Photo credits
Every photo on the Reefscene website is a Creative Commons photograph of a wild animal, taken by the naturalists credited below. Photos are cropped for display, and the reef is drawn with stylised cut-outs derived from them. Cut-outs derived from CC BY-SA photographs are themselves available under CC BY-SA.
This page lists the 189 species that appear on the website's reef. The app holds 228 species, each credited in the app. Select a species to open the original photo.
- African Coris Coris cuvieriDarren Obbard / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Anemone Porcelain Crab Neopetrolisthes maculatusno rights reserved · CC0
- Arabian Butterflyfish Chaetodon melapterusJean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0
- Arabian Picassofish Rhinecanthus assasiKora27 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Bearded Fireworm Hermodice carunculataRodrigo Canalli / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Bigfin Reef Squid Sepioteuthis lessonianano rights reserved / iNaturalist · CC0
- Bird Wrasse Gomphosus caeruleusEgor Dyukarev / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Black Sea Cucumber Holothuria atrano rights reserved / iNaturalist · CC0
- Blackback Butterflyfish Chaetodon melannotusYves Bas / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Blackspotted Sweetlips Plectorhinchus gaterinusMicha Baum / iNaturalist · CC BY-SA
- Blacktip Grouper Epinephelus fasciatusportioid / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Blacktip Reef Shark Carcharhinus melanopterusPauline Walsh Jacobson / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Blue Dragon Pteraeolidia semperiKen-ichi Ueda / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Blue-barred Parrotfish Scarus ghobbanChris Kirby-Lambert / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Bluefin Trevally Caranx melampygusRobin White · cc-by
- Bluespine Unicornfish Naso unicornisMike Bowie / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Bluespotted Prawn-goby Cryptocentrus caeruleopunctatusJan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Bluespotted Ribbontail Ray Taeniura lymma(c) Nils, some rights reserved (CC BY) · cc-by
- Bluespotted Wrasse Anampses caeruleopunctatusDmitry Ivanov / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse Labroides dimidiatusJulien Renoult / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Bluestriped Fangblenny Plagiotremus rhinorhynchosDitch Townsend / iNaturalist · CC BY-SA
- Bluestriped Snapper Lutjanus kasmiraEwout Knoester · CC BY-SA
- Branching Fire Coral Millepora dichotomaMichael Bakker Paiva / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Broomtail Wrasse Cheilinus lunulatusno rights reserved · CC0
- Bubble Coral Plerogyra sinuosaportioid · cc-by
- Checkerboard Wrasse Halichoeres hortulanusno rights reserved / iNaturalist · CC0
- Christmas Tree Worm Spirobranchus corniculatusportioid / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Citron Coral Goby Gobiodon citrinusDaniel Benák / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Clown Coris Coris aygulaPaul Asman and Jill Lenoble / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
- Cluster Staghorn Coral Acropora humilisKevin Judge / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Common Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatusJulien Bidet / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Common Lionfish Pterois milesTara Kate Turkington / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Coral Grouper Cephalopholis miniatano rights reserved / iNaturalist · CC0
- Coral Guard Crab Trapezia cymodoceDan Schofield / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Cornetfish Fistularia commersoniiSarah Faulwetter / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Crescent-tail Bigeye Priacanthus hamrurDebra Baker / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Cushion Star Culcita schmidelianano rights reserved / iNaturalist · CC0
- Daisy Parrotfish Chlorurus sordidusno rights reserved / iNaturalist · CC0
- Day Octopus Octopus cyaneaRohan Arthur / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Decorator Crab Camposcia retusaportioid / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Dentex Blenny Ecsenius dentexGeorgina Jones / iNaturalist · CC BY-SA
- Diagonal Butterflyfish Chaetodon fasciatusKora27 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Divided Flatworm Pseudoceros dimidiatusKai Squires / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Dugong Dugong dugonno rights reserved · cc0
- Dusky Spinefoot Siganus luridusEwout Knoester / iNaturalist · CC BY-SA
- Egyptian Sea Star Gomophia egyptiacaDebra Baker · CC BY
- Emperor Angelfish Pomacanthus imperatorDerek Keats / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
- Emperor Snapper Lutjanus sebaeBrian Gratwicke / iNaturalist · CC BY 4.0
- Eritrean Butterflyfish Chaetodon paucifasciatusDiego Delso, delso.photo / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Exquisite Butterflyfish Chaetodon austriacusMario Bassini · CC BY
