invertebrates

phylum Echinodermata

• blue-lined long-spine urchin (Diadema savignyi)

• rock-boring sea urchin (Echinometra mathaei)

• needle-spined urchin (Echinostrephus aciculatus)*

• blue-black urchin (Echinothrix diadema)

• pied brittle star (Breviturma pica)*

• white-spotted sea cucumber (Actinopyga varians)

• black sea cucumber (Holothuria atra)

phylum Cnidaria

• cauliflower corals (Pocillopora spp.)

• lobe coral (Porites lobata)*

phylum Mollusca

• cowry (Cypraea sp.)

fish

• Indo-Pacific sergeant (Abudefduf vaigiensis)

• dark surgeonfish (Acanthurus blochii)*

• whitespotted surgeonfish (Acanthurus guttatus)*

• convict tang (Acanthurus triostegus)*

• yellowfin surgeonfish (Acanthurus xanthopterus)*

• Chinese trumpetfish (Aulostomus chinensis)

• threadfin butterflyfish (Chaetodon auriga)*

• butterflyfishes (Chaetodon spp.)

• goldring surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus strigosus)

• orange-spine unicornfish (Naso lituratus)

• spotted boxfish (Ostracion meleagris)

• manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)

• lagoon triggerfish (Rhinecanthus aculeatus)*

• reef triggerfish (Rhinecanthus rectangulus)

• palenose parrotfish (Scarus psittacus)

• redlip parrotfish (Scarus rubroviolaceus)

• saddle wrasse (Thalassoma duperrey)

• Christmas wrasse (Thalassoma trilobatum)

• moorish idol (Zanclus cornutus)

• sailfin tang (Zebrasoma velifer)

* = first identified species encounter