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Wandering Sea Anemone - Sea Anemones

Also known as Hexacorals, Swimming Anemone, Free-swimming Anemone, Baked Bean Anemone, Beach Ball Anemone, Brain Anemone, Bulb Anemone and Grape Anemone. Found during the days in a bundle.. more

Waratah Anemone - Sea Anemones

Also known as Hexacorals, Red Waratah Anemone, Red Beadlet Anemone, Cherry Anemone and Kotore Anemone. Found in shallow waters of coral and rocky reefs in cracks and crevases.. more

Ward's Nudibranch - Sea Slugs

Also known as Iridescent Nudibranch. Found singly or in pairs on coral and rocky reefs amongst sand and rubble areas. They feed on hydroids. Length - 3.5cm Depth - 0-15m Widespread Indo-West.. more

Warmouth - Sunfishes

Also known as Molly, Redeye, Google-eye, Red-eyed Bream, Stump Knocker, Strawberry Perch, Warmouth Bass, Warmouth Sunfish. Found over muddy areas of freshwater vegetated lakes, ponds, swamps and.. more

Warrior Coral - Stony Corals

Also known as Anemone Coral, Daisy Coral, Flower Corals, Flower Pot Coral. Found on coral and rocky reefs. A very aggressive coral that will attack any coral within reach. They.. more

Warty Bobtail Squid - Squids

Also known as Bobtail Squids, Pygmy Squids, Rossie Squid. Found buried in the sand or muck bottoms with just the eyes showing in bays, fiords and the ocean.. more

Warty Comb Jelly - Comb Jellies

Also known as American Comb Jelly, Comb Jellyfish, Common Comb Jelly, Leidy's Comb Jelly, Sea Jellies, Sea Walnut, Spot Winged Comb Jelly. Found in marine and brackish waters.. more

Warty Crab - Crabs

Also known as Shore Crab,Yellow Crab, Yellow Round Crab, Yellow Shore Crab. Found in shallow waters over rocky coastlines. They feed on bivalves, hermit crabs, sea slugs and.. more

Warty Frogfish - Anglerfishes---Frogfishes

Also known as Clown Anglerfish, Clown Frogfish, Galloping Clown Frogfish, Large-spotted Angler, Wartface Anglerfish, Wartface Frogfish, Wartskin Anglerfish, Wartskin Frogfish, Warty Anglerfish. Found singly, pairs or in trios,.. more

Warty Frogfish (Juvenile) - Anglerfishes---Frogfishes

Also known as Clown Anglerfish, Clown Frogfish, Galloping Clown Frogfish, Large-spotted Angler, Wartface Anglerfish, Wartface Frogfish, Wartskin Anglerfish, Wartskin Frogfish, Warty Anglerfish. Found singly, pairs or in trios,.. more

Warty Swimming Crab - Crabs

Also known as Crustaceans, Brachyura Crabs, True Crabs and Red Swimming Crab. Found on coral and rocky reefs. They feed on plankton. Length - 1.6cm Depth - ?m Widespread Indo West Pacific Brachyura.. more

Wassinki Cardinalfish - Cardinalfishes

Also know as Kupang Cardinal. Found singly, pairs or small schools sheltering in silty waters close to rocky areas during the day dispersing at night to feed over.. more

Waved Whelk (eggs) - Whelks

Also known as Bocina, Buccine, Common Northern Buccinum, Common Northern Welk, Common Whelk, Edible Whelk, European Waved Whelk, European Whelk, Northern Whelk, Waved Buccine. Found on hard,.. more

Wavy-edged Spindle - Sea Snails

Also known as Horse Conchs, Knobby Shoulders Shell, Legrand's Spindle, Legrand's Wavy Spindle, Legrand's Wavy Spindle Shell, Spindle Shells, Spindle Snails, Tulip Shells, Wavyedge Shell, Wavy Spindle,.. more

Wavy-lined Blenny - Blennies---Combtooth Blennies

Also known as Coral Blennies, Reef Blennies, Rock Blennies, Rockskippers, Wavyline Rockskipper. Found over very shallow exposed shorelines and surge zones of shallow reef flats, reef margins and.. more

Web Burrfish - Puffers-Filefish---Porcupinefishes-Burrfishes

Also called Balloonfish, Blowfish, Bridled Burrfish, Burrfish, Globefish, Hedgehog Fishes, Pacific Burrfish, Spiny Box Puffer, Spiny Boxfish, Striped Burrfish, Swell-toads, Webbed Burrfish. Found singly over rubble and seagrass.. more

Weber's Chromis - Damselfishes

Also known as Darkbar Chromis, Darker Chromis, Puller, Weber's Puller. Found singly or in small to large schools over passages and steep outer reef slopes of fringing reefs. They.. more

