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The shallow, calcium carbonate-rich waters of the southern Arabian Gulf are ideal for reef-building corals, and substantial reefs have formed along the coast of the United Arab Emirates, particularly along the Abu Dhabi Emirate.
The coral reefs of UAE waters are home to a vast array of marine species.
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The Critically Endangered hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) has been exploited for thousands of years as the sole source of…
Information on Favia favus is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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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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The Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin has a typically streamlined body and a long slender beak. Populations differ in both shape and colour…
Information on the Indo-Pacific sergeant (Abudefduf vaigiensis) is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Growing in characteristically shaped mounds or domes, Favites chinensis forms massive, rounded colonies composed of numerous individual…
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Information on Pavona frondifera is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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The leopard shark is an immediately recognisable, stunningly attractive species, which derives its common name from its distinctive markings…
Information on the lesser star coral is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Typically forming large, dome-shaped or plate-like structures up to a metre or more in diameter, the colonies of Platygyra lamellina are…
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Information on the long-spined sea urchin is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Information on the longfin bannerfish (Heniochus acuminatus) is being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
Information on Montipora verrucosa is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Montipora venosa is a reef-building coral typical of reefs in the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans. Like other colony-forming corals…
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Montipora foliosa is an encrusting coral typical of reefs in the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans. This rather inconspicuous coral often…
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Information on Montipora stellata is being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Information on the narrow-barred Spanish Mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson) is currently being researched and written and will appear…
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With a deep, flattened, streamlined body, the orange spotted trevally (Carangoides bajad) is a powerful, fast-swimming predatory fish of the…
A rather large, robust marine fish, the orange-spotted grouper has an elongated body which is tan above, shading to whitish below. The head…
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Turbinaria mesenterina is a reef-building coral, its colonies forming thin, overlapping, grey-green or grey-brown plates. The plates…
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Information on Parasimplastrea sheppardi is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Information on Pavona duerdeni is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Pavona cactus is a scleractinian coral, meaning that it is a ‘hard’ coral with a limestone skeleton. It is pale brown or greenish-brown in…
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The sole member of its genus, Physogyra lichtensteini is a large coral, its colonies reaching up to three metres in diameter, and is usually…
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Named after the inspirational cubist painter, Pablo Picasso, the Picasso triggerfish (Rhinecanthus assasi) has a beautiful, colourful…
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A large, streamlined predatory fish with a fierce appearance, the pickhandle barracuda (Sphyraena jello) is capable of quickly pursuing its…
Information on Blastomussa merleti is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Information on Leptoseris mycetoseroides is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Information on Leptoseris solida is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Information on the purple-brown parrotfish (Scarus fuscopurpureus) is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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The redmouth grouper is a robust, reef fish with a deep, compressed body. It is generally dark brown to black in colour, occasionally with…
The colourful ribbontailed stingray (Taeniura lymma) is immediately recognisable by the large, bright, iridescent blue spots that adorn its…
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…
Information on the rusty parrotfish (Scarus ferrugineus) is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Information on Symphyllia radians is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Information on Symphyllia agaricia is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Information on the six-blotch hind (Cephalopholis sexmaculata) is currently being researched and written and will appear here…
Information on the slender grouper (Anyperodon leucogrammicus) is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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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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Information on the spangled emperor is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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