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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.

Nagasaki Damsel - Damselfishes

Also know as Blue-scribbled Damsel, Blue-scribbled Damselfish, Nagasaki Damselfish, Ocellate Damsel, Ocellate Damselfish, Ocellated Damsel, Ocellated Damselfish, Sandy Damsel, Speckled-fin Damsel. Found in small schools, over sandy areas,.. more

Naia Pipefish - Pipefishes-Seahorses

Also known as Banded Pipefish, Candy Pipefish, Candycane Pipefish, Flagtail Pipefish, Many-banded Pipefish, Ringed Pipefish. Found singly, or in pairs, close to the bottom, in crevices and.. more

Naked Basket Star - Sea Stars---Basket Stars

Also known Gorgon Basket Head, Gorgon's Head, Granulate Basket Star. Found during the day coiled tight, often attached to gorgonians, sponges, or in dark recesses in the reef.. more

Nalolo - Blennies---Combtooth Blennies

Also known as Combtooth Blenny, Nalolo Blenny. Found nesting in holes, over coral reefs. They feed on benthic algae and weeds. Length - 6.5cm Depth - 1-12m Widespread Western Indian Ocean Combtooth.. more

Nanting River Stone Loach - Carps---River Loaches

Also known as Hillstream Loach, Stone Loach. Found over cobbles, gravel, rock, and boulder bottoms, in clear and swift flowing waters of rivers. They feed on benthic algae. Length -.. more

Napoleon Snake Eel - Eels---Snake Eels

Also known as Bonaparte's Snake Eel, Brown-banded Snake-Eel, Clown Snake Eel, Napoleon Eel, Purple-banded Snake Eel, Saddled Snake Eel. Found singly, buried with just the head showing, in.. more

Narrow-barred Spanish Mackerel - Mackerels-Tunas-Bonitos

Also known as Barred Mackerel, Barred Seerfish, Barred Spanish Mackerel, Commerson's Mackerel, Doggie, King Mackerel, King Seer, Kingfish, Macko, Narrow-barred King Mackerel, Narrow-barred Mackerel, Narrow-striped King Mackerel,.. more

Narrow-lined Puffer - Puffers-Filefishes---Puffers

Also known as Blowfish, Manila Puffer, Manila Pufferfish, Narrow-lined Pufferfish, Narrow-lined Toadfish, Narrow-striped Pufferfish, Pufferfish, Striped Puffer, Striped Pufferfish, Toadfish. Found singly over mud, sand, and in.. more

Narrowstripe Cardinalfish - Cardinalfishes

Also known as Eyeshadow Cardinalfish, Oneline Cardinal, Oneline Cardinalfish, One-lined Cardinalfish. Found singly under ledges and around isolated coral heads of silty inner reef areas. They feed nocturnally on.. more

Nassau Grouper - Groupers

Also known as Cod, Day Grouper, Hamlet, Hind, Jacob Paper, Rockcod, Rockfish, Sweetlip, Trout, White Grouper. Found singly or in small and large schools in mid waters or.. more

Natal Knifejaw - Basses---Knifejaws

Also known as Beakfish, Cuckoo Bass. Found over coastal, coral and rocky reefs, in moderate to deep waters. They feed on hard shell invertebrates. Length - 60cm Depth - 20-100m Western Indian.. more

Naude's Rubble Goby - Gobies

Also known as Dwarf Goby, Gudgeon, Naude's Pygmygoby, Naude's Rubble Dwarfgoby, Pygmy Goby, Red Pygmy Goby, Red Rubble Goby, Reef Goby, Rubble Dwarfgoby. Found singly, or in small.. more

Nebulous Wrasse - Wrasses

Also known as Circle-cheek Rainbowfish, Circle-cheek Wrasse, Cloud Rainbowfish, Cloud Wrasse, Clouded Rainbowfish, Clouded Wrasse, Nebulous Rainbowfish, Picture Rainbowfish, Picture Wrasse, Pinkbelly Rainbowfish, Pinkbelly Wrasse, Rainbowfish, Sand-reef.. more

Nebulous Wrasse (Juvenile) - Wrasses

Also known as Circle-cheek Rainbowfish, Circle-cheek Wrasse, Cloud Rainbowfish, Cloud Wrasse, Clouded Rainbowfish, Clouded Wrasse, Nebulous Rainbowfish, Picture Rainbowfish, Picture Wrasse, Pinkbelly Rainbowfish, Pinkbelly Wrasse, Rainbowfish, Sand-reef.. more

