes, walls and outer reef areas, but also can be... more
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Talang Queenfish - Jacks
Also known as Queenfish, Queenie, Giant Queenfish, Double-dotted Queenfish, Largemouth Queenfish and Giant Trevally. Found singly or in small groups in lagoons, coastal and outer reef slopes. They feed... more
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Talbot's Demoiselle - Damselfishes
Also known as Talbot's Damsel and Talbot's Damselfish. Found singly or in small groups close to the bottoms of shoreline reefs, lagoons and outer reef slopes. They feed on... more
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Tall-fin Batfish - Batfishes
Also known as Spadefish, Longfin Batfish, Longfin Spadefish, Longfin Teira, Round Faced Batfish, Round Faced Spadefish, Round Faced Teira, Roundface Batfish, Roundface Spadefish, Roundface Teira and Teira... more
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Tall-fin Batfish (juvenile) - Batfishes
Also known as Spadefish, Longfin Batfish, Longfin Spadefish, Longfin Teira, Round Faced Batfish, Round Faced Spadefish, Round Faced Teira, Roundface Batfish, Roundface Spadefish, Roundface Teira and Teira... more
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Tan Hamlet - Groupers
Also known as Hamlets, Sea Bass, Rockcods, Cods, Hinds and Trouts. Found singly over reefs close to the bottom. Colour varies. They feed on small fish and invertebrates. Length -... more
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Tapestry Turban - Sea Snails
Also known as Cats Eye Shell, Turban Shell, Turban Snail, Tapestry Turban Shell and Banded Turbo. Found on the bottom of coral and rocky reefs. Length - 7cm Depth -... more
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Tasseled Scorpionfish - Scorpionfishes
Also known as Tasseled Rockfish, Tasseled Goblinfish, Flathead Scorpionfish, Smallscale Scorpionfish, Smallscale Stingfish, Smallscale Firefish, Smallscale Goblinfish and Smallscale Rockfish. Found singly and well camouflaged around... more
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Tawny Nurse Shark - Sharks
Also known as Nurse Sharks, Carpet Sharks, Spitting Shark, Giant Sleepy Shark, Sleeping Shark and Madame X. Found singly or in small groups in lagoons and seaward reefs,... more
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Taylor's Garden Eel - Eels
Also known as Garden Eels and Leopard Garden Eel. Found singly or in small groups on silty bottoms or gentle slopes. They feed on plankton. Length -... more
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Tear-lobed Coral - Stony Corals
Also known as Doughnut Coral, Cat's Eye Coral, Tooth Coral, Button Coral, Teary Eye Coral and Meat Coral. Found on protected reefs and deep sandy areas. Corals are oval... more
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Tenue Nudibranch - Sea Slugs
Also known as Nudibranchs, Tenue Sea Slug, T-bar Nudibranch, Purple-edged Ceratosoma, Long-tail Ceratosoma Nudibranch and Long-tail Ceratosoma Sea Slug. Found singly or in pairs on coral and rocky... more
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Ternate Chromis - Damselfishes
Also known as Pullers, Ternate Damselfish, Golden Chromis, Golden Damselfish, Swallow-tail Puller and Striped-Tail Puller. Found in large schools above reefs when feeding or amongst branching coral in... more
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Thin Ghostpipefish - Ghostpipefishes
Also known as False Pipefish, Robust Ghostpipefish and Velvet Ghostpipefish. Found in pairs or family groups floating with head down mimicking seagrass on seagrass beds at the... more
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Thornback Cowfish - Boxfishes
Also known as Thornback, Thornback Cow, Thorny-back Cowfish, Backspine Cowfish, Shortspined Cowfish and Blue-spotted Cowfish. Found singly on rocky reefs and estuaries on sandy slopes with mixed... more
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Thorny Seahorse - Seahorses
Also known as Longspine Seahorse, Longsnout Seahorse, Spiny Seahorse and Prickly Seahorse. Found singly on sandy bottoms with corals and sponges, sometimes in algae covered rubble reef zones.... more
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Threadfin Anthias - Anthias
Also known as Basslets, Sea Bass, Pseudanthias huchtii, Hutchii Anthias, Pacific Anthias, Pacific Basslet, Pacific Fairy Basslet, Red-cheeked fairy Basslet, Red-Cheeked Anthias and Green Anthias. Found in small... more
