Collecting Taxonomy...
💡 Tip: Contribute to species pages to earn XP!
The Living Encyclopedia
Explore our comprehensive database of reptiles, amphibians, fish, and invertebrates. Discover detailed care guides, morph varieties, and community setups.
fish
Tang
Paracanthurus hepatus
Paracanthurus hepatus is a species of Indo-Pacific surgeonfish. A popular fish in marine aquaria, it is the only member of the genus Paracanthurus.
View Profile →
D
fish
Damselfish
Chromis viridis
Damselfish (Chromis viridis)
View Profile →
fish
Wrasse
Thalassoma bifasciatum
Thalassoma bifasciatum, the bluehead, bluehead wrasse or blue-headed wrasse, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a wrasse from the family Labridae. It is native to the coral reefs of the tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean. Individuals are small and rarely live longer than two years. They form large schools over the reef and are important cleaner fish in the reefs they inhabit.
View Profile →
fish
Goby
Elacatinus oceanops
Elacatinus is a genus of small marine gobies, often known collectively as the neon gobies. Although only one species, E. oceanops, is technically the "neon goby", because of their similar appearance, other members of the genus are generally labeled neon gobies, as well. Except for a single East Pacific species, all reside in warmer parts of the West Atlantic, including the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. They are known for engaging in symbiosis with other marine creatures by providing them cleaning service that consists of getting rid of ectoparasites on their bodies. In return, Elacatinus species obtain their primary source of food, ectoparasites.
View Profile →
fish
Blenny
Ecsenius bicolor
Ecsenius bicolor, commonly known as the flame tail blenny or bicolor blenny, is a blenny from the Indo-Pacific. It frequently makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 11 centimetres (4.3 in) in length.
View Profile →
fish
Dottyback
Pseudochromis fridmani
Pseudochromis fridmani is a species of fish in the family Pseudochromidae, the dottybacks. Its common name is orchid dottyback. It is endemic to the Red Sea.
View Profile →
fish
Basslet
Gramma loreto
The royal gramma, also known as the fairy basslet, is a species of fish in the family Grammatidae native to reef environments of the tropical western Atlantic Ocean. They are commonly kept in aquariums.
View Profile →
fish
Lionfish
Pterois volitans
The red lionfish is a venomous coral reef fish in the family Scorpaenidae, order Scorpaeniformes. It is mainly native to the Indo-Pacific region, but has become an invasive species in the Caribbean Sea, as well as along the East Coast of the United States and East Mediterranean and also found in Brazil at Fernando de Noronha.
View Profile →
P
fish
Pufferfish
Tetraodon nigroviridis
Green spotted puffer may refer to:Dichotomyctere fluviatilis, sometimes called the green, Ceylon, or topaz pufferfish Dichotomyctere nigroviridis Dichotomyctere sabahensis, sometimes called the Sabahensis puffer
View Profile →
fish
Triggerfish
Rhinecanthus aculeatus
The reef triggerfish, also known as the rectangular triggerfish, wedgetail triggerfish or by its Hawaiian name humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa, is one of several species of triggerfish. It is found in coral reefs in the entirety of the Western Pacific Ocean from North to South and Eastern Central Pacific. It is also found in the Indian Ocean from East to West and the Southeast Atlantic Ocean. It exists in 0 to 50 meters in depth.
View Profile →
fish
Boxfish
Ostracion cubicus
The yellow boxfish is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ostraciidae, the boxfishes. This species is found in reefs throughout the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean as well as the southeastern Atlantic Ocean, although since 2011 it has also been occasionally recorded in the Levantine waters of the Mediterranean Sea which it likely entered via the Suez Canal. The species is present in the aquarium trade. They are known for their cuboid body shape, bright yellow and black spotted coloration, and the secretion of a toxic mucus when threatened.
View Profile →
fish
Butterflyfish
Chaetodon auriga
The threadfin butterflyfish is a species of butterflyfish, which are tropical marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae. It has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution.
View Profile →
fish
Moorish Idol
Zanclus cornutus
The Moorish idol is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Zanclidae. It is the only member of the monospecific genus Zanclus and the only extant species within the Zanclidae. This species is found on reefs in the Indo-Pacific region.
View Profile →
fish
Seahorse
Hippocampus kuda
Hippocampus kuda is a species of seahorse, also known as the common seahorse, estuary seahorse, yellow seahorse or spotted seahorse. The common name sea pony has been used for populations formerly treated as the separate species Hippocampus fuscus, now a synonym of H. kuda.
View Profile →
fish
Pipefish
Syngnathus acus
The greater pipefish is a pipefish of the family Syngnathidae. It is a seawater fish and the type species of the genus Syngnathus.
View Profile →
fish
Eel
Gymnothorax funebris
The green moray is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae, found in the western Atlantic Ocean from Long Island, New York, Bermuda, and the northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil, at depths down to 40 metres (130 ft). With a length up to 2.5 metres (8.2 ft), it is the largest moray species of the tropical Atlantic and one of the largest species of moray eel known.
View Profile →
fish
Shark
Carcharodon carcharias
The great white shark, also known as the white shark, white pointer, or simply great white, is the largest living macropredatory shark and fish. It is a mackerel shark and closely related to the mako sharks, the porbeagle and the salmon shark. It is a robustly built species with a grayish upper-side and a white underside. Females average 4.6 to 4.9 m and typically weigh 1,000–1,900 kg (2,200–4,200 lb) while males average 3.4 to 4.0 m and weigh 680–1,000 kg (1,500–2,200 lb). They are estimated to reach a length close to 6.1 m (20 ft) and a weight of over 2,494.9 kg (5,500 lb). The shark has approximately 300 triangular, serrated teeth that are continuously replaced. Its massive, fatty liver can reach over a quarter of its body weight and provides buoyancy and stores energy. White sharks are partially warm-blooded, an adaptation that allows them to remain active in colder waters.
View Profile →
fish
Ray
Dasyatis americana
The southern stingray is a whiptail stingray found in tropical and subtropical waters of the Western Atlantic Ocean from New Jersey to southern Brazil. It has a flat, diamond-shaped disc, with a mud brown, olive, and grey dorsal surface and white underbelly. The barb on its tail is serrated and covered in a venomous mucus, used for self-defense.
View Profile →
fish
Manta Ray
Mobula birostris
The giant oceanic manta ray, giant manta ray, or oceanic manta ray is a species of ray in the family Mobulidae and the largest type of ray in the world. It is circumglobal and is typically found in tropical and subtropical waters but can also be found in temperate waters. Until 2017, the species was classified in the genus Manta, along with the smaller reef manta ray. DNA testing revealed that both mantas are closer related to some Mobula species than these are to other Mobula, being claded together. As a result, the two Manta species were absorbed into Mobula to reflect the new classification.
View Profile →
fish
Salmon
Salmo salar
The Atlantic salmon is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae. It is the third largest of the Salmonidae, behind Siberian taimen and Pacific Chinook salmon, growing up to 1 m (3.3 ft) in length. Atlantic salmon are found in the northern Atlantic Ocean and in rivers that flow into it. Most populations are anadromous, hatching in streams and rivers but moving out to sea as they grow where they mature, after which the adults seasonally move upstream again to spawn.
View Profile →