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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 ↓

Moon Wrasse 1
Thalassoma lunare
Twospot Hogfish 2
Bodianus bimaculatus
Choerodon fasciatus 3
Blueside Wrasse 4
Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura
Exquisite Wrasse 5
Cirrhilabrus exquisitus
Red-margined Fairy Wrasse 6
Cirrhilabrus rubrimarginatus
Cirrhilabrus rubripinnis 5
Solor Wrasse 7
Cirrhilabrus solorensis
Bird Wrasse 8
Gomphosus varius
Halichoeres 9
Pastel-green wrasse 10
Halichoeres chloropterus
Twotone Wrasse 2
Halichoeres prosopeion
Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse 11
Labroides dimidiatus
Leopard Wrasse 5
Macropharyngodon meleagris
Bicolor Anthias 12
Pseudanthias bicolor
Fairy Basslet 13
Pseudanthias dispar
Threadfin anthias 14
Pseudanthias huchtii
Squarespot Anthias 4
Pseudanthias pleurotaenia
Randall's anthias 10
Pseudanthias randalli
Scalefin Anthias 4
Pseudanthias squamipinnis
Purple Anthias 14
Pseudanthias tuka
Sixstripe Wrasse 15
Pseudocheilinus hexataenia
Redshoulder Wrasse 10
Stethojulis bandanensis
Six-bar Wrasse 16
Thalassoma hardwicke
Spanish flag 17
Gonioplectrus hispanus
Chalk Bass 18
Serranus tortugarum
Creole Wrasse 19
Clepticus parrae
Clown Wrasse 19
Halichoeres maculipinna
Rainbow Wrasse 18
Halichoeres pictus
Twinspot lionfish 20
Dendrochirus biocellatus
Shortfin Lionfish 2
Dendrochirus brachypterus
Spotfin Lionfish 4
Pterois antennata
Red Lionfish 21
Pterois volitans

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