Wildlife Guide: Maldives

ACANTHURIDAE ALGAE ANEMONEFISHES angelfish ASCIDIANS Atoll basslet Pseudanthias BASSLETS-Family BIVALVES black coral BLENNIES BRITTLE STARS BRYOZOANS butterflyfish Chaetodon BUTTERFLYFISHES CARDINALFISH caves CEPHALOPODS CHAETODONTIDAE Chelidonura CHROMODORIDIDAE Chromodoris Chromodoris CORAL TROUT CORALLIMORPHS cowry Cypraea CYPRAEIDAE DAMSELS dive divers Eats sponges FEATHER STARS fish flatworm FLATWORMS-Family GOATFISH goby hawkfish humphead Maori wrasse HYDROCORALS HYDROIDS Hypselodoris Indian Ocean Coral islands LABRIDAE lagoons lionfish Lt to 20m Maldives Maldivian Malé marine Neville Coleman's WORLD Nocturnal NUDIBRANCHS Ocean Coral reefs OPHIDIASTERIDAE OPISTHOBRANCHS Pacific Coral reefs Pacific Sand Pacific UNIVALVES PALAEMONIDAE parrotfish Phyllidiella PHYLLIDIIDAE POMACENTRIDAE PSEUDOCEROTIDAE PUFFERFISH resorts rockcod Cephalopholis rocky reefs safari boats SCORPAENIDAE SCORPIONFISH scuba SEA ANEMONES SEA CUCUMBERS SEA FANS SEA STARS SEA URCHINS SEGMENTED WORMS SERRANIDAE shark shell shrimp Periclimenes SHRIMPS Family SILICEOUS SPONGES snorkelling SOFT CORALS soldierfish species SQUAT LOBSTERS STONY CORALS Surface to 30m tourism TREVALLIES turtles underwater UNICORNFISHES UNIVALVES venomous WATER WILDLIFE GUIDE WORLD OF WATER wrasse wrecks