Weber's Pleurobanch - Sea Slugs---Sidegill Slugs

Also known as Nudibranchs, Pleurobranch Sea Slug, Side-gilled Sea Slug, Weber's Side-gilled Slug. Found singly or in pairs in shallow waters over reef crests, pools, and seagrass beds.. more

Wedge Sea Hare - Sea Slug---Sea Hares

Also known as Nudibranchs, Sea Hares, Aplesid Slug, Dolabella Sea Hare, Eared Sea Hare, Gant Warty Sea Hare, Giant Sea Hare, Blunt-end Sea Hare, Bali Monster and.. more

Wedgetail Filefish - Puffers-Filefish---Filefishes

Also known as Leatherjackets. Found singly in weed or seagrass beds on reef flats and in lagoons. They feed on invertebrates and algae. Length - 8.7cm Depth - ?m Widespread Western Indian.. more

Wedgetail Triggerfish - Triggerfishes

Also known as Wedge-tailed Triggerfish, Wedge Triggerfish, Reef Triggerfish, Rectangular Triggerfish, Rectangle Triggerfish, Patchy Triggerfish, Diamond Triggerfish and Picasso Triggerfish. Found singly or in small groups in surge.. more

Weedy Cardinalfish - Cardinalfishes

Also known as Fo Cardinalfish, Samoan Cardinalfish, Samoan Fo. Found singly or in small schools sheltered during the day around algae covered rocks over silty mud and sand.. more

Weedy Scorpionfish - Scorpionfishes-Flatheads---Scorpionfishes-Rockfishes

Also known as Goose Rhinopias, Goose Scorpionfish, Pop-eyed Scorpionfish, Weedy Firefish, Weedy Goblinfish, Weedy Rockfish, Weedy Scorpion, Weedy Stingfish. Found singly blending in with corals rocks and weeds.. more

Weedy Seadragon - Pipefishes-Seahorses

Also known as Common Seadragon, Lucas Sea Dragon, Sea Dragons. Found singly or in pairs anchored with their tails over corals and seaweeds also sometimes offshore attached to.. more

Weedy Surge Wrasse - Wrasses

Also known as Pearl-spotted Wrasse, Pearly Wrasse, Pinkbelly Wrasse, Rainbowfishes, Reef-flat Wrasse, Saddled Rainbowfish, Sand-reef Wrasses. Found singly or in small schools over shallow exposed weedy areas of.. more

Weedy Surge Wrasse (Juvenile) - Wrasses

Also known as Pearl-spotted Wrasse, Pearly Wrasse, Pinkbelly Wrasse, Rainbowfishes, Reef-flat Wrasse, Saddled Rainbowfish, Sand-reef Wrasses. Found singly or in small schools over shallow exposed weedy areas of.. more

Wels Catfish - Catfishes---Sheatfishes

Also known as Danube Catfish, European Catfish, European Sheatfish, Som Catfish, Wels. Found singly or in small schools over well vegetated backwaters of lakes and rivers, a nocturnal.. more

West Australian Butterflyfish - Butterflyfishes

Also known as Coralfishes, Assarius Butterflyfish, Western Australian Butterflyfish, Western Butterflyfish. Found singly or in groups on sandy, weedy areas of coastal reef flats.. They feed on algae and.. more

West Indian Murex - Sea Snails

Also known as Leafy Murex, Murex Shells, Leafy Murex, Shortfrond Murex. Found on mud flats and oyster flats over protected bays and lagoons. They feed on other molluscs especially.. more

West Wind Hypselodoris - Sea Slugs

Also known as Nudibranchs. Found singly or in pairs amongst rubble and sandy areas of coral and rocky reefs. They feed on sponges. Length - 6cm Depth - 12-20m Widespread Indo-West Pacific Opisthobranchia.. more

Western Atlantic Seabream - Porgies

Also known as Sea Breams, Caribbean Sea Bream, Brim and Tropical Sheephead. Found over mud, sand and grass bottoms of coral reefs and mangrove areas. Juveniles found in seagrass.. more

Western Australian Nudibranch - Sea Slugs

Also known as Dorid Nudibranch, Nudibranchs, West Australian Nudibranch. Found singly or in pairs over rubble and sand substrates in shallow waters of partially exposed reefs. They feed on.. more

Western Drummer - Sea Chubs

Also known as Drummers, Rudderfishes, Common Buffalo Bream, Cornel's Drummer, Silver Drummer, Western Buffalo Bream. Found in small to large schools in shallow waters of inshore and offshore.. more