Necklace Giant Clam - Bivalves

Also known as Clam, Derasa Clam, Giant Clam, Smooth Giant Clam, Southern Giant Clam. Found in sheltered waters, over soft bottoms of back reefs, reef flats, fore reefs,.. more

Necklace Sea Star - Sea Stars

Also known as Asteroids, Candy-striped Sea Star, Fromia Sea Star, Ingioiellata Star of Sea, Maldives Starfish, Marble Sea Star, Marble Starfish, Necklace Starfish, Orange Marble Sea Star,.. more

Needle Cuttlefish - Cuttlefishes

Also known as Cephalopod, Large Striped Cuttlefish Found over shallow to deep waters, on sandy bottoms, of coral reefs. Colourful displays to match surroundings, and deter predators. They.. more

Needle-spined Sea Urchin - Sea Urchins

Also known as Boring Urchin, Boring Sea Urchin, Burrowing Sea Urchin, Burrowing Urchin, Needle-Spined Urchin, Red Needle Pin Urchin, Reef Boring Sea-hedgehog, Rock-boring Sea Urchin, Sea Hedgehog. Found.. more

Needle-spines Sea Urchin - Sea urchins

Also known as Red Urchin, Sea Hedgehog, Tropical Sea Urchin, White-tipped Sea Urchin. Found in hollows, of coral and rocks, over tidal flats of intertidal coastal zones. They feed.. more

Neill's Hogfish - Wrasses

Also known as Bay-of-Bengal Hogfish, Hogfish, Split-level Hogfish. Found singly, in murky lagoons and shallow coastal reefs. They feed on hard shell invertebrates. Length - 20cm Depth - 5-30m Indian Ocean -.. more

Nembrotha Cristata Nudibranch - Sea Slugs

Also known as Cabbage Nudibranch, Cabbage Patch Nudibranch, Cabbage Patch Sea Slug, Cabbage Sea Slug, Cabbage Snail, Crested Nembrotha, Cristate Neon Slug, Nembrotha Cristata Sea Slug, Nudibranch,.. more

Nembrotha Nudibranch spp. - Sea Slugs

Also known as Nembrotha guttata, Nudibranch. Found singly or in pairs, amongst rubble and sandy areas of coral and rocky reefs. Colours vary. They feed on ascidians. Length -.. more

Neon Damselfish - Damselfishes

Also known as Blue Damsel, Blue Damselfish, Blue-and-Gold Damselfish, Common Blue Damsel, Electric Blue Damselfish, Neon Damsel. Found in small to large schools, over soft bottoms amongst rubble,.. more

Neon Goby - Gobies

Also known as Blue Neon Goby, Bluestripe Neon Goby, Cleaner Goby, Neon Blue Goby, Northern Neon Goby. Found singly, or in pairs, on live coral heads and sponges,.. more

Neon Tetra - Characins---Characins-Tetras

Also known as Neonfish, Tetra. Found in schools, over blackwater or clearwater areas, of channels and tributaries, of rivers and forest streams They feed on crustaceans, small insects, plant.. more

Neptune's Lace - Moss Animals

Also known as Bryozoan, Lace Mat, Sea Mat. Found attached to overhangs, walls, and sometimes clinging to other invertebrates, over coral and rocky reefs. They feed on plankton. Length -.. more

Neptune's Lace - Moss Animals

Also known as Bryozoa, Lace Mat, Sea Mat. Found attached to overhangs, walls, and sometimes clinging to other invertebrates, over coral and rocky reefs. They feed on plankton. Length -.. more

Nervous Shark - Sharks---Ground-Requim Sharks

Also known as Nervous Whaler, Sharks Bay Whaler Shark, Whaler Shark. Found over inshore sandy bottoms, estuaries, and mangrove lined coastlines, in shallow waters, of the continental and.. more

Nesogallica Sweeper - Oceanic Basses---Sweepers

Also known as Bullseye, Hatchet Fish, Vanikoro Sweeper. Found in schools, during the day in caves, under ledges and in shipwrecks, dispersing at night to hunt for food.. more

Net Fire Coral - Hydroids

Also known as Fire Coral, Fire Hydroid, Lace Coral, Octocoral. Found growing in fan shaped colonies, over exposed portions of upper reef slopes, growing transverse to the prevailing.. more

Network Pipefish - Pipefishes-Seahorses

Also known as Banded Pipefish, Reticulate Pipefish, Reticulated Pipefish, Yellow-banded Pipefish. Found singly, pairs, or in schools, over living corals and rocks, close to shorelines of lagoons and.. more

