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 ↓

Masked Rabbitfish ¹
Siganus puellus

Gold-spotted Rabbitfish
Siganus punctatus

Foxface Rabbitfish
Siganus unimaculatus

Virgate Rabbitfish ²
Siganus virgatus

Coral Cardinalfish ³
Sphaeramia nematoptera

Redshoulder Wrasse ⁴
Stethojulis bandanensis

Six-bar Wrasse ⁵
Thalassoma hardwicke

Amblygobius ⁶

Raccoon Butterflyfish ⁶
Chaetodon lunula

Mandarinfish ⁷
Synchiropus splendidus

Yellowstripe Goby ⁸
Koumansetta hectori

Comet ¹
Calloplesiops altivelis

Spotted Toby ⁶
Canthigaster solandri

Two-spined Angelfish ¹
Centropyge bispinosus

Moorish Idol ⁹
Zanclus cornutus

Black-saddled Toby ⁶
Canthigaster valentini

Bicolor Angelfish ¹
Centropyge bicolor

Vagabond Butterflyfish ⁶
Chaetodon vagabundus

Tiger Tail Seahorse ¹⁰
Hippocampus comes

Robust ghost pipefish ¹
Solenostomus cyanopterus

Alligator pipefish
Syngnathoides biaculeatus

Warty frogfish ¹¹
Antennarius maculatus

Spanish flag ¹²
Gonioplectrus hispanus

Chalk Bass ¹³
Serranus tortugarum

Anomalops ¹⁴

Photoblepharon ⁸

Snowflake Moray ⁹
Echidna nebulosa

Zebra Moray ¹⁵
Gymnomuraena zebra

Honeycomb Moray ¹⁶
Gymnothorax favagineus

Whitemouth Moray ¹⁶
Gymnothorax meleagris

Cherubfish
Centropyge argi

Blue Chromis
Chromis cyanea

Creole Wrasse ¹⁷
Clepticus parrae

payasito obispo ¹⁷
Equetus lanceolatus

Fairy Basslet ¹⁸
Gramma loreto

Haemulon ¹⁷

Clown Wrasse ¹⁷
Halichoeres maculipinna

Rainbow Wrasse ¹³
Halichoeres pictus

Queen Angelfish ¹⁹
Holacanthus ciliaris

Rock Beauty ²⁰
Holacanthus tricolor

Grey Angelfish ²¹
Pomacanthus arcuatus

Prognathodes ²²

Twinspot lionfish ²³
Dendrochirus biocellatus

Shortfin Lionfish ²⁴
Dendrochirus brachypterus

Spotfin Lionfish ¹
Pterois antennata

Red Lionfish ²⁵
Pterois volitans

Randall's Shrimpgoby ²
Amblyeleotris randalli

Blue-striped Dwarfgoby ⁶
Trimma tevegae

Twotone Tang ²⁶
Zebrasoma scopas

Pink Anemonefish ¹
Amphiprion perideraion

Pacific Half-and-half Chromis ⁴
Chromis iomelas

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California Academy of Sciences, Philippine Coral Reef Gallery

Masked Rabbitfish 1 Siganus puellus

Gold-spotted Rabbitfish Siganus punctatus

Foxface Rabbitfish Siganus unimaculatus

Virgate Rabbitfish 2 Siganus virgatus

Coral Cardinalfish 3 Sphaeramia nematoptera

Redshoulder Wrasse 4 Stethojulis bandanensis

Six-bar Wrasse 5 Thalassoma hardwicke

Amblygobius 6

Raccoon Butterflyfish 6 Chaetodon lunula

Mandarinfish 7 Synchiropus splendidus

Yellowstripe Goby 8 Koumansetta hectori

Comet 1 Calloplesiops altivelis

Spotted Toby 6 Canthigaster solandri

Two-spined Angelfish 1 Centropyge bispinosus

Moorish Idol 9 Zanclus cornutus

Black-saddled Toby 6 Canthigaster valentini

Bicolor Angelfish 1 Centropyge bicolor

Vagabond Butterflyfish 6 Chaetodon vagabundus

Tiger Tail Seahorse 10 Hippocampus comes

Robust ghost pipefish 1 Solenostomus cyanopterus

Alligator pipefish Syngnathoides biaculeatus

Warty frogfish 11 Antennarius maculatus

Spanish flag 12 Gonioplectrus hispanus

Chalk Bass 13 Serranus tortugarum

Anomalops 14

Photoblepharon 8

Snowflake Moray 9 Echidna nebulosa

Zebra Moray 15 Gymnomuraena zebra

Honeycomb Moray 16 Gymnothorax favagineus

Whitemouth Moray 16 Gymnothorax meleagris

Cherubfish Centropyge argi

Blue Chromis Chromis cyanea

Creole Wrasse 17 Clepticus parrae

payasito obispo 17 Equetus lanceolatus

Fairy Basslet 18 Gramma loreto

Haemulon 17

Clown Wrasse 17 Halichoeres maculipinna

Rainbow Wrasse 13 Halichoeres pictus

Queen Angelfish 19 Holacanthus ciliaris

Rock Beauty 20 Holacanthus tricolor

Grey Angelfish 21 Pomacanthus arcuatus

Prognathodes 22

Twinspot lionfish 23 Dendrochirus biocellatus

Shortfin Lionfish 24 Dendrochirus brachypterus

Spotfin Lionfish 1 Pterois antennata

Red Lionfish 25 Pterois volitans

Randall's Shrimpgoby 2 Amblyeleotris randalli

Blue-striped Dwarfgoby 6 Trimma tevegae

Twotone Tang 26 Zebrasoma scopas

Pink Anemonefish 1 Amphiprion perideraion

Pacific Half-and-half Chromis 4 Chromis iomelas