Florent's Guide To The

French Polynesia

By Common Name | By Category | By Scientific Names
A
Abbott's moray eel [Stout Moray Eel]
Achilles Tang
Adhesive Sea Anemone
African Coris [Yellowtail Coris]
Agile Chromis
Almaco Jack
Ambon Toby
Ambon pufferfish [Ambon Toby]
Arc-Eye Hawkfish
Argus Grouper [Peacock Grouper]
Arrowhead Soapfish
Atoll Butterflyfish
Axilspot Hogfish
B
Banded Blanquillo
Banded Goby
Banded Humbug [Whitetail Dascyllus]
Banded Moray [Yellow-Headed Moray Eel]
Banded Pipefish [Ringed Pipefish]
Banded Sole
Bandtail Frogfish
Barchin Scorpionfish
Barenape Goby [Twospot Sandgoby]
Barred Filefish [Yelloweye Filefish]
Barred Moray Eel
Barred Thicklip
Barredfin Moray Eel
Bearded Soapfish
Bennett's Butterflyfish [Eclipse Butterflyfish]
Bennett's Sharpnose Puffer [Whitebelly Toby]
Bicolor Chromis
Bicolor Cleaner Wrasse
Big Longnose Butterflyfish
Bigeye Barracuda
Bigeye Emperor [Humpnose Bigeye Bream]
Bigeye Trevally
Bignose Unicornfish
Bigscale Soldierfish
Black Anemonefish [Red And Black Anemonefish]
Black Butterflyfish
Black Durgon
Black Jack
Black Surgeonfish [Hawaiian Bristletooth]
Black Triggerfish [Black Durgon]
Black and White Damselfish [Whitetail Dascyllus]
Black-Blotched Porcupinefish
Black-Finned Snake Eel
Black-Saddled Toby
Black-Spotted Porcupinefish [Porcupinefish]
Black-Tip Sole [Banded Sole]
Blackbar Damsel
Blackbar Devil [Blackbar Damsel]
Blackbar Triggerfish [Picasso Triggerfish]
Blackblotch Butterflyfish [Saddled Butterflyfish]
Blackeye Thicklip
Blackfin Barracuda
Blackfin Dartfish [Twotone Dartfish]
Blackfin Hogfish
Blackfin Pigfish [Blackfin Hogfish]
Blackfin Squirrelfish
Blacksaddled Coral Grouper
Blackside Hawkfish [Freckled Hawkfish]
Blackspot Sergeant
Blackspotted Wrasse [Leopard Wrasse]
Blackstreak Surgeonfish
Blackstripe Cardinalfish
Blacktail Snapper
Blacktail Wrasse [Whitespotted Wrasse]
Blacktip Grouper
Blotcheye Soldierfish [Bigscale Soldierfish]
Blue Damsel
Blue Lined Squirrelfish
Blue Sea Chub [Topsail Chub]
Blue-Barred Parrotfish
Blue-Eye Damsel [Johnston Damsel]
Blue-Lined Surgeonfish
Blue-spotted Grouper [Peacock Grouper]
Blueband Goby [Bluestreak Goby]
Bluefin Trevally
Bluehead Tilefish
Bluelashed Butterflyfish [Eclipse Butterflyfish]
Bluespine Unicornfish
Bluespotted Cornetfish
Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse
Bluestreak Fusilier
Bluestreak Goby
Bluestripe Snapper
Bluestripe Squirrelfish [Blue Lined Squirrelfish]
Bluestriped Fangblenny
Blunt-head Parrotfish [Steephead Parrotfish]
Boomerang Triggerfish [Scythe Triggerfish]
Bottlenose Dolphin
Brassy Chub
Brick Soldierfish
Bridled Parrotfish
Bridled Triggerfish
Broadbarred Firefish [Spotfin Lionfish]
Bronze Reef Chromis [Agile Chromis]
Brown Slipper Lobster [Sculptured Slipper Lobster]
Brown Surgeonfish
Brown-Lined Paperbubble
Brushtail Tang
Bubble Algae [Sea Pearl]
Bull Shark
Bumphead Parrotfish [Green Humphead Parrotfish]
C
Calf Cowry [Pacific Deer Cowry]
Camouflage Grouper
Cardinal Goatfish
Carolines Parrotfish [Stareye Parrotfish]
Checkerboard Wrasse
Checkered-Eye Mantis [Ciliated Mantis Shrimp]
Chevroned Butterflyfish