Western Frogfish - Toadfishes

Also known as Barbells, Frogfishes. Found singly on mud and sand bottoms over offshore trawling grounds. They feed on small fish and invertebrates. Variable in colour to match their surroundings. Length.. more

Western Gregory - Damselfishes

Also known as Farmer Damsel. Found singly or in loose schools over dead reef and rock in shallow, silty, surge areas of lagoons reefs and shorelines. They feed.. more

Western King Wrasse - Wrasses

Also known as Sand Wrasses, Rainbow Wrasses, King Wrasse, King Coris and Blushing Wrasse. Found singly around coral and rock areas of shallow reefs. They feed on hard shell.. more

Western King Wrasse (Juvenile) - Wrasses

Also known as Sand Wrasses, Rainbow Wrasses, King Wrasse, King Coris and Blushing Wrasse. Found singly around coral and rock areas of shallow reefs. They feed on hard shell.. more

Western Whiptail - Threadfin Breams-Whiptail Breams

Also known as Blackstripe Butterfish, Butterfish, Coral Bream, Spinecheek, Striped Whiptail, Threadfin Bream, Western Australian Butterfish, Western Butterfish, Western Threadfin Bream, Whiptail. Found in schools over seagrass.. more

Western-striped Cardinalfish - Cardinalfishes

Also known as Black-axillary Soldierfish, Red-striped Cardinalfish, Victorian Cardinalfish. Found singly or in small groups in clear water shallow protected bays, lagoons and offshore reefs usually sheltering during.. more

Whale Shark - Sharks---Whale Sharks

Also known as Basking Shark, Carpet Sharks, Tofu Shark, Typus Shark. Found singly or in groups cruising around coral atolls, lagoons, and off-shore often with schools of pelagic.. more

Whip Coral Shrimp - Shrimps

Also known as Carid Shrimps, Commensal Shrimps, Sea Whip Coral Shrimp, Whip Coral Partner Shrimp, Whip Shrimp, Wire Coral Shrimp. Found only on Black Coral - Cirripathes. They feed.. more

Whipfin Silverbiddy - Mojarras

Also known as Filamentous Mojarra, Flagfin Mojarra, Long-rayed Mojarra, Long-rayed Silverbiddy, Pursemouths, Silverbellies, Silverbiddies, Threadfin Pursemouth, Threadfin Silverbelly, Threadfin Silverbiddy, Whipfin Mojarra, Whipfin Silverbelly, Whiptail Silverbiddy. Found singly.. more

Whiptail Stingray - Rays---Stingrays

Also known as Diamond Stingray, Whiptail Diamond Stingray and Hawaiian Stingray. Found in bays, close to reefs over sand and mud bottoms as well as seagrass and kelp.. more

White Acabaria - Sea Fans

Also known as Fan Coral, Gorgonian Sea Fans, Sea Fan, White Gorgonian Sea Fan. Found on coral and rocky reef, growing like a bramble bush with unique branches.. more

White Catfish - Catfishes---North American Freshwater Catfishes

Also known as Blue Catfish, Bullheads, Channel Catfish, Madtoms, North American Catfish, White Bullhead. Found in sluggish waters over mud bottoms of open channels, lakes, pools and backwaters.. more

White Cichlid - Cichlids

Also known as Silver Cichlid. Found over the Atlantic slope in the slow moving waters of pools, river and tributaries of the Usumacinta river basin. They feed on.. more

White Cloud Mountain Minnow - Carps---Minnows-Carps

Also known as Canton Danio, Chinese Danio, Feeder White Clouds, Golden White Cloud, White Cloud, White Cloud Minnow, White Cloud Mountain Fish. Found in schools in clean sluggish.. more

White Collar Butterflyfish - Butterflyfishes

Also known as Brown Butterflyfish, Collare Butterflyfish, Collared Butterflyfish, Coralfishes, Headband Butterflyfish, Pakistani Butterfly, Pakistani Butterflyfish, Redtail Butterflyfish, Red-tailed Butterfly, Red-tailed Butterflyfish, White Collared Butterflyfish. Found in pairs.. more

White Crappie - Sunfishes

Also known as Calico Bass, Speckled Perch. Found in murky waters over mud and sand bottoms of backwater creeks, lakes, ponds, pools and large rivers. They feed on.. more

White Damsel - Damselfishes

Also known as Bombin, Fourspot Demoiselle, Two-barred Puller, White Damselfish, White Demoiselle. Found singly or in pairs over small patch reefs of shallow lagoons rich in algae.. more

White Grunt - Grunts

Also known as Boar grunt, Common Grunt, Dogfish, Grey Grunt, Pug-headed Grunt, Redmouth Grunt, Sweetlips, White Snapper. Found in dense large schools close to coral formations during the.. more

