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 ↓

Damselfish and Clownfish ¹
Pomacentridae

Goldbelly Damsel ²
Pomacentrus auriventris

Speckled Damselfish ³
Pomacentrus bankanensis

Neon Damselfish ⁴
Pomacentrus coelestis

Porites ⁵

Porites cylindrica ⁶

Coral ⁷
Porites lobata

Maroon Clownfish ⁸
Premnas biaculeatus

Protopalythoa ⁹

Psammocora ¹⁰

Bicolor Anthias ⁹
Pseudanthias bicolor

Fairy Basslet ¹¹
Pseudanthias dispar

Threadfin anthias ¹²
Pseudanthias huchtii

Pseudanthias parvirostris ¹³

Squarespot Anthias ¹⁴
Pseudanthias pleurotaenia

Randall's anthias ³
Pseudanthias randalli

Scalefin Anthias ¹⁴
Pseudanthias squamipinnis

Purple Anthias ¹²
Pseudanthias tuka

Sixstripe Wrasse ¹⁵
Pseudocheilinus hexataenia

Pseudochromis fuscus ¹⁶

Zebra dartfish ¹⁵
Ptereleotris zebra

Bluestreak Fusilier ³
Pterocaesio tile

Regal Angelfish ¹⁷
Pygoplites diacanthus

Lagoon Triggerfish
Rhinecanthus aculeatus

Ricordea ¹⁸

Ricordea yuma ¹⁹

Rumphella ²⁰

Salarias fasciatus ²¹

Sandalolitha ²²

Sarcophyton ¹⁴

Scolopsis ⁹

Scoly Corals ²³
Scolymia

Seriatopora hystrix ²⁴

Golden Rabbitfish ²⁵
Siganus guttatus

Masked Rabbitfish ¹⁴
Siganus puellus

Gold-spotted Rabbitfish
Siganus punctatus

Foxface Rabbitfish
Siganus unimaculatus

Virgate Rabbitfish ²⁵
Siganus virgatus

Coral Cardinalfish ²⁶
Sphaeramia nematoptera

Redshoulder Wrasse ³
Stethojulis bandanensis

Stichodactyla gigantea ⁵

Stichodactyla haddoni ⁵

Stylophora pistillata

Symphyllia radians ²⁷

Six-bar Wrasse ²⁸
Thalassoma hardwicke

Amblygobius ¹²

Raccoon Butterflyfish ¹²
Chaetodon lunula

Blue Linckia ⁹
Linckia laevigata

Banded Coral Shrimp ²⁹
Stenopus hispidus

Mandarinfish ³⁰
Synchiropus splendidus

Yellowstripe Goby ¹⁶
Koumansetta hectori

Peppermint Shrimp
Lysmata wurdemanni

Comet ¹⁴
Calloplesiops altivelis

Spotted Toby ¹²
Canthigaster solandri

Two-spined Angelfish ¹⁴
Centropyge bispinosus

Globe Urchin ³¹
Mespilia globulus

Moorish Idol ³²
Zanclus cornutus

Black-saddled Toby ¹²
Canthigaster valentini

Bicolor Angelfish ¹⁴
Centropyge bicolor

Vagabond Butterflyfish ¹²
Chaetodon vagabundus

Tiger Tail Seahorse ⁵
Hippocampus comes

Ophiarachna incrassata ³³

Rhynchocinetes uritai ³⁴

Robust ghost pipefish ¹⁴
Solenostomus cyanopterus

Alligator pipefish
Syngnathoides biaculeatus

Spotted Jellyfish ¹⁵
Mastigias papua

Warty frogfish ³⁵
Antennarius maculatus

Harlequin Shrimp
Hymenocera picta

Tubastraea ²⁷

Agaricia ³⁶

Spanish flag ³⁷
Gonioplectrus hispanus

Manicina ²³

Chalk Bass ³⁸
Serranus tortugarum

Anomalops ³⁹

Photoblepharon ¹⁶

Snowflake Moray ³²
Echidna nebulosa

Zebra Moray ⁴⁰
Gymnomuraena zebra

Honeycomb Moray ⁴¹
Gymnothorax favagineus

Whitemouth Moray ⁴¹
Gymnothorax meleagris

Trochus ¹⁴

Turbo Snails ¹⁴
Turbo

Cherubfish
Centropyge argi

Blue Chromis
Chromis cyanea

Creole Wrasse ⁴²
Clepticus parrae

Boulder Brain Coral ²³
Colpophyllia natans

Giant Anemone ⁴³
Condylactis gigantea

Diploria ²⁷

payasito obispo ⁴²
Equetus lanceolatus

Eunicea ⁴⁴