Chinese Trumpetfish [Pacific Trumpetfish]
Chinstrap Wrasse [Disappearing Wrasse]
Chiseltooth Wrasse
Chocolate Surgeonfish [Mimic Surgeonfish]
Christmas Wrasse [Ladder Wrasse]
Cigar Wrasse
Ciliated False Squilla [Ciliated Mantis Shrimp]
Ciliated Mantis Shrimp
Circular Spadefish
Citron Butterflyfish [Speckled Butterflyfish]
Clearfin Lionfish
Clearfin Lizardfish
Clearfin Turkeyfish [Clearfin Lionfish]
Clown Frogfish [Warty Frogfish]
Coastal Manta Ray [Reef Manta Ray]
Comet
Commerson's Frogfish [Giant Frogfish]
Common Ghostgoby
Common Lionfish [Red Lionfish]
Common Mantis Shrimp [Ciliated Mantis Shrimp]
Common Parrotfish [Palenose Parrotfish]
Convex Crab
Convict Tang
Coral Hawkfish [Pixy Hawkfish]
Crescent-Tail Bigeye
Crown Squirrelfish
Crown-Of-Thorns
D
Dark Surgeonfish
Darkfin Hind [Flagtail Grouper]
Darkspotted Moray [Fimbriated Moray Eel]
Dash-Dot Goatfish
Devil Scorpionfish
Diamondscale Goatfish [Cardinal Goatfish]
Disappearing Wrasse
Dot-Dash Butterflyfish
Dotted Sweetlips
Dotted butterflyfish
Double-Ocellated Scorpionfish [Twinspot Lionfish]
Doublebar Goatfish [Island Goatfish]
Dragon Sea Moth
Dropoff Surgeonfish [Dark Surgeonfish]
Dusky Anemonefish [Red And Black Anemonefish]
Dusky Parrotfish [Swarthy Parrotfish]
Dwarf Moray Eel
E
Eclipse Butterflyfish
Eight-line Wrasse [Eightstripe Wrasse]
Eightstripe Wrasse
Elongate Surgeonfish
Ember Parrotfish [Redlip Parrotfish]
Emperor Angelfish
Epaulette Soldierfish
F
Filament-Fin Parrotfish
Fimbriated Moray Eel
Fire Clownfish [Red And Black Anemonefish]
Fire Dartfish
Fire Hydroid [White Stinger]
Five-Banded Wrasse [Barred Thicklip]
Fivelined Cardinalfish
Flagtail Grouper
Flame Angelfish
Flame Hawkfish
Flaming Angelfish [Flame Angelfish]
Flasher Scorpionfish
Flowery Flounder
Forcepsfish [Longnose Butterflyfish]
Four-line Wrasse [Fourstripe Wrasse]
Fourspot Butterflyfish
Fourspot Wrasse [Checkerboard Wrasse]
Fourstripe Wrasse
Freckled Frogfish
Freckled Hawkfish
Freckled Rockcod [Six-Banded Grouper]
G
Gaimard Wrasse [Yellowtail Coris]
Giant Frogfish
Giant Manta Ray
Giant Maori Wrasse [Humphead Wrasse]
Giant Moray Eel
Gibbus Parrotfish [Steephead Parrotfish]
Gibsmithia hawaiiensis
Gilded Triggerfish
Glasseye Snapper
Goldbelly Cardinalfish
Goldsaddle Goatfish
Gracile Lizardfish [Slender Lizardfish]
Gray Reef Shark
Great Barracuda
Green Humphead Parrotfish
Green Jobfish
Green Moon Wrasse [Yellow-Brown Wrasse]
Green Turtle
Greyface Moray [White-Eyed Moray Eel]
Guineafowl Puffer
Guineafowl Wrasse [Leopard Wrasse]
Guineafowl moray [Whitemouth Moray Eel]
H
Hairy Frogfish [Striated Frogfish]
Half-and-Half Chromis
Harlequin Grouper
Harlequin Hind [Harlequin Grouper]
Harlequin Shrimp
Hawaiian Bristletooth
Hawaiian Swimming Crab
Hawksbill Turtle
Heavybeak Parrotfish [Steephead Parrotfish]
Helmet Gurnard [Oriental Flying Gurnard]
Helmut Gurnard [Oriental Flying Gurnard]
Hexagon Grouper
High-Fin Parrotfish [Filament-Fin Parrotfish]
Highfin Chub [Topsail Chub]
Highfin Snake Eel [Black-Finned Snake Eel]
Honeycomb Grouper
Honeycomb Toby
Horned bannerfish [Humphead Bannerfish]