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Threadfin Butterflyfish - Butterflyfishes
Also known as Coralfishes, Auriga Butterflyfish, Auriga Butterfly, Threadfin Butterfly, Cross-Stripe Butterfly, Whip Butterflyfish and Threadfin Coralfish. Found in pairs on coral and rocky inner reefs and... more
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Threadfin Hawkfish - Hawkfishes
Also known as Blotched Hawkfish, Boar Hawkfish and Respotted Hawkfish. Found singly or in small groups on coral and rocky reefs, resting on tops of coral and rock. Sometimes... more
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Threadfin Sand Diver - Sand Divers
Also known as Long-rayed Sand Diver and Elegant Sand Diver. Found in loose groups over sandy areas with a slow tidal current. They feed on zooplankton. Length - 18cm Depth... more
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Three-line Wrasse - Wrasses
Also known as Sand-reef Wrasses, Silver-streaked Wrasse, Silver-streaked Rainbowfish, Silver-streak Wrasse, Silver-streak Rainbowfish, Stripe-belly Wrasse, Stripe-belly Rainbowfish, Striped-belly Wrasse, Striped-belly Rainbowfish, Three-ribbon Wrasse and Three-ribbon Rainbowfish. Found... more
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Three-line Wrasse (Juvenile) - Wrasses
Also known as Sand-reef Wrasses, Silver-streaked Wrasse, Silver-streaked Rainbowfish, Silver-streak Wrasse, Silver-streak Rainbowfish, Stripe-belly Wrasse, Stripe-belly Rainbowfish, Striped-belly Wrasse, Striped-belly Rainbowfish, Three-ribbon Wrasse and Three-ribbon Rainbowfish. Found sometimes... more
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Three-lobed Porcelain Crab - Crabs
Also known as Crustaceans, Anomura Crabs, False Crabs, Porcelain Crabs, Sea Pen Porcelain Crab, Sea Pen Crab, Pen Crab and Painted Porcelain Crab. Found on coral and rocky... more
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Three-spot Angelfish - Angelfishes
Also known as Three-spot Angel, Bluelips Angelfish, Bluelips Angel, Flagfin Angelfish and Flagfin Angel. Found singly or in pairs in lagoons and shallow reefs over reef crests and... more
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Three-spot Dascyllus - Damselfishes
Also known as Humbugs, Three-spot Damsel, Three-spot Damselfish, Three-spot Domino Damselfish, Spot Domino Damselfish, Domino Damsel, Domino Damselfish, White-spot Puller, Three-spot Humbug and White-spot Humbug. Found in pairs... more
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Three-spot Dascyllus (juvenile) - Damselfishes
Also known as Humbugs, Three-spot Damsel, Three-spot Damselfish, Three-spot Domino Damselfish, Spot Domino Damselfish, Domino Damsel, Domino Damselfish, White-spot Puller, Three-spot Humbug and White-spot Humbug. Found in pairs... more
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Threespot Damselfish - Damselfishes
Also known as Threespot Atlantic Damselfish and Yellow Damselfish. Found singly or in pairs close to reef tops and areas of staghorn corals rich in algae growth, can... more
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Threespot Damselfish (Juvenile) - Damselfishes
Also known as Threespot Atlantic Damselfish and Yellow Damselfish. Found singly or in pairs close to reef tops and areas of staghorn corals rich in algae growth, can... more
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Threespot Wrasse - Wrasses
Also known as Sand-reef Wrasses, Threespot Rainbowfish, Spottail Wrasse and Spottail Rainbowfish. Found singly or in groups in shallow waters of sand and rubble areas of lagoons and... more
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Threespot Wrasse (Juvenile) - Wrasses
Also known as Sand-reef Wrasses, Threespot Rainbowfish, Spottail Wrasse and Spottail Rainbowfish. Found singly or in groups in shallow waters of sand and rubble areas of lagoons and... more
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Threestripe Fusilier - Fusiliers
Also known as Striped Fusilier, Three-Lined Fusilier and Three-Striped Fusilier. Found in schools on inner reefs and silty lagoons. Varies in colour from blue to red with night and... more
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Thumbprint Emperor - Emperors
Also known as Black-blotch Emperor and Blackspot Emperor. Found singly or in groups on protected inshore waters, sometimes in seagrass beds in silty conditions. They feed on invertebrates and... more
