Western Tropical Pacific Ocean - List of fishes

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giant moray

Gymnothorax javanicus

230 cm

solitary

carnivorous

painted moray

Gymnothorax meleagris

80 cm

solitary

carnivorous

Gymnothorax undulatus

Muraenidae

120 cm

solitary

carnivorous

Halichoeres argus

Labridae

10 cm

gregarious

carnivorous

two-spotted wrasse

Halichoeres biocellatus

10 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

black-blotched wrasse

Halichoeres chloropterus

17 cm

living as a couple or alone

carnivorous

golden rainbow fish

Halichoeres chrysus

10 cm

living in a group or alone

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

yellow-tailed wrasse

Halichoeres melanurus

10 cm

living in a group or alone

carnivorous

clouded rainbow fish

Halichoeres nebulosus

8 cm

gregarious

carnivorous

brownbanded wrasse

Halichoeres scapularis

18 cm

solitary

carnivorous

Halichoeres trimaculatus

Labridae

20 cm

solitary

carnivorous

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

schooling bannerfish

Heniochus diphreutes

18 cm

living in shoals

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

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.

coach whipray

Himantura uarnak

45 cm

solitary

carnivorous

Histrio histrio

Antennariidae

16 cm

solitary

carnivorous

narrow-banded wrasse

Hologymnosus doliatus

38 cm

solitary

carnivorous

Hoplolatilus starcki

Malacanthidae

12 cm

living as a couple or alone

carnivorous

Inimicus didactylus

Synanceiidae

20 cm

solitary

carnivorous

Istigobius decoratus

Gobiidae

9 cm

solitary

omnivorous

sailfish

Istiophorus platypterus

270 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

shortfin mako

Isurus oxyrinchus

270 cm

solitary

carnivorous

old glory

Koumansetta rainfordi

6 cm

living in a group or alone

carnivorous

barred flagtail

Kuhlia mugil

20 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

The barred flagtail gets its name from the pattern on its caudal fin. In the wild, it is found in large schools not far from the shore. At nightfall, these fish go hunting for crustaceans and small fish.

Kyphosus vaigiensis

Kyphosidae

50 cm

living in small groups

omnivorous

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

Lactoria fornasini

Ostraciidae

20 cm

solitary

omnivorous with herbivorous tendency

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

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

bluestripe snapper

Lutjanus kasmira

25 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

red emperor snapper

Lutjanus sebae

60 cm

living in a group or alone

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

Western Tropical Pacific Ocean - List of fishes

giant moray

painted moray

Gymnothorax undulatus

Halichoeres argus

two-spotted wrasse

black-blotched wrasse

golden rainbow fish

yellow-tailed wrasse

clouded rainbow fish

brownbanded wrasse

Halichoeres trimaculatus

barred thicklip wrasse

blackedge thicklip wrasse

brushytoothed butterflyfish

pennant coralfish

threeband pennantfish

schooling bannerfish

unicorn pennant coralfish

hunchbacked coralfish

hass's garden eel

coach whipray

Histrio histrio

narrow-banded wrasse

Hoplolatilus starcki

Inimicus didactylus

Istigobius decoratus

sailfish

shortfin mako

old glory

barred flagtail

Kyphosus vaigiensis

two-colour cleaner wrasse

bluestreak cleaner wrasse

longhorn cowfish

Lactoria fornasini

pacific yellowtail emperor

Lethrinus harak

spangled emperor

Lethrinus obsoletus

mangrove red snapper

dory snapper

blacktail snapper

humpback red snapper

bluestripe snapper

red emperor snapper

black leopard wrasse

blackspotted wrasse

black leopard wrasse

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