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California Academy of Sciences, Philippine Coral Reef Gallery

The Philippine Coral Reef Tank focuses on the most diverse and fragile of marine ecosystems. From the main exhibit floor, visitors look down on a shallow, sandy lagoon -a calm, protected area inhabited by sharks, rays, and colorful fishes. Where the lagoon drops off to the deep reef, hundreds ...more ↓

Zebra dartfish 1
Ptereleotris zebra
Bluestreak Fusilier 2
Pterocaesio tile
Regal Angelfish 3
Pygoplites diacanthus
Lagoon Triggerfish
Rhinecanthus aculeatus
Scolopsis 4
Golden Rabbitfish 5
Siganus guttatus
Masked Rabbitfish 6
Siganus puellus
Gold-spotted Rabbitfish
Siganus punctatus
Foxface Rabbitfish
Siganus unimaculatus
Virgate Rabbitfish 5
Siganus virgatus
Coral Cardinalfish 7
Sphaeramia nematoptera
Redshoulder Wrasse 2
Stethojulis bandanensis
Six-bar Wrasse 8
Thalassoma hardwicke
Amblygobius 9
Raccoon Butterflyfish 9
Chaetodon lunula
Mandarinfish 10
Synchiropus splendidus
Yellowstripe Goby 11
Koumansetta hectori
Comet 6
Calloplesiops altivelis
Spotted Toby 9
Canthigaster solandri
Two-spined Angelfish 6
Centropyge bispinosus
Moorish Idol 12
Zanclus cornutus
Black-saddled Toby 9
Canthigaster valentini
Bicolor Angelfish 6
Centropyge bicolor
Vagabond Butterflyfish 9
Chaetodon vagabundus
Tiger Tail Seahorse 13
Hippocampus comes
Robust ghost pipefish 6
Solenostomus cyanopterus
Alligator pipefish
Syngnathoides biaculeatus
Warty frogfish 14
Antennarius maculatus
Spanish flag 15
Gonioplectrus hispanus
Chalk Bass 16
Serranus tortugarum
Anomalops 17
Photoblepharon 11
Snowflake Moray 12
Echidna nebulosa
Zebra Moray 18
Gymnomuraena zebra
Honeycomb Moray 19
Gymnothorax favagineus
Whitemouth Moray 19
Gymnothorax meleagris
Cherubfish
Centropyge argi
Blue Chromis
Chromis cyanea
Creole Wrasse 20
Clepticus parrae
payasito obispo 20
Equetus lanceolatus
Fairy Basslet 3
Gramma loreto
Haemulon 20
Clown Wrasse 20
Halichoeres maculipinna
Rainbow Wrasse 16
Halichoeres pictus
Queen Angelfish 21
Holacanthus ciliaris
Rock Beauty 22
Holacanthus tricolor
Grey Angelfish 23
Pomacanthus arcuatus
Prognathodes 24
Twinspot lionfish 25
Dendrochirus biocellatus
Shortfin Lionfish 26
Dendrochirus brachypterus
Spotfin Lionfish 6
Pterois antennata
Red Lionfish 27
Pterois volitans
Randall's Shrimpgoby 5
Amblyeleotris randalli
Blue-striped Dwarfgoby 9
Trimma tevegae
Twotone Tang 28
Zebrasoma scopas
Pink Anemonefish 6
Amphiprion perideraion
Pacific Half-and-half Chromis 2
Chromis iomelas

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  • 1. (c) Brian Gratwicke, some rights reserved (CC BY)
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  • 15. (c) Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 16. (c) WorldFish Center - FishBase, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
  • 17. (c) California Academy of Sciences, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
  • 18. NPS photo - Bill Eichenlaub, no known copyright restrictions (public domain)
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