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Vagabond Butterflyfish - Butterflyfishes

Also known as Coralfishes, Vagabond Butterfly and Vagabond Coralfish. Found singly or in groups on outer slopes of coastal reefs. They feed on coral polyps, tentacles of featherdusters and.. more

Vagabond Sponge - Sponges

Also known as Marine Sponges, Siliceous Sponges, Chocolate Sponge, Chocolate Volcano Sponge, Calcifying Sponge and Boring Sponge. Found on coral and rocky reef tops burrowing into the limestone.. more

Vanikoro Sweeper - Sweepers

Also known as Bullseyes, Hatchet Fishes, Green-back Bullseye, Black-tipped Bullseyes and Red Sea Immigrant Sweeper. This is the largest Sweeper. Found in schools on sheltered.. more

Variable Bushy Feather Star - Feather Stars

Also known as Crinoids, Sea Lilies, Storked Sea Lilies, Feather Star Criniod, Feather Starfish, Comasteroid Crinoid and Crinoid Feather Star. Found singly or in groups on high coral.. more

Variable Thorny Oyster - Bivalves

Also known as Spondylus varius, Molluscs, Thorny Oyster and Orange-mouth Thorny Oyster. Found on coral and rocky reefs,usually attached to back walls of caves and overhangs. Patterns and colours.. more

Variable Volute - Sea Snails

Also known as Volute Shells,Volutes, Brown Volutidae, Bat Volute, Bat Volute Shell, Bat Volute Sea Shell and Cone Shell. Found on mud and seagrass in silty habitat. Beautiful.. more

Varicose Phyllidia - Sea Slugs

Also known as Nudibranchs, Warty Sea Slugs, Varicose Sea Slug, Varicose Nudibranch, Varicose Wart Slug, Warty Sea Slug, Fried Egg Nudibranch, Fried Egg Sea Slug, Scrambled Egg.. more

Variegated Sea Cucumber - Sea Cucumbers

Also known as Tripang, Curry Fish and Sand Fish. Found in shallow lagoons and reefs on sand and rubble areas. They feed on plankton. Length - 30cm Depth - 2-20m Widespread Western.. more

Varium Sea Urchin - Sea Urchins

Also known as Fire Urchins, Toxic Fire Sea Urchin and Toxic Sea Urchin. Found singly or in groups on sand and rubble areas in open waters shallow or.. more

Veined Octopus - Octopuses

Also known as Amphioctopus margina, Octopus sp.4, Coconut Octopus and Walktopus. Found on sandy bottoms in bays and lagoons. Colour varies to blend in with surroundings. They feed.. more

Velvet Headsheild Snails - Sea Slugs

Often referred to as 'Nudibranchs' (but they are not), Headshild Slugs, Velvet Sea Slug, Tailed Slugs, Velvet Nudibranch, Blue Velvet Nudibranch, Velvet Blue Nudi, Blue Velvet Sea.. more

Velvety Sea Star - Sea Stars

Also known as Starfish, Velvety Starfish and Velvety Star. Found singly or in groups in shallow waters on coral and rocky reef shores. They feed on molluscs, worms and.. more

Venus Shrimp - Shrimps

This may be Periclimenes aesopius, unfortunately it is named by various publications with differing pictures of each! So I think the jury is out on this one.. more

Vermiculate Rabbitfish - Rabbitfishes

Also known as Spinefoots, Vermiculated Spinefoot, Reticulated Rabbitfish, Reticulated Spinefoot, Maze Rabbitfish and Maze Spinefoot. Found in in pairs or groups in shallow waters of sheltered lagoons,.. more

Vermiculated Angelfish - Angelfishes

Also known as Vermiculate Angelfish and Singapore Angelfish. Found singly or in pairs in coral rich areas of coastal reefs and lagoons. They feed on sponges, algae and.. more

Verruca Cowrie - Sea Snails

Also known as Allied Cowries, False Cowries, Umbilical Cowrie, Umbilical Egg Shell, Warty Egg Cowrie, Warty Egg Shell, Warted Egg Cowries, Little Egg Cowrie and Soft Coral.. more

Verrucose Pocillopora Coral - Stony Corals

Also known as Branching Corals, Pocilliopora verrucosa, Rasp Coral, Cauliflower Coral and Cotton Candy Pocillopora Coral. Found on coral and rocky reefs. Compact and low growing, prefers reef.. more

Very-long-nose Butterflyfish - Butterflyfishes

Also known as Coralfishes, Long-nose Butterflyfish, Long Nose Butterfly, Long-nosed Butterflyfish, Big Long-nose Butterflyfish, Big Long-nosed Butterflyfish, Yellow Long Nose, Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish, Yellow Longnose Butterfly, Extra.. more

Vespicula Waspfish - Scorpionfishes

Also known as Rockfishes, Stingfishes, Goblinfish and Mangrove Waspfish. Found singly over soft open sand and broken shell bottoms of lagoons, seaward reefs and mangroves in brackish waters. They.. more

Violet Demoiselle - Damselfishes

Also known as Violet Damsel and Violet Damselfish. Found in pairs or groups on inshore reefs, around harbours and coral or rocky outcrops in silty conditions. They feed on.. more

Violet Pteraeolidia - Sea Slugs

Also known as Nudibranchs, Aeolus, Violet Sea Slug, Blue Serpent Pteraeolidia, Blue Dragon, Blue Dragon Nudibranch, Blue Dragon Sea Slug, Dragon Nudibranch and Solar-powered Sea Slug. Found singly.. more

Violet Sea Apple (Juvenile) - Sea Cucumbers

Also known as Echinoderms, Sea Apples, Lollyfish, Pricklyfish, Curryfish, Sea Apple Sea Cucumber, Australian Sea Apple, Philippine Sea Apple, Philippine Sea Apple Cucumber. Found in shallow waters on.. more

Violet Soldierfish - Squirrelfishes & Soldierfishes

Also known as Violet Squirrelfish, Purple Soldierfish, Lattice Soldierfish, Lattice Squirrelfish and Latticework Soldierfish. Found often in small groups in clear water, deep lagoons to outer reefs... more

Violet-lined Parrotfish - Parrotfishes

Also known as Violetline Parrotfish, Globehead Parrotfish, Roundhead Parrotfish and Speckled Parrotfish. Found in groups in lagoons, reef flats and slopes of seaward reefs. Males colourful and females dark. They.. more

Virgate Rabbitfish - Rabbitfishes

Also known as Spinefoots, Virgate Spinefoot, Barhead Rabbitfish, Barhead Spinefoot, Two Barred Rabbitfish, Two Barred Spinefoot,Double-barred Rabbitfish and Double-barred Spinefoot. Found in pairs or small to large groups.. more

Voigtmann's Reef Lobster - Lobsters

Also known as Crustaceans, Reef Lobsters and Tropical Reef Lobsters. Found singly in caves and crevasses in rocky reefs. They feed nocturnally on hard shell mollusc's crustaceans and algae. Length.. more

Volcano Sponge - Sponges

Also known as Marine Sponges and Siliceous Sponges. Found on coral and rocky reefs with good current flow. Thick and lobe encrusted. Varies in colour from shades of yellow to.. more

Vomer Conch - Sea Snails

Also known as Conches, Strombus vomer and Strombus Conch. Found singly on sand and rubble areas of coral and rocky reefs, lagoons and estuaries. They feed nocturnally on fish,.. more