White Grunt (Juvenile) - Grunts

Also known as Boar grunt, Common Grunt, Dogfish, Grey Grunt, Pug-headed Grunt, Redmouth Grunt, Sweetlips, White Snapper. Found in dense large schools close to coral formations during the.. more

White Margate - Grunts

Also known as Dogfish, Grey Grunt, Margaret Fish, Margaret Grunt, Margate, Margate Fish, Margot, Sweetlips, White Grunt, White Pogret, Yellow Grunt. Found in pairs and large schools close.. more

White Perch - Temperate Basses

Also known as Bars, Blue-nose Perch, Grey Perch, Sea Perch and Silver Perch. Found in schools over mud bottoms of fresh, brackish and coastal waters in quite.. more

White Ribbon Eel - Eels-Morays---Moray Eels

Also known as Brummer's Moray, White Ribbon Moray, White Ribbon Moral Eel. Found singly in reef crevices or buried in rubble or sand with just the head showing,.. more

White Sea Urchin - Sea Urchins

Also known as Pin-cushion Urchin, Pincushion Hairy Urchin, Hairy Sea Urchin, Short Spine Sea Urchin, Sea Egg and West Indian Sea Egg. Found singly or in groups on.. more

White Seabream - Porgies

Also known as Seabreams, White Seabream, Blacktail and Sargo. Found singly or in small shoals over sand and rocky areas of intertidal surf zones and mouths of estuaries.. more

White Seabream (Juvenile) - Porgies

Also known as Seabreams, White Seabream, Blacktail and Sargo. Found singly or in small shoals over sandy and rocky areas of intertidal surf zones and mouths of estuaries.. more

White Speckled Hermit - Crabs---Hermit Crabs

Also known as Left-handed Hermit Crabs, White Speckled Hermit Crab. Found both day and night on rubble and sand areas coral and rocky reefs. They feed on fish, invertebrates.. more

White Tangled Bryozoan - Moss Animals

Also known as Bryozoans, Sea Mats. Found on coral and rocky reefs attached to overhangs, walls and sometimes clinging to other invertebrates. They feed on plankton. Length - 15cm Depth -.. more

White-banded Pygmy Wrasse (Juvenile) - Wrasses

Also known as Cave Wrasses, Diagonal-line Wrasse, Doubleline Wrasse, Double-lined Wrasse, Possum Wrasses, Starry Eye Possum Wrasse, White-banded Possum Wrasse, White-banded Sharpnose Wrasse, White-barred Pygmy Wrasse. Found.. more

White-barred Boxfish - Puffers-Filefishes---Deepwater Boxfishes

Also known as Australian Flame Boxfish, Cowfishes, Flame Boxfish, High-backed Boxfish, Humpback Boxfish, Humpty Dumpty, Red Boxfish, Smooth Boxfish, Temperate Boxfishes, Trunkfishes. Found around jetty pylons, over off-shore.. more

White-barred Rubberlip - Grunts

Also known as Sweetlips, Whitebar Rubberlip, White-barred Sweetlip. Found singly or in pairs close to shelter during the day, out hunting for food at night over coral and.. more

White-blotched Grouper - Sea Basses-Groupers-Fairy Basslets

Also known as Areolate Grouper, Brown Rock Cod, Rankin Cod, Rankin's Rock Cod, Rockcods, White-blotched Rock Cod, White-spotted Rock Cod. Found singly or in schools over murky shallow.. more

White-edged Lyretail - Sea Basses-Groupers-Fairy Basslets

Also known as Cods, Coronation Trout, Hinds, Lunar-tailed Grouper, Lyretail Cod, Lyretail Grouper, Lyretail Trout, Moontail Sea Bass, Painted Coral Trout, Rockcods, Trouts, White-edge Coronation Trout,.. more

White-eyed Moray - Eels-Morays---Moray Eels

Also known as Freckled Moray, Freckled Moral Eel, Freckled Reef Eel, Greyface Moray, Greyface Moray Eel, Ribbon Eel, Slender Moray, White-eye Moray, White-eye Moray Eel, White-eyed.. more

White-lined Grouper - Sea Basses-Groupers-Fairy Basslets

Also known as Cods, Hinds, Rockcods, Slender Grouper, Slender Rockcod, Trouts, Whiteline Grouper, Whiteline Rockcod, White-lined Cod, White-lined Rockcod, Whiteline Grouper, Whiteline Rockcod. Found singly over clear water.. more