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Tiger Cardinalfish - Cardinalfishes
Also known as Pacific Tiger Cardinalfish, Large Toothed Cardinalfish, Eightlined Cardinalfish and Bigtooth Percelle. Found singly, pairs or small groups in sheltered clear lagoons, seaward reefs below overhangs... more
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Tiger Cardinalfish (Juvenile) - Cardinalfishes
Also known as Pacific Tiger Cardinalfish, Large Toothed Cardinalfish, Eightlined Cardinalfish and Bigtooth Percelle. Found singly, pairs or small groups in sheltered clear lagoons, seaward reefs below overhangs... more
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Tiger Cowrie - Sea Snails
Also known as Cowries, Tiger Cowry, Cowrie Tiger, Tiger Shell, Tiger Snail and Potato Cowrie. Found in shallow water beneath dead coral and in deeper water living in... more
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Tiger Grouper - Groupers
Also known as Sea Bass, Rockcods, Cods, Hinds and Trouts. Found singly resting on the bottom on reefs and reef walls. They feed on small fish and invertebrates. Length -... more
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Tiger Tail Sea Cucumber - Sea Cucumbers
Also known as Lollyfish, Thomas Sea Cucumber and Sand Sifting Sea Cucumber. Found singly or in groups on coral reefs over rubble and sandy areas, the posterior will... more
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Tinctoria Nudibranch - Sea Slugs
Also known as Nudibranchs, Chromodoris reticulata, Reticulated Chromodoris and Reticulated Nudibranch. Found singly or in pairs on coral and rocky reefs amongst sand and rubble areas. They feed on... more
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Titan Triggerfish - Triggerfishes
Also known as Titan Trigger, Bluefin Triggerfish, Blue Finned Triggerfish, Blue-and-gold Triggerfish, Dotty Triggerfish, Moustache Triggerfish and Giant Triggerfish. Found in lagoons, sheltered inner reef... more
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Titan Triggerfish (Juvenile) - Triggerfishes
Also known as Titan Trigger, Bluefin Triggerfish, Blue Finned Triggerfish, Blue-and-gold Triggerfish, Dotty Triggerfish, Moustache Triggerfish and Giant Triggerfish. Found in lagoons, sheltered inner reef slopes and outer... more
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Tomato Grouper - Groupers
Also known as Sea Bass, Rockcods, Cods, Hinds, Trouts, Tomato Rock Cod, Tomato Sea Bass, Tomato Hind, Red Grouper, Red Coral Cod, Red Rockcod, Orange Spotted Grouper,... more
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Tongan Damselfish - Damselfishes
Also known as Tonga Damselfish, Pacific Damselfish, Blackfin Damselfish and Whitebelly Damselfish. Found singly or groups in shallow lagoons and seaward reefs. They feed on crustaceans and algae. Length -... more
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Toothy Cardinalfish - Cardinalfishes
Also known as Dog-toothed Cardinalfish, Dogtooth Cardinal and Tailspot Cardinalfish. Found in pairs or groups in deep lagoons within the branches of staghorn coral, sheltering during the day... more
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Toothy Cardinalfish (juvenile) - Cardinalfishes
Also known as Dog-toothed Cardinalfish, Dogtooth Cardinal and Tailspot Cardinalfish. Found in pairs or groups in deep lagoons within the branches of staghorn coral, sheltering during the day... more
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Topsail Drummer - Chubs
Also known as Rudderfish, Drummers, Highfin Rudderfish, Snubnose Chub, Snubnose Rudderfish and Blue Sea Chub. Found in small to large groups on rocky shores and reef flats of... more
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Tortured Black Coral Whip - Black Corals
Also known as Whip Coral, Wire Coral, Spiral Coral and Coiled Coral. Found on coral and rocky reefs on slopes, terraces and drop-off's. They feed on plankton. Length - 60cm Depth... more
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Trapezium Horse Conch - Sea Snails
Also known as Horse Conchs, Tulip Shells, Spindle Shells and Trapeze Conch Shell. Found on coral and rocky reefs, amongst sand and rubble areas. Often found encrusted in... more
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Triangular Butterflyfish - Butterflyfishes
Also known as Coralfishes, Triangulum Butterfly, Triangulum Butterflyfish, Triangular Butterfly, Triangle Butterflyfish, Triangle Butterfly, Triangulate Butterfly and Herringbone Butterflyfish. Found usually in pairs in shallow lagoons and... more