New Guinea Wrasse - Wrasses

Also known as Blackback Wrasse, Black-backed Wrasse, Black-banded Wrasse, China Wrasse, New Guinea Chiseltooth Wrasse, New Guinea Tamarin, Pearl Anampses, Sandreef Wrasse. Found in harems, over shallow, rubble.. more

New Guinea Wrasse (Juvenile) - Wrasses

Also known as Blackback Wrasse, Black-backed Wrasse, Black-banded Wrasse, China Wrasse, New Guinea Chiseltooth Wrasse, New Guinea Tamarin, Pearl Anampses, Sandreef Wrasse. Found in harems, over shallow rubble.. more

Night Sergeant - Damselfishes

Also known as Dovetail, Pilotfish, Rock Sergeant, Sergeant, Sergeant Major. Found under rocky ledges, in tide-pools, over very shallow, wave swept areas, of rocky, inshore reefs. Very shy. They.. more

Night Sergeant (Juvenile) - Damselfishes

Also known as Dovetail, Pilotfish, Rock Sergeant, Sergeant, Sergeant Major. Found under rocky ledges, in tide-pools, over very shallow, wave swept areas, of rocky, inshore reefs. Very shy. They.. more

Nile Tilapia - Cichlids

Also known as African Cichlid, Edward Tilapia, Mango Fish, Mozambique Tilapia, Petite Lapia, Tilapia. Found in schools, over sewage canals, freshwater irrigation channels, lakes and rivers. They feed on.. more

Nimble Spray Crab - Crabs

Also known as Alien Crab, Grapsid Crab, Sally Lightfoot, Sally Lightfoot Crab, Sea Urchin Crab, Shore Crab, Short Crab, True Crab, Urchin Crab. Found singly or in consortiums,.. more

Nineline Goby - Gobies

Also known as Gudgeon, Nine-lined Goby, Reef Goby. Found singly, close to coral formations, over shallow clear water reefs. They are often in a symbiotic relationship with the.. more

Ningaloo Maskray - Rays---Stingrays

Also known as Brown Stingray, Ningaloo Ray, Plain Maskray. Found singly, over very shallow, sandy areas, sometimes buried in the sand, over coral and rocky reefs. They feed.. more

Nkhomo-benga Peacock - Cichlids

Also known as African Cichlid, Aulonocara Benga, Baensch's Peacock, Benga Peacock, Benga Sunshine Peacock, Blue Neon, Blue Neon Peacock, Dragon Blood Peacock, Dragon Blood Peacock Cichlid, Electric.. more

Noble Feather Star - Feather Stars

Also known as Crinoid Feather Star, Crinoid Feather Starfish, Feather Starfish, Golden Crinoid, Golden Noble Crinoid, Noble Bushy Feather Star, Sea Lily, Storked Sea Lily, Yellow Criniod,.. more

Nodose Clinging Crab - Crabs

Also known as Spider Crab, True Crab. Found over rocky areas, of coral and rocky coastal reefs. Length - ?cm Depth - 0-60m Widespread Western Atlantic, Caribbean Brachyura crabs are considered true.. more

Noline Scorpionfish - Scorpionfishes---Rockfishes

Also known as Deepwater Scorpionfish, Megalops Scorpionfish. Found over coral, and rubble bottoms, in very deep waters. Usually caught when trawling for other fish. They feed on crustaceans and.. more

North African Catfish - Catfishes---Airbreathing Catfishes

Also known as African Mud Catfish, African Mudfish, African Sharptooth Catfish, Barbel, Barbel Catfish, Common Catfish, Mudfish, Sharptooth Catfish, Sharp-toothed Catfish, Walking Catfish. Found in shallow, muddy, swampy.. more

North African catfish - Catfishes---Airbreathing Catfishes

Also known as African Mud Catfish, African Mudfish, African Sharptooth Catfish, Barbel Catfish, Common Catfish, Sharptooth Catfish, Sharp-toothed Catfish, Walking Catfish. Found in shallow, muddy, swampy areas, of.. more

Northern Kingfish - Drums-Croakers

Also known as King Whiting, Kingfish, Minkfish, Northern King Croaker, Northern King Whiting, Northern Whiting, Roundhead, Sea Mullet, Whiting. Found in schools, over mud and sandy bottoms, in.. more

Northern Mud Gudgeon - Gobies---Marine Gudgeons

Also known as Flathead Sleeper, Gudgeon, Mud Cod, Sleeper Goby, Spangled Gudgeon, Spangled Sleeper. Found over mud bottoms, of freshwater creeks, as well as brackish estuaries, mangroves,.. more

