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 ↓

Palythoa grandiflora ¹

PLEXAURA FLEXUOSA ²

Grey Angelfish ³
Pomacanthus arcuatus

mustard hill coral ⁴
Porites astreoides

Porites porites porites ⁵

Prognathodes ⁶

Pseudoplexaura ⁷

Sea Plumes ⁸
Pseudopterogorgia

Scarus iserti ⁹

massive starlet coral ¹⁰
Siderastrea siderea

Stephanocoenia ¹⁰

Actinodendron plumosum ¹¹

Anthelia ¹²

Corallimorphidae ¹³

Lysmata debelius ¹⁴

Ophiomastix ¹⁵

Trachyphyllia geoffroyi

Xenia ¹⁶

Twinspot lionfish ¹⁷
Dendrochirus biocellatus

Shortfin Lionfish ¹⁸
Dendrochirus brachypterus

Ophiarachna ¹⁹

Ophiothrix ²⁰

Spotfin Lionfish ²¹
Pterois antennata

Red Lionfish ²²
Pterois volitans

Halcurias ¹¹

Monocentris japonica ²³

Nautilus pompilius ²⁴

fire corals ¹⁰
Millepora

Mithraculus sculptus ²⁵

Sebastapistes cyanostigma

Seriatopora ²⁶

Stichodactyla tapetum ²⁷

Cone Snails ²⁸
Conus

Randall's Shrimpgoby ²⁹
Amblyeleotris randalli

Corales negros ³⁰
Antipathes

Corales negros ³⁰
Antipathidae

Dendrophyllia ³¹

Scleronephthya ²⁶

Blue-striped Dwarfgoby ³²
Trimma tevegae

Periclimenes ²¹

Stichodactyla ²⁷

Squat Anemone Shrimp ³³
Thor amboinensis

Calcinus ³⁴

Twotone Tang ³⁵
Zebrasoma scopas

Ostorhinchus parvulus ³⁶

Macrodactyla doreensis ²⁷

Neopetrolisthes ²¹

Boring Giant Clam ³⁷
Tridacna crocea

Fluted Giant Clam ²⁷
Tridacna squamosa

Acropora yongei ³⁶

Pink Anemonefish ²¹
Amphiprion perideraion

Pacific Half-and-half Chromis ¹⁵
Chromis iomelas

Pseudochromis paccagnellae ³⁸

Symphyllia ²⁶

Cassiopea

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California Academy of Sciences, Philippine Coral Reef Gallery

Grey Angelfish 3 Pomacanthus arcuatus

mustard hill coral 4 Porites astreoides

Sea Plumes 8 Pseudopterogorgia

massive starlet coral 10 Siderastrea siderea

Twinspot lionfish 17 Dendrochirus biocellatus

Shortfin Lionfish 18 Dendrochirus brachypterus

Spotfin Lionfish 21 Pterois antennata

Red Lionfish 22 Pterois volitans

fire corals 10 Millepora

Cone Snails 28 Conus

Randall's Shrimpgoby 29 Amblyeleotris randalli

Corales negros 30 Antipathes

Corales negros 30 Antipathidae

Blue-striped Dwarfgoby 32 Trimma tevegae

Squat Anemone Shrimp 33 Thor amboinensis

Twotone Tang 35 Zebrasoma scopas

Boring Giant Clam 37 Tridacna crocea

Fluted Giant Clam 27 Tridacna squamosa

Pink Anemonefish 21 Amphiprion perideraion

Pacific Half-and-half Chromis 15 Chromis iomelas