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Tricolor Parrotfish - Parrotfishes
Also known as Tricolour Parrotfish and Three-colour Parrotfish. Found singly on both inner and outer reef slopes and walls with rich coral growth. Males more colourful than females. They... more
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Trilobatum Nudibranch - Sea Slugs
Also known as Nudibranchs, Trilobatum Sea Slug and Purple-edged Ceratosoma. Found singly or in pairs on coral and rocky reefs amongst sand and rubble areas. They feed on hydroids,... more
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Triple-tail Maori Wrasse - Wrasses
Also known as Maori and Thicklip Wrasse, Triple-Tail Wrasse, Triple-tail Maori and Tri-lobed Maori Wrasse. Found singly over shallow protected inshore reefs, often in silty conditions. These are the... more
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Triple-tail Maori Wrasse (Juvenile) - Wrasses
Also known as Maori and Thicklip Wrasse, Triple-Tail Wrasse, Triple-tail Maori and Tri-lobed Maori Wrasse. Found singly over shallow protected inshore reefs, often in silty conditions. These are... more
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Tritos Chromodoris - Sea Slugs
Also known as Nudibranchs, Tritos Sea Slug and Spotted Nudibranch. Found singly or in pairs on coral and rocky reefs amongst sand and rubble areas. They feed on hydroids,... more
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Tropical Bottletail Squid - Squids
Also known as Bobtail Squids, Bottletail Squid, Koch's Bottletail Squid and Orange Bottletail Squid. Found in shallow coastal waters and lagoons often buried in the sand or muck... more
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Tropical Land Crab - Crabs
Also known as Crustaceans, Brachyura Crabs, True Crabs, Soldier & Land Crabs, Ghost Crabs, Fiddler Crabs, Beach-runner Crabs, Black-back Land Crab, Black-backed Land Crab, Black Land Crab,... more
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Tropidozoum cellariiforme - Moss Animals
Also known as Sea Mats. Found on coral and rocky reefs on walls of reef margins and drop-off's. A bushy plant with the branches evenly split into two and... more
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Trumpetfish - Trumpetfishes
Also known as Trumpet, Atlantic Trumpetfish, Caribbean Trumpetfish, Trumpeter and Painted Flutemouth. Found singly on the bottom of reefs sometimes in rocky areas. Quite often they can be... more
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Truncate Spider Shell - Sea Snails
Also known as Scorpion Conches, Spider Sea Shells, Giant Lambis Truncata, Giant Spider Conch, Truncate Spider Conch and Spider Conch. Found singly on sand and rubble areas of... more
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Tube Anemone - Sea Anemones
Also known as Hexacorals, Tube Anemones, Glass Anemones, Tube-dwelling Anemone and Cerianthus Anemone. Found singly on coral and rocky reefs in cracks or buried in sandy substrate. Varies in... more
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Tube Sponge - Sponges
Also known as Siliceous Sponges, Marine Sponge, Tubular Sponges, Branching Vase Sponge and Blue Sponge. Found on coral and rocky reefs on ledges and walls. They feed on plankton. Varies... more
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Tubelip Wrasse - Wrasses
Also known as Cleaner Wrasses, Tube-mouth Wrasse and One-lined Wrasse. Found singly or in small groups on sheltered reefs and silty lagoons with rich coral growth, often swimming... more
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Tuber Seastar - Sea Stars
Also known as Starfish, Tuber Starfish, Mottled Sea Star, Mottled Starfish, Warty Mesh Sea Star, Warty Mesh Starfish and Yellow Spotted Nardoa. Found singly or in groups on... more
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Turbellaria Flatworm - Flatworms
Also known as Marine Worms, Pseudobiceros cf gratus, Pseudoceros sp, Pyjama Flatworm and Funeral Flatworm. Found singly or in pairs on coral and rocky reefs amongst sand and... more
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Turtle Weed - Algae
Also known as Green Algae, Marine Algae and Sea Grass. Found in clumps on coral and rocky reef tops, slopes and terraces in shallow waters. Looks like long grass. Length... more
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Twin Horn Helmet Crab - Crabs
