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343 species sheets are available for research. These are listed in alphabetical order by scientific name.

NE

Grapsus albolineatus
grapsidae

3.5 cm

living in colonies

omnivorous

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fimbriated moray
Gymnothorax fimbriatus

90 cm

solitary

carnivorous

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LC

giant moray
Gymnothorax javanicus

230 cm

solitary

carnivorous

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LC

painted moray
Gymnothorax meleagris

80 cm

solitary

carnivorous

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LC

Halichoeres argus
Labridae

10 cm

gregarious

carnivorous

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LC

two-spotted wrasse
Halichoeres biocellatus

10 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

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LC

golden rainbow fish
Halichoeres chrysus

10 cm

living in a group or alone

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

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LC

checkerboard wrasse
Halichoeres hortulanus

20 cm

living in a group or alone

carnivorous

The checkerboard wrasse inhabits the slopes and sandy expanses of lagoons and coral reefs. Its diet primarily consists of prey with tough shells. It can be observed at depths of up to around 30 meters

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LC

yellow-tailed wrasse
Halichoeres melanurus

10 cm

living in a group or alone

carnivorous

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LC

clouded rainbow fish
Halichoeres nebulosus

8 cm

gregarious

carnivorous

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LC

Halichoeres trimaculatus
Labridae

20 cm

solitary

carnivorous

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VU

Heliofungia actiniformis
fungiidae

12 cm

solitary

planctophage

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LC

barred thicklip wrasse
Hemigymnus fasciatus

25 cm

living in a group or alone

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

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LC

blackedge thicklip wrasse
Hemigymnus melapterus

30 cm

living in a group or alone

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

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LC

brushytoothed butterflyfish
Hemitaurichthys polylepis

16 cm

living as a couple or alone

omnivorous

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LC

pennant coralfish
Heniochus acuminatus

15 cm

living as a couple or alone

carnivorous

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LC

threeband pennantfish
Heniochus chrysostomus

16 cm

living as a couple

carnivorous

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LC

unicorn pennant coralfish
Heniochus monoceros

15 cm

living as a couple or in a group

carnivorous

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LC

hunchbacked coralfish
Heniochus varius

15 cm

living in a group or alone

carnivorous

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LC

hass's garden eel
Heteroconger hassi

40 cm

living in colonies

carnivorous

This eel-like fish digs a tunnel in the sand leaving only the front of it body out. The garden eels live in a colony of several hundred individuals, where ocean currents carry the plankton on which they feed. At the slightest sign of danger, garden eels entirely hide in its shelter.

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LC

Heteropsammia cochlea
Dendrophylliidae

2 cm

solitary

planctophage

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VU

Hippocampus semispinosus
Syngnathidae

14 cm

living as a couple or alone

carnivorous

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LC

narrow-banded wrasse
Hologymnosus doliatus

38 cm

solitary

carnivorous

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LC

Hoplolatilus starcki
Malacanthidae

12 cm

living as a couple or alone

carnivorous

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LC

silver flagtail
Kuhlia marginata

15 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

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LC

jungle perch
Kuhlia rupestris

25 cm

gregarious

carnivorous

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LC

two-colour cleaner wrasse
Labroides bicolor

12 cm

living in a group or alone

carnivorous

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LC

bluestreak cleaner wrasse
Labroides dimidiatus

10 cm

living in a group or alone

omnivorous

The bluestreak cleaner wrasse feeds exclusively by parasitically cleaning larger fish and turtles. In the reefs, it coordinates a cleaning station, typically near branching corals. Particularly active at the beginning of the day, these small cleaner wrasses clean the gills and mouths of many fish species.

