Indo-Pacific
The heart of marine biodiversity — the Coral Triangle, Great Barrier Reef, and surrounding seas hold more reef species than anywhere else on Earth.
346 species · fish
Sub-regions
Snowflake Blenny
FishSalarias ramosus
A personable reef grazer with bold patterning and surprising air-breathing ability.
Snowflake Eel
FishEchidna nebulosa
A crustacean-crushing moray that coexists peacefully with fish tankmates.
Social Fairy Wrasse
FishCirrhilabrus rubriventralis
A jewel-toned Red Sea wrasse that dances through the water column in groups.
Sohal Tang
FishAcanthurus sohal
A bold Red Sea beauty that rules its territory with zero tolerance for rivals.
Spotted Goby
FishStigmatogobius sadanundio
A pale, spotted bottom-dweller from Asian estuaries with a surprisingly bold personality.
Spotted Hawkfish
FishCirrhitichthys oxycephalus
A bold little percher that claims coral real estate and rarely budges.
Spotted Mandarin
FishSynchiropus picturatus
A reef gem with striking patterns and a famously picky appetite.
Spotted Shrimp Goby
FishAmblyeleotris guttata
A reef sand specialist that shares its home with an almost-blind shrimp partner.
Spotted Toby
FishCanthigaster solandri
A compact reef puffer with vivid spotted patterning and a surprisingly mild temperament.
Squaretail Bristletooth
FishCtenochaetus truncatus
A compact Indian Ocean grazer that earns its keep on nuisance algae.
Starry Triggerfish
FishAbalistes stellaris
A surprisingly beginner-friendly triggerfish with bold spots and serious size.
Stellate Dragonet
FishSynchiropus stellatus
A pint-sized predator from Indian Ocean reefs, built for life among the rubble.
Stellate Puffer
FishArothron stellatus
The largest puffer in the world, built like a torpedo with a beak to match.
Stocky Anthias
FishPseudanthias hypselosoma
A robust, gregarious anthias that thrives in calmer reef lagoons across the Indo-Pacific.
Striped Dottyback
FishPseudochromis sankeyi
A rare dottyback that actually plays well with others in a reef tank.
Striped Eel Catfish
FishPlotosus lineatus
The only catfish that calls coral reefs home, and it comes armed.
Striped Poison-fang Blenny
FishMeiacanthus grammistes
A venomous-fanged blenny that other fish mimic for protection.
Swales' Basslet
FishLiopropoma swalesi
A secretive reef gem that rewards patient, detail-oriented keepers.
Tahiti Butterflyfish
FishChaetodon trichrous
A rarely seen Pacific butterflyfish from the islands of Tahiti.
Tail-spot Combtooth Blenny
FishEcsenius stigmatura
A tiny, perch-loving reef blenny with a bold spot and big personality.
Thompson's Tang
FishAcanthurus thompsoni
A deep-reef plankton feeder that breaks the surgeonfish mold entirely.
Threadfin Anthias
FishNemanthias carberryi
A schooling reef anthias that holds its own unless bullied by tankmates.
Threadfin Butterflyfish
FishChaetodon auriga
A wide-ranging Indo-Pacific butterfly that grazes reefs, rubble, and everything between.
Three-spot Damsel
FishDascyllus trimaculatus
A bold reef dweller that gets feistier with every passing year.
Tiger Angelfish
FishApolemichthys kingi
A rare South African reef angel with bold, tiger-like patterning.
Tiger Blenny
FishEcsenius tigris
A tiny, rarely seen blenny from one of the most remote reef systems on Earth.
Tiger Puffer
FishTakifugu rubripes
The fish behind fugu. A massive, long-lived puffer with serious presence.
Tinker's Butterflyfish
FishChaetodon tinkeri
A deep-water Pacific beauty with a bold split between black and white.
Tomato Clownfish
FishAmphiprion ephippium
A bold, deepening red clownfish that loses its white stripes as it matures.
Tomato Clownfish
FishAmphiprion frenatus
A bold, flame-red clownfish that takes no nonsense from tankmates.
Tomini Dottyback
FishPictichromis dinar
A tiny but ferocious reef dweller from Sulawesi's deep drop-offs.
Tomini Surgeonfish
FishCtenochaetus tominiensis
A compact reef grazer with vivid fin tips that earns its keep cleaning algae.
Tono's Wrasse
FishCirrhilabrus tonozukai
A current-loving fairy wrasse with bold color and fascinating group dynamics.
True Percula Clownfish
FishAmphiprion percula
The fish that launched a thousand reef tanks, with personality to match.
Two-lined Dottyback
FishPseudochromis bitaeniatus
A reef crevice specialist with a sneaky mimicry trick up its sleeve.
Two-spot Bristletooth
FishCtenochaetus binotatus
A reef grazer with an unexpected role in the ciguatera food chain.