Humbug Damselfish [Whitetail Dascyllus]
Humphead Bannerfish
Humphead Wrasse
Humpnose Bigeye Bream
I
Imperial Angelfish [Emperor Angelfish]
Indo-Pacific Christmas Tree Worm
Indo-Pacific Sergeant
Indo-Pacific Viper Moray
Iridescent Cardinalfish
Island Goatfish
J
Japanese Pygmy Angelfish [Flame Angelfish]
Java Moray Eel [Giant Moray Eel]
Jewel Damsel
Johnston Damsel
L
Ladder Wrasse
Lagoon Triggerfish [Picasso Triggerfish]
Lance Blenny [Slender Sabretooth Blenny]
Lantern Toby
Latticed Butterflyfish
Leaf Scorpionfish
Leathery Sea Anemone
Lei Triggerfish [Scythe Triggerfish]
Lemonpeel Angelfish
Leopard Blenny
Leopard Cod [Leopard Hind]
Leopard Flounder
Leopard Grouper [Leopard Hind]
Leopard Hind
Leopard Rockcod [Leopard Hind]
Leopard Wrasse
Lined Bristletooth
Lined Surgeonfish [Striped Surgeonfish]
Live Sharksucker [Sharksucker]
Loggerhead Turtle
Longface Emperor
Longfang Moray [Indo-Pacific Viper Moray]
Longhorn Cowfish
Longnose Butterflyfish
Longnose Emperor [Longface Emperor]
Longnose Hawkfish
Lowfin Chub [Brassy Chub]
Lowfin Scorpionfish [Shortfin Scorpionfish]
Lyretail Hogfish
Lyretail grouper [Yellow-Edged Lyretail]
M
Mailed Butterflyfish [Reticulated Butterflyfish]
Manybar Goatfish
Map Cowry
Marbled Hawkfish
Masked Bannerfish
Masked Moray Eel
Masked Triggerfish [Bridled Triggerfish]
Masked grouper
Medusa Worm
Merten's Sea Anemone
Mertens' Butterflyfish [Atoll Butterflyfish]
Michel's Ghostgoby [Stony Coral Ghostgoby]
Mimic Surgeonfish
Mini-Fin Parrotfish [Filament-Fin Parrotfish]
Moon Jelly
Moontail Bullseye [Crescent-Tail Bigeye]
Moorish Idol
Multibarred Angelfish
N
Napoleon Snake Eel
Napoleon Wrasse [Humphead Wrasse]
Neon Damsel
Neophyte Sandgoby
Network Pipefish
New Guinea Frogfish [Bandtail Frogfish]
        
O
Oceanic Manta [Giant Manta Ray]
Ocellated Eagle Ray
Ocellated Lionfish [Twinspot Lionfish]
Orange-Lined Triggerfish
Orangeband Surgeonfish
Orangefin Anemonefish
Orangefin Anemonefish [Orangefin Anemonefish]
Orangemargin Elysia
Orangespine Unicornfish
Orangetail Filefish
Orbicular Batfish [Circular Spadefish]
Oriental Flying Gurnard
Ornamented Wrasse [Ornate Wrasse]
Ornate Butterflyfish
Ornate Wrasse
Oval Butterflyfish [Redfin Butterflyfish]
P
Pacific Bird Wrasse
Pacific Bullethead Parrotfish
Pacific Deer Cowry
Pacific Double-Saddle Butterflyfish
Pacific Longnose Parrotfish
Pacific Sailfin Tang
Pacific Trumpetfish
Painted Frogfish
Painted Sweetlips [Dotted Sweetlips]
Palenose Parrotfish
Paletail Unicornfish
Panther Flounder [Leopard Flounder]
Pastel Ringwrasse
Peacock Damsel [Blue Damsel]
Peacock Grouper
Peacock Hind [Peacock Grouper]
Peacock Razorfish
Peacock Rockcod [Peacock Grouper]
Pearly Soldierfish [Epaulette Soldierfish]
Pelagic Manta Ray [Giant Manta Ray]
Pelagic Nudibranch
Pencil Moray Eel [Dwarf Moray Eel]
Pennant Bannerfish
Piano Fangblenny
Picasso Triggerfish
Pimpled Basket Shell
Pimpled Nassa [Pimpled Basket Shell]
Pin Cushion Sea Star
Pink Anemonefish
Pink Squirrelfish
Pinktail Durgon [Pinktail Triggerfish]
Pinktail Triggerfish
Pixy Hawkfish
Pizza Anemone [Adhesive Sea Anemone]
Plain Cardinalfish [Goldbelly Cardinalfish]