White-lined Grouper (Juvenile) - Sea Basses-Groupers-Fairy Basslets

Also known as Cods, Hinds, Rockcods, Slender Grouper, Slender Rockcod, Trouts, Whiteline Grouper, Whiteline Rockcod, White-lined Cod, White-lined Rockcod, Whiteline Grouper, Whiteline Rockcod. Found singly over clear water.. more

White-lipped Castor Bean - Sea Snails

Also known as Murex Shells, Prickly Pacific Drupe, Prickly Spotted Drupe, Rock Snails, Spotted Drupe, Spotted Drupe, White Lipped Drupe. Found over reef flats and on rocks over.. more

White-margined Moray - Eels-Morays---Moray Eels

Also known as Moray Eels, Whitemargin Moray, White-edged Moray and White-fringed Moray Eel. Found singly in clear coastal waters on coral and rocky reefs, hiding in crevasses and.. more

White-rumped Sea Cucumber - Sea Cucumbers

Also known as Blotchy Sea Cucumber, Stonefish Sea Cucumber, Tripang, White-bottomed Sea Cucumber, White Patch Sea Cucumber. Found singly under large coral and rubble during the day on.. more

White-shouldered Whiptail - Threadfin Breams-Whiptail Breams

Also known as Coral Bream, Spinecheek, Threadtail Bream, Whiptail, White-ear Whiptail, White-shoulder Whiptail. Found singly or in schools over shallow silty coastal coral reefs. They feed on crustaceans,.. more

White-spotted Bambooshark - Carpet Sharks---Bamboo Sharks

Also known as Blue-spotted Bambooshark, Brown-banded Bambooshark, Cat Sharks, Marbled Bambooshark, Marbled Bamboo Catshark, Slender Bambooshark, White-spotted Catshark. Found singly or in groups over inshore coral and rocky.. more

White-spotted Filefish - Puffers-Filefish---Filefishes

Also known as American White-spotted Filefish, Leatherjackets, Orange Filefish, White-spotted Leatherjacket. Found in pairs amongst gorgonians over rocky bottoms of coral reefs. They feed on algae, gorgonians hydroids and.. more

White-spotted Puffer - Puffers-Filefishes---Puffers

Also know as Broad-barred Toadfish, Pufferfish, Stars-and-Stripes Puffer, Stars-and-Stripes Pufferfish, Stars-and-Stripes Toadfish, Stripebelly Puffer, White-spotted Blowfish, White-spotted Pufferfish, White-spotted Blowfish. Found singly protecting their territories over mixed.. more

White-spotted Puffer(Juvenile) - Puffers-Filefishes---Puffers

Also know as Broad-barred Toadfish, Pufferfish, Stars-and-Stripes Puffer, Stars-and-Stripes Pufferfish, Stars-and-Stripes Toadfish, Stripebelly Puffer, White-spotted Blowfish, White-spotted Pufferfish, White-spotted Blowfish. Found singly protecting their territories over mixed.. more

White-spotted Rabbitfish - Rabbitfishes

Also known as Net-pattern Spinefoot, Pearly Spinefoot, Pearl-spotted Spinefoot, Seagrass Rabbitfish, Slimy Spinefoot, Smudgepot Spinefoot, Spinefoots, Spotted Spinefoot, Streaked Spinefoot, White-spotted Spinefoot. Found singly or in schools in.. more

White-spotted Surgeonfish - Surgeonfishes-Tangs-Unicornfishes

Also known as Doctorfishes, Lancetfishes, Tangs, Thorntails, Thorntail Fish, White-spotted Surgeon, Spotted Surgeonfish, Spotband Surgeonfish, Mustard Surgeonfish, Spotted Tang, Mustard Tang and Mustard Guttatus Tang. Found.. more

White-spotted Toadfish - Toadfishes

Also known as Frogfishes, Barbells and Starry Toadfish. Found singly in coastal, coral bays and lagoons, amongst seagrass beds, sand and rubble areas, often found peering out from.. more

White-stinging Sea Fern - Hydroids

Also known as Christmas Tree Hydroid, Feather Hydroid, Fire Hydroid, Fireweed, Philippine Hydroid, Sea Ferns, Stinging Bush Hydroid, Stinging Hydroid, White Hydroid, White Stinger. Found in colonies over.. more

White-streaked Grubfish - Sandperches

Also known as Whitestreak Grubfish. Found singly or in small groups close to reefs in rocky areas of estuaries. Sometimes look as if they are standing on their fins. They.. more

White's Hypselodoris - Sea Slugs

Also known as Dorid Nudibranchs, Nudibranchs. Found singly or in pairs over rubble and sandy areas of coral and rocky reefs. They feed on sponges. Length - 4cm Depth - 2-30m Widespread.. more