Northern Pike - Pikes-Mudminnows

Also known as American Pike, Common Pike, Great Lakes Pike, Great Northern Pike, Great Northern Pickerel, Jack, Jackfish, Pickerel, Snake, Wolf. Found singly, usually in shallow clearwater basins,.. more

Northern Puffer - Puffers-Filefishes---Puffers

Also known as Blowfish, Chicken-of-the-Sea, Green-eye, Northern Pufferfish, Pufferfish, Swellfish, Swelling Toad, Swelltoad, Toadfish. Found over rubble, sand, and seagrass beds, hiding, by burying in the sand when.. more

Northern Red Snapper - Snappers

Also known as Bream, Caribbean Red Snapper, Mexican Red Snapper, Mutton Snapper, Pensacola Red Snapper, Red Snapper. Found over rocky bottoms, in off-shore, deep reefs. They feed on cephalopods,.. more

Northern Searobin - Scorpionfishes---Searobins

Also known as Carolina Searobin, Common Searobin, Grunt Fish, Gurnard, Flying Gurnard, Mother-in-law Fish, North American Searobin, Northern Gurnard, Sea Goblin, Web-fingered Gurnard. Found singly, sometimes buried in.. more

Northern Snakehead - Gouramies---Snakeheads

Also known as Amur Snakehead, Snakehead Fish. Found lying on the bottom of rivers morning and evening, where they can ambush their prey. Air breathing fish that can.. more

Northern Stargazer - Sand Dwellers---Stargazers

Also known as Popeye Fish, Pop-eyed Fish, Tube-nosed Stargazer. Found singly, buried in gravel, mud, and sandy areas, with just the eyes and mouth showing, waiting for their.. more

Northern Toadfish - Toadfishes

Also known as Australian Frogfish, Banded Frogfish, Banded Toadfish, Barbells, Bastard Stonefish, Devilfish, Frogfish, Northern Frogfish, Stonefish. Found singly, in caves and crevices, over sheltered muddy waters,.. more

Northern Whitefin Gudgeon - Carps---Gudgeons

Also known as Whitefin Gudgeon, White-finned Gudgeon. Found over sandy bottoms, of moderately flowing, lowland rivers. They feed nocturnally, on insect larvae and larger benthic invertebrates. Length - 11.5cm Depth -.. more

Northern Wobbegong - Sharks---Carpet-Nurse Sharks

Also known as Benthic Shark, Cobbler Carpet Shark, North Australian Wobbegong, Northern Carpet Shark, Wards Wobbegong. Found singly or in shivers, during the day over shallow intertidal areas,.. more

Northern Yellow-spotted Chromis - Damselfishes

Also known as Japanese Chromis, Japanese Damselfish. Found singly, in pairs, or small schools, around caves and walls, over sandy areas with rocky outcrops, on outer reef.. more

Nosestripe Sandperch - Sand Dwellers---Sandperches

Also known as Grubfish, Noseline Grubfish, Noseline Sandperch, Nosestripe Grubfish, Sandsmelt, Weever, Weeverfish, Y-barred Grubfish, Y-barred Sandperch. Found singly or in small schools, resting on rubble and sandy.. more

Nosey Coral - Stony Corals

Also known as Branching Coral, Branching Staghorn Coral, Bushy Finger Coral, Finger Staghorn Coral, Nasuta Coral, Polyp Bushy Coral, Small Polyp Stone Coral. Found in shallow waters over.. more

Notch-headed Marblefish - Basses---Marblefishes

Also known as Marblehead, Notchhead Marblefish, Sea Carp. Found over kelp beds, and rocky areas, of coastal reefs. They feed on seaweed. Length - 45cm Depth - 6-20m Southwest Pacific.. more

Nudibranch Yonowae - Sea Slugs

Also known as Nudibranch. Found singly or in pairs, amongst rubble and sandy areas, of coral and rocky reefs. Colours vary. They feed on colonial ascidians. Length - 9cm Depth.. more

Nurse Shark - Sharks---Carpet-Nurse Sharks

Also known as Cat Shark, Dogfish, Sand Shark. Found singly or in small shivers, during the day resting on shallow sand flats and in channels, out at night.. more

Nursehound - Sharks---Ground-Cat Sharks

Also known as Bull Huss, Dogfish, Flake, Flake Catfish, Gato's, Great-spotted Dogfish, Greater-spotted Dogfish, Large-spotted Dogfish, Poladot Catshark. Found singly, over coral and rough rocky bottoms, inshore, and.. more

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