Porcupinefish
Prasites Pygmy Goby [Red and Whitespotted Dwarfgoby]
Purple Queen Anthias
Pyramid Butterflyfish
Pyrosoma atlanticum
Q
Quakerfish [Banded Blanquillo]
R
Raccoon Butterflyfish
Radial Firefish [Clearfin Lionfish]
Rainbow Runner
Rare Longnose Butterflyfish [Big Longnose Butterflyfish]
Red And Black Anemonefish
Red Bass [Red Snapper]
Red Lionfish
Red Lizardfish [Reef Lizardfish]
Red Maori Wrasse [Snooty Wrasse]
Red Snapper
Red and Whitespotted Dwarfgoby
Red-Spotted Rockcod [Leopard Hind]
Redearth Pygmygoby
Redfin Bream
Redfin Butterflyfish
Redfin Emperor [Redfin Bream]
Redlip Parrotfish
Redshoulder Wrasse
Redspeckled Dwarfgoby [Redspotted Dwarfgoby]
Redspot Surgeonfish [Achilles Tang]
Redspotted Dwarfgoby
Redspotted Sandperch
Redtoothed Triggerfish
Reef Chromis [Agile Chromis]
Reef Lizardfish
Reef Manta Ray
Reef Stonefish
Reef Triggerfish [Wedgetail Triggerfish]
Regal Angelfish
Reticulated Butterflyfish
Ribbon Moray Eel
Ring Wrasse
Ringed Pipefish
Ringed Slender Wrasse [Ring Wrasse]
Ringtail Maori Wrasse [Ringtail Wrasse]
Ringtail Surgeonfish
Ringtail Wrasse
Rockmover Wrasse
Royal Angelfish [Regal Angelfish]
S
Sabre Squirrelfish
Saddle Butterflyfish [Saddled Butterflyfish]
Saddled Butterflyfish
Saddled Grouper [Six-Banded Grouper]
Saddled Pufferfish [Black-Saddled Toby]
Saddled Snake Eel
Salpa maxima
Salpa spp.
Salt and pepper moray [Stout Moray Eel]
Sammara Squirrelfish [Spotfin Squirrelfish]
Sand Lizardfish [Clearfin Lizardfish]
Sapphire Damsel [Blue Damsel]
Savignyi's Longspine Urchin
Scarlet Frogfish [Freckled Frogfish]
Schlegel's Parrotfish [Yellowbar Parrotfish]
Scissortail Sergeant
Scrawled Filefish
Sculptured Mitten Lobster [Sculptured Slipper Lobster]
Sculptured Slipper Lobster
Scythe Triggerfish
Sea Pearl
Sea Spider
Sea Thimble Jellyfish
Sebae Anemone [Leathery Sea Anemone]
Sessile Barnacles
Shadowfin Soldierfish
Sharksucker
Short-Finned Pilot Whale
Shortbodied Blenny [Leopard Blenny]
Shortfin Scorpionfish
Shortnose Pipefish
Shortnosed Unicornfish [Paletail Unicornfish]
Shoulderbar Goby
Shoulderbar Soldierfish [Epaulette Soldierfish]
Sidespot Goatfish
Silverspot Squirrelfish [Tailspot Squirrelfish]
Six-Banded Grouper
Six-Lined Soapfish
Six-blotch Rockcod [Six-Banded Grouper]
Six-spotted Rockcod [Six-Banded Grouper]
Sixband Parrotfish [Bridled Parrotfish]
Sixbar Wrasse
Sixline Wrasse [Sixstripe Wrasse]
Sixstripe Wrasse
Sleek Unicornfish
Slender Lizardfish
Slender Sabretooth Blenny
Slender Suckerfish [Sharksucker]
Slingjaw Wrasse
Small-Spotted Dart
Smallmouth Squirrelfish
Smalltoothed Jobfish
Snooty Wrasse
Snowflake Moray Eel
Southern Horseshoe Worm
Speckled Butterflyfish
Speckled Wrasse [Yellowtail Wrasse]
Spider-eye Puffer [Ambon Toby]
Spinner Dolphin
Spiny Seahorse [Thorny seahorse]
Spot-Fin Porcupinefish [Porcupinefish]
Spotfin Lionfish
Spotfin Squirrelfish
Spotted Boxfish
Spotted Garden Eel
Spotted Parrotfish
Spotted Sea Hare
Spotted Soapfish [Bearded Soapfish]
Spotted Unicornfish [Paletail Unicornfish]
Spotted Wrasse [Yellowtail Wrasse]
Square-Spot Goatfish [Yellowstripe Goatfish]
Star Puffer
Stareye Parrotfish