Whiteband Damsel - Damselfishes

Also known as Bellyband Damselfish, Farmer Damsel, Sash Damsel, Singlebar Devil, Whiteband Damselfish, White-banded Damsel, Whitebar Damselfish, White-ringed Damselfish. Found singly or in loose schools over shallow.. more

Whiteband Damsel (Juvenile) - Damselfishes

Also known as Bellyband Damselfish, Farmer Damsel, Sash Damsel, Singlebar Devil, Whiteband Damselfish, White-banded Damsel, Whitebar Damselfish, White-ringed Damselfish. Found singly or in loose schools over shallow.. more

Whitebar Filefish (Juvenile) - Puffers-Filefish---Filefishes

Also known as Hair-finned Leatherjacket, Leatherjackets, Pig-faced Filefish, Pig-faced Leatherjacket, Whitebar Leatherjacket, White-blotched Filefish. Found singly or in small schools over mad and sand bottoms of coral and.. more

Whitebar Gregory - Damselfishes

Also known as Farmer Damsel, White-banded Gregory. Found singly or in loose schools over live corals, rock and rubble areas in both semi-sheltered and high energy zones of.. more

Whitebar Surgeonfish - Surgeonfishes-Tangs-Unicornfishes

Also known as Doctorfishes, Lancetfishes, Tangs, Whitebar, Whiteband Surgeonfish, White-throated Surgeonfish, Headband Surgeonfish and Whitebar Tang. Found in schools in shallow waters of lagoons and seaward reefs.. more

Whitebelly Damsel - Damselfishes

Also known as Gold-scaled Damselfish, Golden-scaled Damselfish, Sergeants, Whitebelly Damselfish, Whitebelly Devil, White-breasted Sergeant, White-breasted Sergeant-Major, Yellowbelly Damselfish, Yellowbelly Devil. Found singly or in small schools.. more

Whitebelly Damsel (juvenile) - Damselfishes

Also known as Gold-scaled Damselfish, Golden-scaled Damselfish, Sergeants, Whitebelly Damselfish, Whitebelly Devil, White-breasted Sergeant, White-breasted Sergeant-Major, Yellowbelly Damselfish, Yellowbelly Devil. Found singly or in small schools over.. more

Whitebelly Toby - Puffers-Filefishes---Puffers

Also known as Bennett's Puffer, Bennett's Pufferfish, Bennett's Sharpnose Puffer, Bennett's Sharpnose Pufferfish, Bennett's Toby, Brownback Toby, Exquisite Toby, Roseband Puffer, Roseband Pufferfish, Roseband Sharpnose Puffer, Roseband.. more

Whitecap Shrimpgoby - Gobies

Also known as Dancer Shrimpgoby, Graceful Prawngoby, Graceful Shrimpgoby, Gudgeons, Prawn Gobies, Shrimp Gobies, Whitecap Goby, White-capped Goby and White-capped Prawngoby. Found singly or in pairs waving their.. more

Whitecheek Monocle Bream - Threadfin Breams-Whiptail Breams

Also known as Coral Bream, Monocle Bream, Silverflash Spinecheek, Spinecheek, Vosmer's Spinecheek, Whiptail, Whiteband Monocle Bream, Whiteband Spinecheek, Whitecheek Bream, White-cheeked Monocle Bream, Whitecheek Spinecheek, Whitecheek Threadfin.. more

Whitecheek Surgeonfish - Surgeonfishes-Tangs-Unicornfishes

Also known as Doctorfishes, Lancetfishes, Thorntails, Thorntail Fish, Tangs, Whitecheek Tang, Powder Black Surgeonfish, Powder Black Tang, Black Surgeonfish, Black Tang, Powder Brown Surgeonfish, Powder Brown Tang,.. more

Whitefin Sharksucker - Remoras

Also known as Suckerfish, Short-disk Sharksucker and Whitefin Remora. Found from estuaries to the ocean. They feed on scraps of food from their hosts or parasites found on.. more

Whitemargin Stargazer - Stargazers

Also known as Marbled Stargazer, Pop-eye Fish, Pop-eyed Fish, Tube-nosed Stargazer. Found singly buried in the sand with just the mouth and eyes showing, wiggling its lure to.. more

Whitemargin Unicornfish - Surgeonfishes-Tangs-Unicornfishes

Also known as Banded Unicornfish, Bluefin Unicorn Tang, Bluefin Unicornfish, Doctorfishes, Lancetfishes, Longhorn Unicornfish, Nosefish, Ring-tailed Unicornfish, Thorntail Fish, Thorntails, Whitemargin Surgeonfish, Whitemargin Unicorn, Whitemargin Unicorn Tang,.. more

