:: Attraction of the
Month
 Mooris Idol
Lives
by day in crevices and hotels, usually forages
at night. Feeds primarily on crabs. Opens
closes mouth when breathing. Shy, moves
away when approached.
:: Previous Month
 Snowflake
Moray
Lives
by day in crevices and hotels, usually forages
at night. Feeds primarily on crabs. Opens
closes mouth when breathing. Shy, moves
away when approached.
 1.
Jordan´s Snapper
Silver-gray to maroon
body, eye red, tail truncate, pectoral,
dorsal and pelvic fins reddish.
2.
Whale Shark
 Dark
blue-gray to brown-black with a pattern
of large white spots and lines above, fading
into white below, three ridges along sides
of body. Broad, flat head with small eyes
just behind wide, terminal mouth. Unmistakable.
Largest of all living fishes.
3.
Commerson´s Frogfish  A
large frogfish. Short, globe-shaped body,
large mouth, simple lucre (illicium) ending
in tuft; pectoral fins like limbs, skin
often has filaments and flaps hanging off
it. Color and pattern highly variable.
4.
Cocosisland Finch
Pinaroloxias
inornata Cocos Finch
 Su
cola es gorda y corta, con patas y dedos fuertes,
pico puntiagudo y ligeramente curvo. Está
cubierto de un plumaje esponjoso. El plumaje
negro del pinzón recubre todo el cuerpo del
macho, mientras que la hembra es café negruzca
por encima, con escamado y con un listado
café oliva que es variable. De jóvenes son
parecidos a la hembra, con la diferencia de
que tienen el pico amarillo.
5.
Hammerhead Shark
 Head
broad and hammer-shaped with anterior notches.
First dorsal fin begins above or slightly
behind base of pectoral fin. Tips of pectoral
finds dusky to black. Body gray-brown above,
white below.
6.
Zebra Moray
Gymnomuraena zebra
 In
crevices and ledges in reefs, from 3 m (10
ft) to at least 26 m (85 ft) depth. Solitary.
Lives by day in crevices and holes, usually
forages at night. Feeds primarily on crabs,
mollusks, and sea urchins. Opens and closes
mouth when breathing. Shy, usually retreats
into crevices when approached. Has been observed
foraging during the day.
7.
Whitetip Reef Shark
Triaenodon obesus
 Conspicuous
white tips on first dorsal fin and upper
lobe of tail, second dorsal fin and lower
lobe of tail sometimes with white tips.
A slender shark with a blunt head, gray
brown above shading to whitish below. Extremely
short, broad snout.
8.
Rosy-Lipped Batfish
Ogcocephalus porrectus
 Triangular
shape; head and body flattened. Body armored
by scales and spines, tan with dark brown
blotches, on back, two spots (2 cm in diameter).
Lips bright red. Tail banded.
9.
Chinese Trumpetfish
 Long
and slender body, with a long tubular snout.
Color variable from mottled green to brown
with indistinct bars and stripes, white
spots on posterior portion of body. A bright
yellow form is uncommon.
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