Stark's tilefish [Bluehead Tilefish]
Starry Moray [Snowflake Moray Eel]
Starry Puffer [Star Puffer]
Starry Toadfish [Star Puffer]
Stars and Stripes Puffer [Whitespotted Puffer]
Steephead Parrotfish
Stinging Hydroid [White Stinger]
Stocky Hawkfish [Marbled Hawkfish]
Stony Coral Ghostgoby
Stout Moray Eel
Strawberry Grouper
Strawberry Hind [Strawberry Grouper]
Striated Frogfish
Striated Surgeonfish [Lined Bristletooth]
Striated Wrasse [Disappearing Wrasse]
Stripebelly Puffer [Whitespotted Puffer]
Striped Bristletooth [Lined Bristletooth]
Striped Bumblebee Shrimp
Striped Frogfish [Striated Frogfish]
Striped Large-Eye Bream
Striped Surgeonfish
Sunset Wrasse [Yellow-Brown Wrasse]
Surge Wrasse
Swarthy Parrotfish
T
Tahitian Squirrelfish [Blue Lined Squirrelfish]
Tailbar Lionfish [Clearfin Lionfish]
Tailspot Squirrelfish
Tawny Nurse Shark
Teardrop Butterflyfish
Thornback Cowfish
Thorny seahorse
Threadfin Butterflyfish
Threeband Pennantfish [Pennant Bannerfish]
Threespot Dascyllus
Tiger Reef Eel [Tiger Snake Moray Eel]
Tiger Snake Moray Eel
Tiger Sole [Banded Sole]
Titan Triggerfish
Toothy Moray [Indo-Pacific Viper Moray]
Topsail Chub
Tripletail Wrasse
Turkey moray [Whitemouth Moray Eel]
Twinspot Lionfish
Two-Spined Angelfish
Twosaddle Goatfish [Island Goatfish]
Twospot Lizardfish
Twospot Sandgoby
Twospot Turkeyfish [Twinspot Lionfish]
Twospot Wrasse
Twostripe Goby
Twotone Dartfish
Twotone Tang [Brushtail Tang]
U
Undulated Moray Eel
Undulated Triggerfish [Orange-Lined Triggerfish]
V
Vagabond Butterflyfish
Valentinni's Sharpnose Puffer [Black-Saddled Toby]
Variable Coral Crab [Convex Crab]
Variegated Lizardfish [Reef Lizardfish]
Venus Girdle
Violet Soldierfish
Violetline Parrotfish
Vlaming's Unicornfish [Bignose Unicornfish]
Volcano Sea Cucumber
W
Warty Frogfish
Wedgetail Triggerfish
Whale Shark
Whip Coral Goby [Wire Coral Goby]
White Stinger
White Teatfish
White-Eyed Moray Eel
White-Margined Moray Eel
Whitebanded Triggerfish [Picasso Triggerfish]
Whitebar Surgeonfish
Whitebarred Goby [Banded Goby]
Whitebelly Toby
Whitecheek Surgeonfish
Whitefin Lionfish [Clearfin Lionfish]
Whiteline Triggerfish [Scythe Triggerfish]
Whitelip Moray Eel
Whitemouth Moray Eel
Whitesaddle Goatfish [Cardinal Goatfish]
Whitespeckled Demoiselle [Jewel Damsel]
Whitespotted Boxfish [Spotted Boxfish]
Whitespotted Devil [Jewel Damsel]
Whitespotted Puffer
Whitespotted Wrasse
Whitetail Dascyllus
Whitetip Reef Shark
Whitetip soldierfish
Wire Coral Goby
Wirenet Filefish
Wirenet Rockcod [Hexagon Grouper]
Wolf Cardinalfish
Y
Yellow Boxfish
Yellow-Brown Wrasse
Yellow-Edged Lyretail
Yellow-Headed Moray Eel
Yellowband Parrotfish [Yellowbar Parrotfish]
Yellowbar Parrotfish
Yellowedge Coronation Trout [Yellow-Edged Lyretail]
Yellowedged Moray [Yellowmargin Moray Eel]
Yelloweye Filefish
Yelloweye Leatherjacket [Yelloweye Filefish]
Yellowfin Goatfish
Yellowfin Surgeonfish
Yellowmargin Moray Eel
Yellowmargin Triggerfish
Yellowmask Surgeonfish [Elongate Surgeonfish]
Yellowstripe Goatfish
Yellowtail Coris
Yellowtail Wrasse
Z
Zebra Moray Eel
Zebra Pipefish [Ringed Pipefish]