Whitemouth Croaker - Drums-Croakers

Also known as Whitemouth Drummer, White Croaker and Yellow Croaker. Found in schools over sand and mud bottoms of coastal waters and estuaries. They feed on fish, crabs, shrimps,.. more

Whitemouth Moray - Eels-Morays---Moray Eels

Also known as Guinea Moray Eel, Guineafowl Moray, Guineafowl Moray Eel, Painted Moray, Spotted Eel, Spotted Moray, Turkey Moray, White-spotted Moray. Found singly or in pairs hiding in.. more

Whitepatch Razorfish - Wrasses

Also known as Pale Razorfish, Sand Wrasses, Whiteblotch Razorfish, Whiteblotch Razor Wrasse, Whiteside Razorfish, Yellowblotch Razorfish. Found singly or in harems over open clean mud and sandy areas.. more

Whitepatch Razorfish (Juvenile) - Wrasses

Also known as Pale Razorfish, Sand Wrasses, Whiteblotch Razorfish, Whiteblotch Razor Wrasse, Whiteside Razorfish, Yellowblotch Razorfish. Found singly or in harems over open clean mud and sandy areas.. more

Whitespot Damsel - Damselfishes

Also known as Lagoon Damsel, Palest Damsel, Palespot Damselfish, Whitepatch Damsel. Found singly or in pairs in shallow silty waters, close to coral outcrops and seagrass beds of.. more

Whitespotted beniteguri - Dragonets

Also known as Belcher's Dragonet, Black Caudal Dragonet, Kitefin Dragonet, Searlet Dragonet, Simple-spined Dragonet. Found singly or in pairs sometimes buried during the day, but will raise fins.. more

Whitespotted Grouper - Sea Basses-Groupers-Fairy Basslets

Also known as Cods, Hinds, Ocellated Rockcod, Rockcods, Small-spotted Cod, Small-spotted Grouper, Small-spotted Rockcod, Trouts, Whitespotted Black Cod, White-spotted Black Grouper, White-spotted Black Rockcod, White-spotted Cod, White-spotted.. more

Whitespotted Sea Cucumber - Sea Cucumbers

Also known as Hawaiian Sea Cucumber and Tripang. Found singly over living corals and surrounding rubble areas. They feed on plankton. Length - 30cm Depth - 0-25m Widespread Indo-Pacific Some sea cucumbers crawl.. more

Whitestreak Monocle Bream - Threadfin Breams-Whiptail Breams

Also known as Ciliate Spinecheek, Coral Bream, Monocle Bream, Sawjaw Monocle Bream, Sawjaw Spinecheek, Saw-jawed Monocle Bream, Saw-jawed Monocle Spinecheek, Silverline Spinecheek, Spinecheek, Whiptail, Whitestreak Spinecheek, White-striped.. more

Whitetail Stingray - Rays---Stingrays

Also known as Coachwhip Ray, Macleay's Coachwhip Ray, Mangrove Ray, Mangrove Stingray, Mangrove Whipray, Whitetail Whipray. Found singly over rubble and sand bottoms of lagoons coastal and deep.. more

Whitetail Damsel - Damselfishes

Also known as Whitetail Damselfish, White-tailed Damsel, White-tailed Damselfish, Whitetip Damsel, Yellow-tailed Damselfish. Found singly over shallow sandy areas around coral and rock outcrops of lagoons and inshore.. more

Whitetail Surgeonfish - Surgeonfishes-Tangs-Unicornfishes

Also known as Chocolate Surgeon, Chocolate Surgeonfish, Doctorfishes, Lancetfishes, Night Surgeonfish, Thompson's Surgeonfish, Thompson's Tang, Thorntails, Thorntail Fish, White-tailed Surgeonfish. Can change colour when disturbed. Found singly or in.. more

Whitetip Reef Shark - Sharks---Requim Sharks

Also known as Blunt-head Shark, Ground Sharks, Light-tip Shark, Whitetip Shark, White-tipped Reef Shark, Light-tip Shark. Found singly or in small groups resting on the bottom in.. more

Whitetip Reef Shark (Juvenile) - Sharks---Requim Sharks

Also known as Blunt-head Shark, Ground Sharks, Light-tip Shark, Whitetip Shark, White-tipped Reef Shark, Light-tip Shark. Found singly or in small groups resting on the bottom in.. more

Whitetip Soldierfish - Sawbellies---Squirrelfishes-Soldierfishes

Also known as Big-eye Soldier, Big-eye Soldierfish, Immaculate Soldier, Immaculate Soldierfish, Immaculate Squirrelfish, Red Soldierfish, Red-orange Squirrelfish, Whitetip Soldier, Whitetip Squirrelfish, White-tipped Soldier, White-tipped Soldierfish. Found in large.. more