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NE

longhorn cowfish
Lactoria cornuta

40 cm

solitary

omnivorous with herbivorous tendency

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LC

Laticauda laticaudata
Elapidae

110 cm

solitary

carnivorous

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LC

Laticauda saintgironsi
Elapidae

90 cm

solitary

carnivorous

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LC

pacific yellowtail emperor
Lethrinus atkinsoni

32.5 cm

living in a group or alone

carnivorous

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LC

Lethrinus harak
Lethrinidae

30 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

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LC

spangled emperor
Lethrinus nebulosus

70 cm

living in a group or alone

carnivorous

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LC

Lethrinus obsoletus
Lethrinidae

30 cm

living in a group or alone

carnivorous

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NE

Linckia multifora
Ophidiasteridae

12 cm

solitary

algae-eating

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LC

mangrove red snapper
Lutjanus argentimaculatus

80 cm

gregarious

carnivorous

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LC

dory snapper
Lutjanus fulviflamma

30 cm

gregarious

carnivorous

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LC

blacktail snapper
Lutjanus fulvus

25 cm

living in a group or alone

carnivorous

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LC

humpback red snapper
Lutjanus gibbus

45 cm

gregarious

carnivorous

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LC

five-lined snapper
Lutjanus quinquelineatus

30 cm

gregarious

carnivorous

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LC

red emperor snapper
Lutjanus sebae

60 cm

living in a group or alone

carnivorous

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NE

common banded mantis shrimp
Lysiosquillina maculata

30 cm

solitary

carnivorous

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LC

Macrobrachium lar
Palaemonidae

13 cm

solitary

carnivorous

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LC

black leopard wrasse
Macropharyngodon kuiteri

8 cm

living as a couple or alone

carnivorous

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LC

blackspotted wrasse
Macropharyngodon meleagris

12 cm

living in a group or alone

carnivorous

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LC

black leopard wrasse
Macropharyngodon negrosensis

10 cm

living as a couple or in a group

carnivorous

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NE

Malacanthus brevirostris
Malacanthidae

26.5 cm

living as a couple or alone

carnivorous

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Grapsus albolineatus

grapsidae

3.5 cm

living in colonies

omnivorous

fimbriated moray

Gymnothorax fimbriatus

90 cm

solitary

carnivorous

giant moray

Gymnothorax javanicus

230 cm

solitary

carnivorous

painted moray

Gymnothorax meleagris

80 cm

solitary

carnivorous

Halichoeres argus

Labridae

10 cm

gregarious

carnivorous

two-spotted wrasse

Halichoeres biocellatus

10 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

golden rainbow fish

Halichoeres chrysus

10 cm

living in a group or alone

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

checkerboard wrasse

Halichoeres hortulanus

20 cm

living in a group or alone

carnivorous

The checkerboard wrasse inhabits the slopes and sandy expanses of lagoons and coral reefs. Its diet primarily consists of prey with tough shells. It can be observed at depths of up to around 30 meters

yellow-tailed wrasse

Halichoeres melanurus

10 cm

living in a group or alone

carnivorous

clouded rainbow fish

Halichoeres nebulosus

8 cm

gregarious

carnivorous

Halichoeres trimaculatus

Labridae

20 cm

solitary

carnivorous

Heliofungia actiniformis

fungiidae

12 cm

solitary

planctophage

barred thicklip wrasse

Hemigymnus fasciatus

25 cm

living in a group or alone

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

blackedge thicklip wrasse

Hemigymnus melapterus

30 cm

living in a group or alone

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

brushytoothed butterflyfish

Hemitaurichthys polylepis

16 cm

living as a couple or alone

omnivorous

pennant coralfish

Heniochus acuminatus

15 cm

living as a couple or alone

carnivorous

threeband pennantfish

Heniochus chrysostomus

16 cm

living as a couple

carnivorous

unicorn pennant coralfish

Heniochus monoceros

15 cm

living as a couple or in a group

carnivorous

hunchbacked coralfish

Heniochus varius

15 cm

living in a group or alone

carnivorous

hass's garden eel

Heteroconger hassi

40 cm

living in colonies

carnivorous

This eel-like fish digs a tunnel in the sand leaving only the front of it body out. The garden eels live in a colony of several hundred individuals, where ocean currents carry the plankton on which they feed. At the slightest sign of danger, garden eels entirely hide in its shelter.

Heteropsammia cochlea

Dendrophylliidae

2 cm

solitary

planctophage

Hippocampus semispinosus

Syngnathidae

14 cm

living as a couple or alone

carnivorous

narrow-banded wrasse

Hologymnosus doliatus

38 cm

solitary

carnivorous

Hoplolatilus starcki

Malacanthidae

12 cm

living as a couple or alone

carnivorous

silver flagtail

Kuhlia marginata

15 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

jungle perch

Kuhlia rupestris

25 cm

gregarious

carnivorous

two-colour cleaner wrasse

Labroides bicolor

12 cm

living in a group or alone

carnivorous

bluestreak cleaner wrasse

Labroides dimidiatus

10 cm

living in a group or alone

omnivorous

The bluestreak cleaner wrasse feeds exclusively by parasitically cleaning larger fish and turtles. In the reefs, it coordinates a cleaning station, typically near branching corals. Particularly active at the beginning of the day, these small cleaner wrasses clean the gills and mouths of many fish species.

longhorn cowfish

Lactoria cornuta

40 cm

solitary

omnivorous with herbivorous tendency

Laticauda laticaudata

Elapidae

110 cm

solitary

carnivorous

Laticauda saintgironsi

Elapidae

90 cm

solitary

carnivorous

pacific yellowtail emperor

Lethrinus atkinsoni

32.5 cm

living in a group or alone

carnivorous

Lethrinus harak

Lethrinidae

30 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

spangled emperor

Lethrinus nebulosus

70 cm

living in a group or alone

carnivorous

Lethrinus obsoletus

Lethrinidae

30 cm

living in a group or alone

carnivorous

Linckia multifora

Ophidiasteridae

12 cm

solitary

algae-eating

mangrove red snapper

Lutjanus argentimaculatus

80 cm

gregarious

carnivorous

dory snapper

Lutjanus fulviflamma

30 cm

gregarious

carnivorous

blacktail snapper

Lutjanus fulvus

25 cm

living in a group or alone

carnivorous

humpback red snapper

Lutjanus gibbus

45 cm

gregarious

carnivorous

five-lined snapper

Lutjanus quinquelineatus

30 cm

gregarious

carnivorous

red emperor snapper

Lutjanus sebae

60 cm

living in a group or alone

carnivorous

common banded mantis shrimp

Lysiosquillina maculata

30 cm

solitary

carnivorous

Macrobrachium lar

Palaemonidae

13 cm

solitary

carnivorous

black leopard wrasse

Macropharyngodon kuiteri

8 cm

living as a couple or alone

carnivorous

blackspotted wrasse

Macropharyngodon meleagris

12 cm

living in a group or alone

carnivorous

black leopard wrasse

Macropharyngodon negrosensis

10 cm

living as a couple or in a group

carnivorous

Malacanthus brevirostris

Malacanthidae

26.5 cm

living as a couple or alone

carnivorous

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