invertebrates

phylum Echinodermata

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

• rock-boring sea urchin (Echinometra mathaei)

• oblong sea urchin (Echinometra oblonga)

• needle-spined urchin (Echinostrephus aciculatus)

• blue-black urchin (Echinothrix diadema)

• collector urchin (Tripneustes gratilla)

• white-spotted sea cucumber (Actinopyga varians)

• black sea cucumber (Holothuria atra)

phylum Cnidaria

• cauliflower corals (Pocillopora spp.)

fish

• Indo-Pacific sergeant (Abudefduf vaigiensis)

• whitespotted surgeonfish (Acanthurus guttatus)

• surgeonfishes (Acanthurus spp.)

• bonefish (Albula sp.)

• flowery flounder (Bothus mancus)*

• peacock grouper (Cephalopholis argus)

• raccoon butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunula)*

• ornate butterflyfish (Chaetodon ornatissimus)*

• butterflyfishes (Chaetodon spp.)

• goldring surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus strigosus)

• orange-spine unicornfish (Naso lituratus)

• spotted boxfish (Ostracion meleagris)

• goatfish (Parupeneus sp.)

• lagoon triggerfish (Rhinecanthus aculeatus)

• reef triggerfish (Rhinecanthus rectangulus)

• redlip parrotfish (Scarus rubroviolaceus)

• saddle wrasse (Thalassoma duperrey)

• Christmas wrasse (Thalassoma trilobatum)

• Moorish idol (Zanclus cornutus)

* = first identified species encounter

Definitely not a complete list of species I saw, just the lucky ones I got photographs of while snorkeling :)