Also known as Crustaceans, Brachyura Crabs, True Crabs, Helmet Crabs, Masked Crab, Masked Burrowing Crab and Sand Crab. It lives buried in sandy bottoms, usually with antennae poking... more
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Twinspot Lionfish - Lionfishes
Also known as Nemapterois Biocellata, Scorpionfishes, Twospot Lionfish, Twospot Turkeyfish, Two-eyed Lionfish, Double-Ocellated Scorpionfish, Ocellated Lionfish, Fu Manchu Lionfish and Fu Manchu Lion. Found singly on shallow reef... more
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Twinstripe Fusilier - Fusiliers
Also known as Pterocaesio sp1, Marr's Fusilier, Yellow-banded Fusilier and Big-tail Fusilier. Found in schools, often mixed with other fusiliers, on steep slopes, coastal lagoons and seaward reefs. Varies... more
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Two-band Chromodoris - Sea Slugs
Also known as Nudibranchs and Verrier's Chromodoris. Found singly or in pairs on coral and rocky reefs amongst sand and rubble areas. They feed on hydroids, coral, sponges and... more
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Two-Spined Angelfish - Angelfishes
Also known as Coral Beauty, Coral Beauty Angelfish, Coral Beauty Pygmy Angelfish, Rusty Angelfish and Dusky Angelfish. Found singly or in small groups in sheltered lagoons and... more
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Two-spot Snapper - Snappers
Also known as Two-spot Lutjanus Biguttatus, Two Spotted Snapper, Two-spot Banded Snapper and Doublebar Snapper. Found singly or in schools on sheltered inshore reefs and lagoons. They swim... more
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Two-tone Wrasse - Wrasses
Also known as Lunate-tailed Wrasses, Blunt-head Wrasse, Blunt-headed Wrasse, Bluehead Wrasse, Blue Headed Wrasse and Rainbow Wrasse. Found in large groups on reef flats in shallow turbulent... more
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Two-tone Wrasse (Juvenile) - Wrasses
Also known as Lunate-Tailed Wrasses, Blunt-head Wrasse, Blunt-headed Wrasse, Bluehead Wrasse, Blue Headed Wrasse and Rainbow Wrasse. Found in large groups on reef flats in shallow turbulent zones. They... more
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Twoband Anemonefish - Anemonefishes
Also known as Twoband Clownfish, Two-banded Anemonefish, Two-banded Clownfish, Red Sea Anemonefish, Red Sea Clownfish, Red Sea Twoband Anemonefish and Red Sea Twoband Clownfish. Found in pairs or... more
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Twobar Seabream - Porgies
Also known as Seabreams, Twobar Bream, Two Banded Bream, Doublebar Bream, Black Banded Bream, Two-banded Porgy and Twobar Porgy. Found singly or in pairs swimming or hovering above... more
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Twospot Bristletooth - Surgeonfishes
Also known as Doctorfishes, Lancetfishes, Twospot Surgeonfish, Twospot Tang, Twospot Bristletooth Tang, Blue-eye Bristletooth, Blue-eye Surgeonfish and Blue-eye Tang. Found singly or in groups over protected reef slopes... more
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Twospot Demoiselle - Damselfishes
Also known as Twospot Damsel, Twospot Damselfish, White-saddled Damsel, White-saddled Damselfish, White-saddle Damsel and White-saddle Damselfish. Found singly in shallow inshore waters of lagoons and harbours, often... more
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Twospot Demoiselle (Juvenile) - Damselfishes
Also known as Twospot Damsel, Twospot Damselfish, White-saddled Damsel, White-saddled Damselfish, White-saddle Damsel and White-saddle Damselfish. Found singly in shallow inshore waters of lagoons and harbours, often... more
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Twospot Lizardfish - Lizardfishes
Also known as Sharpnose Lizardfishes, Nose-spots Lizardfish and Spotnose Lizardfish. Found singly or in pairs on rubble and coral areas of seaward reefs. They feed on small fish especially... more
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Twospot Wrasse - Wrasses
Also known as Maori and Thicklip Wrasses, Twospot Maori Wrasse, Little Maori Wrasse, Comet-tailed Wrasse, Ragged-tail Wrasse and Filament-fin Wrasse. Found singly or in small groups in weed... more
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Twotone Dartfish - Dartfishes
Also known as Dart Gobies & Worm Gobies, Arrow Goby, Scissortail Goby, Scissortail Dartfish, Blackfin Goby, Blackfin Dart Goby and Blackfin Dartfish. Found in pairs on inner... more
