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Central Indo-Pacific

The Coral Triangle and surrounding reefs — the majority of reef fish and corals in the hobby come from this region.

1,063 species

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Bracket Coral

Bracket Coral

Coral

Podabacia crustacea

A flat, tiered plate coral that quietly carpets the reef with understated elegance.

Bracket Coral

Bracket Coral

Coral

Podabacia motuporensis

A flat, tiered coral that quietly gets on with reef life without drama.

Brain Coral
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Brain Coral

Coral

Coelastrea tenuis

A compact Pacific brain coral suited to intermediate reef keepers.

Brain Coral

Brain Coral

Coral

Dipsastraea amicorum

A bold, brain-patterned large polyp stony coral for the reef aquarium.

Brain Coral

Brain Coral

Coral

Dipsastraea laddi

A robust Indo-Pacific brain coral suited to intermediate reef keepers.

Brain Coral
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Brain Coral

Coral

Favites favosa

A rugged Indo-Pacific brain coral that rewards patient, intermediate reef keepers.

Brain Coral
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Brain Coral

Coral

Favites melicerum

A compact brain coral from Indo-Pacific reefs with classic meandrine patterning.

Brain Coral

Brain Coral

Coral

Leptoria phrygia

A true reef-builder with labyrinthine valleys and bold two-tone coloring.

Brain Coral

Brain Coral

Coral

Lobophyllia corymbosa

A wide-ranging brain coral that forgives beginner mistakes in the reef tank.

Brain Coral
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Brain Coral

Coral

Lobophyllia sinuosa

A forgiving, fleshy brain coral that rewards beginners with bold, sculptural colonies.

Brain Coral

Brain Coral

Coral

Platygyra sinensis

A hardy brain coral with labyrinthine ridges and surprising color variety.

Branch Coral

Branch Coral

Coral

Acropora florida

A branching SPS coral that rewards dedicated reefers with architectural reef structure.

Branched Cup Coral

Branched Cup Coral

Coral

Blastomussa wellsi

A fleshy, low-light coral that thrives where others struggle.

Branched Sandpaper Coral

Branched Sandpaper Coral

Coral

Psammocora contigua

A smoothly textured, shape-shifting coral that thrives across shallow Indo-Pacific reefs.

Branched Tree Coral

Branched Tree Coral

Coral

Parastenella ramosa

A delicate branching coral that earns its tree-like name in any reef tank.

Branching Anchor Coral

Branching Anchor Coral

Coral

Fimbriaphyllia paraancora

A flowing large-polyp coral that rewards patient, attentive reef keepers.

Branching Staghorn Coral

Branching Staghorn Coral

Coral

Acropora nasuta

A branching reef-builder with vivid blue or purple tips and precise, nose-shaped corallites.

Branching Table Coral

Branching Table Coral

Coral

Acropora pharaonis

A table-forming Indo-Pacific Acropora with a detailed, spiky branch architecture.

Brazilian Starlet

Brazilian Starlet

Coral

Siderastrea stellata

A tough, reddish reef builder that thrives where few corals dare to go.

Broccoli Coral

Broccoli Coral

Coral

Litophyton arboreum

A tree-like soft coral from New Caledonia that earns its branching name.

Bronze Puffer

Bronze Puffer

Fish

Auriglobus modestus

A small but aggressive freshwater puffer with a surprisingly varied wild diet.

Bronze pufferfish
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Bronze pufferfish

Fish

Xenopterus naritus

A freshwater-adapted puffer from Southeast Asian rivers, rarely seen in the trade.

Brown Staghorn Coral

Brown Staghorn Coral

Coral

Acropora muricata

A reef-building thicket coral that can carpet entire reef slopes in branching tangles.

Brummer's Moray

Brummer's Moray

Fish

Pseudechidna brummeri

A ghostly white ribbon eel that buries itself and waits for prey.

Brush Coral

Brush Coral

Coral

Acropora hyacinthus

A living tabletop coral that reshapes itself to match wave energy.

Brush Coral

Brush Coral

Coral

Acropora recumbens

A rare East African table coral that demands expert-level reef conditions.

Bubble Coral

Bubble Coral

Coral

Plerogyra sinuosa

Grape-like bubbles by day, sweeping tentacles by night. A coral of two faces.

Bubblegum Coral

Bubblegum Coral

Coral

Plerogyra simplex

Bubble-covered by day, tentacled hunter by night. A coral with a double life.

Bubble Tip Anemone

Bubble Tip Anemone

Invert

Entacmaea quadricolor

The classic clownfish host that can clone itself when truly happy.

Bumphead Parrotfish

Bumphead Parrotfish

Fish

Cetoscarus bicolor

A Red Sea beauty that grazes reef algae and holds its own when challenged.

Burnt Cup Coral

Burnt Cup Coral

Coral

Cladangia exusta

A lesser-known Indo-Pacific coral that rewards attentive reef keepers.

Bush Coral

Bush Coral

Coral

Seriatopora dendritica

A delicate, needle-branched coral that rewards careful placement and steady flow.

Bush Coral

Bush Coral

Coral

Seriatopora guttata

A delicate branching coral that rewards careful reef keepers with detailed, bird's-nest-like growth.

Bushy Coral

Bushy Coral

Coral

Cladocora caespitosa

The Mediterranean's only reef-building coral, forming dense tubular clumps in shallow water.

Bushy Sea Rod

Bushy Sea Rod

Coral

Rumphella aggregata

A bushy, branching gorgonian that brings wild reef structure to the home aquarium.

Bushy Staghorn Coral

Bushy Staghorn Coral

Coral

Acropora valida

A compact, bushy staghorn that shifts from cream to vivid purple-tipped in high light.