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Related species for the Fire corals (Millepora spp.)
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Lace corals (Distichopora spp.)
Lace corals form ornate tree-like structures, with all the flattened, blunt-ended branches growing in one plane. These fan-like corals are…
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Head coral (Favia favus)
Information on Favia favus is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Buller’s shearwater (Puffinus bulleri)
Buller’s shearwater has been described as flying with a grace and economy like no other, characterised by longer gliding motions and less…
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Honeycomb coral (Favites abdita)
Favites abdita is part of the Faviidae family, a common group of reef-building, ‘stony’ corals, characterised by a hard, calcareous skeleton…
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Grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos)
Information on the grey reef shark is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
The ruddy turnstone is a small, stocky, brightly-patterned shorebird, named for its habit of turning over objects such as stones, shells and…
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Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
The magnificent humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is renowned for its impressive leaping displays and for the mysterious 'singing' of…
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Brown-marbled grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus)
The brown-marbled grouper is a robust marine fish, with a pale yellowish-brown, scaled body, covered with large, irregular, dark brown…
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Round ribbontail ray (Taeniurops meyeni)
As with most rays, the body of this large stingray is flattened and disc-shaped, with the pectoral fins broadly expanded and joined to the…
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Shore crab (Grapsus albolineatus)
Information on the shore crab is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Smooth cauliflower coral (Stylophora pistillata)
These corals were once named as the ‘tramp’ species of the coral world, due to their tendency to attach themselves to floating objects on…
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Bend stick pipefish (Trachyrhamphus bicoarctatus)
Information on the bend stick pipefish (Trachyrhamphus bicoarctatus) is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis)
The sei whale is smaller in size than the fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus), and can be distinguished from this similar species because it…
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Sharptooth lemon shark (Negaprion acutidens)
The big, stocky sharptooth lemon shark (Negaprion acutidens) looks almost identical to the lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris), but…
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Starry cup coral (Acanthastrea rotundoflora)
Information on Acanthastrea rotundoflora is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Giant trevally (Caranx ignobilis)
Information on the giant trevally is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus)
The blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) is the most commonly encountered species of shark in tropical Indo-Pacific reefs…
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Malabar grouper (Epinephelus malabaricus)
The Malabar grouper is a robust marine fish, with a brownish head and long body. The body is covered with small blackish-brown spots, which…
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Turbinaria coral (Turbinaria bifrons)
Like other colony-forming corals, Turbinaria bifrons colonies are composed of numerous small polyps, which are soft-bodied animals, related…
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One-line rainbowfish (Stethojulis interrupta)
Information on the one-line rainbowfish is being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Ghost pipefish (Solenostomus cyanopterus)
A relatively uncommon species, the ghost pipefish (Solenostomus cyanopterus) is a member of a small group of Indo-Pacific fishes belonging…
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Sunfish (Mola mola)
Not only is the sunfish (Mola mola) the world’s heaviest bony fish, with some individuals weighing in at a staggering 2.3 tonnes, but…
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Pink whipray (Himantura fai)
Information on the pink whipray (Himantura fai) is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Small knob coral (Plesiastrea versipora)
One of just two species in its genus, Plesiastrea versipora forms large colonies, which can measure several metres in diameter at high…
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Pacific short-bodied pipefish (Choeroichthys brachysoma)
The Pacific short-bodied pipefish (Choeroichthys brachysoma) belongs to the Syngnathidae, a family of fish consisting of seahorses…
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Common white tern (Gygis alba)
Perhaps the most elegant and delicate seabird, the common white tern, also known as the fairy or white tern, has immaculate all-white…
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Tasselled wobbegong (Eucrossorhinus dasypogon)
This highly unusual looking shark is superbly camouflaged among sun-dappled coral by its beautiful mosaic markings of dark narrow lines and…
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Long-nosed pipefish (Trachyrhamphus longirostris)
The long-nosed pipefish (Trachyrhamphus longirostris) belongs to the Syngnathidae, a family of fish consisting of seahorses, pipefishes, and…
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Blacktip topeshark (Hypogaleus hyugaensis)
The blacktip topeshark (Hypogaleus hyugaensis) is a small, slender hound shark (a shark of the family Triakidae) with a greyish-bronze body…
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Whitespotted grouper (Epinephelus coeruleopunctatus)
Information on the whitespotted grouper is being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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