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Vachelli's Glass Perchlet - Asiatic Glassfishes

Also known as Common Glassfish, Glassfish, Glassies, Perchlet, Telkara Glass Perchlet, Telkara Perchlet, Vachell's Glassfish, Vachelli's Glassfish. Found in schools, over most substrates, in both still, and fast.. more

Vagabond Butterflyfish - Surgeonfishes---Butterflyfishes

Also known as Coralfish, Crisscross Butterflyfish, Vagabond Butterfly, Vagabond Coralfish, Vagabond's Butterflyfish. Found in pairs, in both fresh and murky waters, over reef flats, lagoons, and seaward reefs,.. more

Vagrant Moray - Eels---Moray Eels

Also known as Buro Moray, Buro Moray Eel, Latticetail Moray. Found singly, pairs, or with other morays, (as in the picture) hiding in crevices and holes, amongst debris,.. more

Valentin's Sharpnose Puffer - Puffers-Filefishes---Puffers

Also known as Banded Toby, Black Saddle Pufferfish, Blacksaddle Toby, Black-saddled Toby, Model Toby, Pufferfish, Saddle Valentini Puffer, Saddleback Pufferfish, Saddled Pufferfish, Saddled Toby, Saddled Toby Pufferfish,.. more

Vanikoro Sweeper - Oceanic Basses---Sweepers

Also known as Black-tipped Bullseye, Bullseye, Greenback Bullseye, Hatchet Fish, Red Sea Immigrant Sweeper. Found in schools, during the day sheltering in caves, under.. more

Variable Fangblenny - Blennies---Combtooth Blennies

Also known as Fang Blenny, Sabretooth Blenny, Sabre-toothed Blenny, Sabre-toothed Petroscirtes, Variable Blenny, Variable Sabertooth, Variable Sabretooth Blenny, Viper Blenny. Found singly, over seagrass beds, and under weed.. more

Variable Jawfish - Jawfishes

Also known as Variegated Jawfish. Found singly, with just the head showing, in rock lined burrows, on rubble and sandy areas of reefs. They feed mainly on benthic.. more

Variable-lined Fusilier - Fusiliers

Also known as Many-lined Fusilier, Thin-lined Fusilier, Yellow-and-Blue-striped Fusilier, Yellow-striped Fusilier. Found in schools, with other caesionid's, over deep lagoons and seaward reefs. Varies in colour from blue.. more

Vatani Rohtee - Carps---Minnows-Carps

Also known as India Rohtee. Found in schools, in reservoirs and fast flowing rivers and streams. They feed on plant material. Length - 50cm Depth - ?m Asia - India Very common.. more

Velvet Whalefish - Sawbellies---Velvet Whalefishes

Also known as Deepsea Whalefish, Red Whalefish, Red Mouth Whalefish, Redvelvet Whalefish. Found in very deep waters of the ocean hovering above the bottoms, juveniles mid water. They feed.. more

Ventral-barred Shrimpgoby - Gobies

Also know as Gudgeon, Prawngoby, Shrimp Goby, Watchman Goby. Found in pairs sharing their burrow with an alpheid shrimp, over sandy, silty bottoms of coral and rocky reefs... more

Venustus Hap - Cichlids

Also known as African Cichlid, Giraffe Cichlid, Giraffe Hap, Kalingo, Malawi Cichlid, Venustus Cichlid. Found over sandy substrates, sometimes partially buried in sand waiting for their prey,.. more

Vermiculate Rabbitfish - Rabbitfishes

Also known as Maze Rabbitfish, Maze Spinefoot, Reticulated Rabbitfish, Reticulated Spinefoot, Spinefoot, Vermiculated Rabbitfish, Vermiculated Spinefoot. Found in small to very large schools, over mangroves, rocks and seagrass.. more

Vermiculated Angelfish - Surgeonfishes---Angelfishes

Also known as Singapore Angelfish, Vermiculate Angelfish. Found singly, pairs, or in small schools, over inshore reefs, and continental shelf reefs, rich in coral growth. They feed on.. more

Vermiculated Blenny - Blennies---Combtooth Blennies

Also known as Coral Blenny, Reef Blenny, Rock Blenny, Rockskipper, Vermiculated Rockskipper. Found in very shallow waters, skipping back and forth between intertidal areas, and rock pools. They.. more

Vermiculated Sailfin Catfish - Catfishes---Armored Catfishes

Also known as Janitor Fish, Plecostomus, Sailfin Armoured Catfish, Sailfin Plecs, Suckerfish, Sucker-mouthed Catfish, Sucking Catfish. Found over lakes, flood plains, and swamps of the Madeira River basin,.. more

Vermilion Rockfish - Scorpionfishes---Rockfishes-Rockcods-Thornyheads

Also known as Cow Cod, Ocean Perch, Rasher, Red Rockcod, Red Snapper, Rock Perch, Sea Perch, Vermillion Red Rockcod, Vermillion Rockcod, Vermilion Seaperch. Found in schools, over.. more

Vespicula Waspfish - Scorpionfishes---Waspfishes

Also known as Goblinfish, Mangrove Waspfish, Rockfish, Stingfish. Found singly, over soft open sand and broken shell bottoms, of lagoons, mangroves and seaward reefs. They feed on crustaceans and.. more

Violet Demoiselle - Damselfishes

Also known as Coral Demoiselle, Violet Damsel, Violet Damselfish, Yellow-tailed Demoiselle. Found in small to large schools, sometimes in mixed schools, over shallow coral, debris, deep mud, and.. more

Violet Squirrelfish - Squirrelfishes-Soldierfishes

Also known as Pink Squirrelfish, Redface Squirrelfish, Red-faced Squirrelfish, Violet Soldierfish, White-edged Squirrelfish. Found singly during the day, hiding in crevices, and patch reefs, dispersing at night foraging.. more

Violet-lined Parrotfish - Parrotfishes

Also known as Globehead Parrotfish, Roundhead Parrotfish, Rusty Parrotfish, Speckled Parrotfish, Violetline Parrotfish. Found singly, pairs, or in schools, foraging for food, over protected waters of reef flats,.. more

Virgate Rabbitfish - Rabbitfishes

Also known as Barhead Rabbitfish, Barhead Spinefoot, Doublebar Rabbitfish, Double-barred Rabbitfish, Double-barred Spinefoot, Spinefoot, Two-barred Rabbitfish, Two-barred Spinefoot, Virgate Spinefoot. Found in pairs, over shallow, hard and soft.. more