Florent's Guide To The

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Roundspot Surgeonfish - Acanthurus bariene
Barnes Garden Eel - Gorgasia barnesi
Oriental Sweetlips - Plectorhinchus vittatus
Rough Box Crab - Calappa gallus
Apicalia echinasteri - Apicalia echinasteri
Oriental Flying Gurnard - Dactyloptena orientalis
Orbicular Burrfish - Cyclichthys orbicularis
Lumpy Dendrodoris - Dendrodoris carbunculosa
Lumpy Asteronotus - Asteronotus cespitosus
Pitted Miamira - Miamira miamirana
Blue Ascidian - Rhopalaea sp. 1
Snowflake Moray Eel - Echidna nebulosa
Wire Coral Crab - Xenocarcinus tuberculatus
Rhopalaea crassa - Rhopalaea crassa
Banded Coral Shrimp - Stenopus hispidus
Bus Stop Chromodoris - Goniobranchus hintuanensis
Pointed-Snout Crinoid Shrimp - Brucecaris tenuis
Black-Tipped Thecacera - Thecacera sp. 1
Rosewater's Egg Cowry - Primovula rosewateri
Ocellated Tozeuma Shrimp - Tozeuma lanceolatum
Flagtail Triggerfish - Sufflamen chrysopterum
Speckled Damsel - Pomacentrus bankanensis
Sea Star Scale Worm - Asterophilia carlae
Paradise Hypselodoris - Hypselodoris paradisa
Wunderpus Octopus - Wunderpus photogenicus
Longhorn Cowfish - Lactoria cornuta
Rosy Spindle Cowry - Phenacovolva rosea
Elegant Sapsucking Slug - Cyerce elegans
Spotted Hypselodoris - Hypselodoris maculosa
Bumpy Mexichromis - Mexichromis multituberculata
Dark Margin Glossodoris - Doriprismatica atromarginata
Many-Lobed Ceratosoma - Ceratosoma tenue
Precious Chromodoris - Goniobranchus preciosus
Orangemargin Elysia - Elysia marginata
Neon Stripe Porcelain Crab - Lissoporcellana furcillata
Barrel Sponge Porcelain Crab - Aliaporcellana spongicola
Puffball Sponge - Oceanapia sagittaria
Puffer Filefish - Brachaluteres taylori
Robin's Moray Eel - Gymnothorax robinsi
Whitebar Filefish - Paramonacanthus choirocephalus
Bluntnose Lizardfish - Trachinocephalus trachinus
Brain Root Coral - Lobophyllia corymbosa
Muricella plectana - Muricella plectana
Micromussa amakusensis - Micromussa amakusensis
Lattice Table Coral - Acropora clathrata
Black Sun Coral - Tubastraea micranthus
Feather Coral - Polyphyllia talpina
Needle Coral - Seriatopora hystrix
Papuan Toby - Canthigaster papua
Montipora undata - Montipora undata
Common Lettuce Coral - Pectinia lactuca
Black Leopard Wrasse - Macropharyngodon negrosensis
Schlegel's Feather Star - Comaster schlegelii
Striated Frogfish - Antennarius striatus
Pharaoh Cuttlefish - Acanthosepion pharaonis
Bigfin Reef Squid - Sepioteuthis lessoniana
Bluestreak Goby - Valenciennea strigata
Peacock Mantis Shrimp - Odontodactylus scyllarus
Ruby-Headed Fairy Wrasse - Cirrhilabrus chaliasi
Sixbar Wrasse - Thalassoma hardwicke
Firetail Dottyback - Labracinus cyclophthalmus
Bluestriped Fangblenny - Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos
Reticulated Dascyllus - Dascyllus reticulatus
Pygmy Seahorse - Hippocampus bargibanti
Northern Toadfish - Torquigener hypselogeneion
Bluespotted Cornetfish - Fistularia commersonii
Caprella spp. - Caprella spp.
Brown Mesh Sea Star - Nardoa galatheae
Mycedium robokaki - Mycedium robokaki
Intermediate Valley Coral - Oulophyllia crispa
Acropora intermedia - Acropora intermedia
Merten's Sea Anemone - Stichodactyla mertensii
Iridescent Cardinalfish - Pristiapogon kallopterus
Lobophytum sp. 1 - Lobophytum sp. 1
Elegant Phyllidia - Phyllidia elegans
Siphonogorgia sp. 1 - Siphonogorgia variabilis
Diploastrea heliopora - Diploastrea heliopora
Acropora selago - Acropora selago
Tree Coral - Dendronephthya spp.
Large Tube Sponge - Haliclona (Reniera) fascigera
Triphyllozoon inornatum - Triphyllozoon inornatum
Lemon Sponge - Leucetta chagosensis
Plate Fire Coral - Millepora platyphylla
Intricate Fire Coral - Millepora intricata
Cherry Blossom Coral - Siphonogorgia godeffroyi
Silver Sweetlips - Diagramma pictum
Haig's Porcelain Crab - Porcellanella haigae
Princess Damsel - Pomacentrus vaiuli
Yellowfin Goatfish - Mulloidichthys vanicolensis
Lemon Damsel - Pomacentrus moluccensis
Striped Surgeonfish - Acanthurus lineatus
Threespot Angelfish - Apolemichthys trimaculatus
Scrawled Filefish - Aluterus scriptus
Pachyrhynchia cuppressina - Pachyrhynchia cuppressina
Spiral Wire Coral - Cirrhipathes spiralis
Prickly Pen Shell - Pinna muricata
Dragon Sea Moth - Eurypegasus draconis
Chalinula nematifera - Chalinula nematifera
Anchor Coral - Fimbriaphyllia ancora
Callyspongia aerizusa - Callyspongia (Cladochalina) aerizusa
Beaded Sea Anemone - Heteractis aurora

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