Eusmilia ²³

Fairy Basslet ¹⁷
Gramma loreto

Haemulon ⁴²

Clown Wrasse ⁴²
Halichoeres maculipinna

Rainbow Wrasse ³⁸
Halichoeres pictus

Queen Angelfish ⁴⁵
Holacanthus ciliaris

Rock Beauty ⁴⁶
Holacanthus tricolor

Montastrea annularis ⁴⁷

Montastrea cavernosa ⁴⁸

Muricea ⁴⁹

Palythoa caribbea ⁵⁰

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California Academy of Sciences, Philippine Coral Reef Gallery

Damselfish and Clownfish 1 Pomacentridae

Goldbelly Damsel 2 Pomacentrus auriventris

Speckled Damselfish 3 Pomacentrus bankanensis

Neon Damselfish 4 Pomacentrus coelestis

Coral 7 Porites lobata

Maroon Clownfish 8 Premnas biaculeatus

Bicolor Anthias 9 Pseudanthias bicolor

Fairy Basslet 11 Pseudanthias dispar

Threadfin anthias 12 Pseudanthias huchtii

Squarespot Anthias 14 Pseudanthias pleurotaenia

Randall's anthias 3 Pseudanthias randalli

Scalefin Anthias 14 Pseudanthias squamipinnis

Purple Anthias 12 Pseudanthias tuka

Sixstripe Wrasse 15 Pseudocheilinus hexataenia

Zebra dartfish 15 Ptereleotris zebra

Bluestreak Fusilier 3 Pterocaesio tile

Regal Angelfish 17 Pygoplites diacanthus

Lagoon Triggerfish Rhinecanthus aculeatus

Scoly Corals 23 Scolymia

Golden Rabbitfish 25 Siganus guttatus

Masked Rabbitfish 14 Siganus puellus

Gold-spotted Rabbitfish Siganus punctatus

Foxface Rabbitfish Siganus unimaculatus

Virgate Rabbitfish 25 Siganus virgatus

Coral Cardinalfish 26 Sphaeramia nematoptera

Redshoulder Wrasse 3 Stethojulis bandanensis

Six-bar Wrasse 28 Thalassoma hardwicke

Raccoon Butterflyfish 12 Chaetodon lunula

Blue Linckia 9 Linckia laevigata

Banded Coral Shrimp 29 Stenopus hispidus

Mandarinfish 30 Synchiropus splendidus

Yellowstripe Goby 16 Koumansetta hectori

Peppermint Shrimp Lysmata wurdemanni

Comet 14 Calloplesiops altivelis

Spotted Toby 12 Canthigaster solandri

Two-spined Angelfish 14 Centropyge bispinosus

Globe Urchin 31 Mespilia globulus

Moorish Idol 32 Zanclus cornutus

Black-saddled Toby 12 Canthigaster valentini

Bicolor Angelfish 14 Centropyge bicolor

Vagabond Butterflyfish 12 Chaetodon vagabundus

Tiger Tail Seahorse 5 Hippocampus comes

Robust ghost pipefish 14 Solenostomus cyanopterus

Alligator pipefish Syngnathoides biaculeatus

Spotted Jellyfish 15 Mastigias papua

Warty frogfish 35 Antennarius maculatus

Harlequin Shrimp Hymenocera picta

Spanish flag 37 Gonioplectrus hispanus

Chalk Bass 38 Serranus tortugarum

Snowflake Moray 32 Echidna nebulosa

Zebra Moray 40 Gymnomuraena zebra

Honeycomb Moray 41 Gymnothorax favagineus

Whitemouth Moray 41 Gymnothorax meleagris

Turbo Snails 14 Turbo

Cherubfish Centropyge argi

Blue Chromis Chromis cyanea

Creole Wrasse 42 Clepticus parrae

Boulder Brain Coral 23 Colpophyllia natans

Giant Anemone 43 Condylactis gigantea

payasito obispo 42 Equetus lanceolatus

Fairy Basslet 17 Gramma loreto

Clown Wrasse 42 Halichoeres maculipinna

Rainbow Wrasse 38 Halichoeres pictus

Queen Angelfish 45 Holacanthus ciliaris

Rock Beauty 46 Holacanthus tricolor