Whiting - Cods---Cods-Haddocks

Also known as Black Sea Whiting, English Whiting, European Whiting, Pollock, True Cod, North Sea Whiting. Found in schools over gravel, mud, rock and sandy bottoms of coastal.. more

Whorl-spined Urchin - Sea Urchins

Also known as Crown Urchin, Crown Sea Urchin, Knobby Sputnik Sea Urchin, Land Mine Sea Urchin, Large-spined Urchin, Mine Urchin, Spiky Urchin, Spiny Urchin, Thorn-spined Sea Urchin,.. more

Wide-band Fusilier - Fusiliers

Also known as Broadstripe Fusilier, Widestripe Fusilier, Yellowstreak Fusilier. Found in schools feeding midwater over corals of coastal lagoon and seaward reefs. They feed on zooplankton. Varies in colour from.. more

Wide-barred Shrimpgoby - Gobies

Also known as Gudgeons, Metallic Partner Goby, Metallic Prawngoby, Metallic Shrimpgoby, Prawn Gobies, Shrimp Gobies. Found singly or in pairs sharing their burrow with an alpheid shrimp over.. more

Wide-eyed Flounder - Flatfishes---Lefteye Flounders

Also known as Left-eyed Flounders, Platefish, Solefish. Found singly over shallow muddy, sandy bottoms of the continental shelf. They feed on small benthic fish and invertebrates. Length - 45cm Depth -.. more

Willan's Chromodoris - Sea Slugs

Also known as Dorid Nudibranch, Nudibranchs, Toothpaste Nudibranch, Willan's Chromodoris. Found singly or in pairs on coral and rocky reefs amongst sand and rubble areas. They feed sponges. Rhinophores have.. more

Winged Pipefish - Pipefishes-Seahorses

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

Winged Seahorse - Pipefishes-Seahorses

Also known as Flying Seahorse. Found singly or in pairs anchored by their tails over muddy bottoms, algae and seaweed areas of the continental shelf. They feed by sucking.. more

Winter Skate - Skates-Rays---Skates

Also known as Big Skate, Eyed Skate, Winter Big Skate Found singly or in pairs over sand and gravel bottoms both in shallow and deep waters. They feed.. more

Wire Coral Crab - Crabs---Imitator Crabs

Also known as Black Coral Xeno Crab, Brachyura Crabs, Decorator Crab, Gorgonian Crab, Horned Spider Crab, Imitator Crabs, Soft Coral Crab, Spider Crabs, True Crabs, Whip Coral.. more

Wire Coral Goby - Gobies

Also known as Gudgeons, Reef Gobies, Seawhip Goby, Whip Coral Goby, Whip Goby, Yong's Coral Goby, Yonge's Wire Coral Goby. Found singly or in pairs living exclusively on.. more

Wire Coral Shrimp - Shrimps

Also known as Carid Shrimps, Commensal Shrimps. Found on stems of Wire Corals matching the colours to blend in. They feed on parasites, algae and plankton. Length - 1.5cm Depth.. more

Wirenet Filefish - Puffers-Filefish---Filefishes

Also known as Honeycomb Filefish, Honeycomb Leatherjacket, Leatherjackets, Wirenet Leatherjacket, Wire-netting Filefish, Wire-netting Leatherjacket. Found singly over outer reef slopes and under sargassum weed rafts during the wet.. more

Wolf Cardinalfish - Cardinalfishes

Also known as Arrowtooth Cardinal, Artus Cardinal, Artus Cardinalfish, Large-toothed Cardinalfish, Lined Cardinalfish, Wolf Cardinal. Found singly or in loose groups hovering inside caves and in the arms.. more

Wolf Cichlid - Cichlids

Also known as African Cichlid, Malawi Cichlid, Leopard Cichlid, Polystigma Cichlid. Found in small schools over sand and rocky areas with lots of vegetation. They feed on smaller fish.. more

Wolf-eel - Wolffishes

Also known as Doctorfish, Northern Wolffish, Ocellated Wolffish and Pacific Wolf-eel. Found singly or in pairs over subtitle areas of rocky reefs, sheltering in the same.. more

Wonderpus Octopus - Octopuses

Also known as Wunderpus. Found singly on sandy bottoms occupying burrows in deep sand over coral and rocky reefs They feed on crustaceans and fish. Length - 23cm Depth -.. more

Wreckfish - Wreckfishes

Also known as Atlantic Wreckfish, Bass, Bass Groper, European Wreckfish, Hapuka, Hapuka Cod, Longnose Hapuku, Moeone, Sea Rock Perch, Stone Bass, Wreck Bass. Found singly or in small.. more

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