- Feather Duster Worm Sabellastarte spectabilisAlberto Alcalá / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Feather Star Capillaster multiradiatusMichael Bakker Paiva / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Firefish Nemateleotris magnificacello caruso-turiello / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Five-lined Cardinalfish Cheilodipterus quinquelineatusno rights reserved · CC0
- Flexible Leather Coral Sinularia flexibilisnbasargin / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Galaxy Coral Galaxea fascicularisNicola Crockford / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Gem Sea Slug Goniobranchus geminusEwout Knoester / iNaturalist · CC BY-SA
- Geometric Moray Gymnothorax griseusshahar chaikin / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Ghardaqa Sea Star Fromia ghardaqanano rights reserved / iNaturalist · CC0
- Giant Moray Gymnothorax javanicusChristopher Mark / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Giant Trevally Caranx ignobilisNicola Crockford · cc-by
- Glass Anemone Shrimp Periclimenes brevicarpalis呂一起(Lyu yi-chi) / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Glasseye Heteropriacanthus cruentatusPauline Walsh Jacobson / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Golden Sweeper Parapriacanthus ransonnetijeyre / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Graeffe's Sea Cucumber Pearsonothuria graeffeiMicha Baum / iNaturalist · CC BY-SA
- Granular Sea Star Choriaster granulatusPiotr Lukasik / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Great Barracuda Sphyraena barracudaKora27 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Green Chromis Chromis viridisGeorgina Jones / iNaturalist · CC BY-SA
- Green Turtle Chelonia mydasDon Loarie / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Grey Reef Shark Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoscello caruso-turiello / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Grey Sweetlips Plectorhinchus schotafEwout Knoester / iNaturalist · CC BY-SA
- Halavi Guitarfish Glaucostegus halavino rights reserved / iNaturalist · CC0
- Hawksbill Turtle Eretmochelys imbricataDaniel Benák / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Hermit Crab Dardanus tinctorR Vasconcellos / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Hingebeak Shrimp Rhynchocinetes durbanensisportioid / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Hooded Butterflyfish Chaetodon larvatusno rights reserved · CC0
- Humpnose Big-eye Bream Monotaxis grandoculisDiego Delso, delso.photo / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops aduncusno rights reserved / iNaturalist · CC0
- Indo-Pacific Sergeant Abudefduf vaigiensisIan Dugdale / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Jayakar's Seahorse Hippocampus jayakariPauline Walsh Jacobson / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Klunzinger's Wrasse Thalassoma klunzingerino rights reserved / iNaturalist · CC0
- Leopard Sea Cucumber Bohadschia argusCricket Raspet / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Live Sharksucker Echeneis naucratesDaniel Z / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Loggerhead Turtle Caretta carettaMatteo Bellucci / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Long-spined Urchin Diadema setosumEwout Knoester · CC BY-SA
- Longnose Hawkfish Oxycirrhites typusMicha Baum / iNaturalist · CC BY-SA
- Lunar Fusilier Caesio lunarisRui Ribeiro / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Magnificent Sea Anemone Heteractis magnificano rights reserved / iNaturalist · CC0
- Many-spined Angelfish Centropyge multispinisEwout Knoester / iNaturalist · CC BY-SA
- Map Pufferfish Arothron mappaDebra Baker / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Marbled Spinefoot Siganus rivulatusLawrence Troup / iNaturalist · CC BY-SA
- Marr's Fusilier Pterocaesio marriRoger Rittmaster / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Masked Pufferfish Arothron diadematusJacek Pietruszewski · CC BY
- Midas Blenny Ecsenius midasGeorgina Jones / iNaturalist · CC BY-SA
- Miry's Damselfish Neopomacentrus miryaeno rights reserved · CC0
- Moon Wrasse Thalassoma lunareportioid / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Moorish Idol Zanclus cornutusno rights reserved / iNaturalist · CC0
- Mottled Linckia Linckia multiforaDonald Davesne / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Napoleon Wrasse Cheilinus undulatusno rights reserved / iNaturalist · CC0
- Network Pipefish Corythoichthys flavofasciatusJan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová · CC BY
- Ocellate Phyllidia Phyllidia ocellataGeorgina Jones / iNaturalist · CC BY-SA
- Onespot Snapper Lutjanus monostigmano rights reserved / iNaturalist · CC0
- Orange-striped Triggerfish Balistapus undulatusDonald Davesne / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Orangespine Unicornfish Naso lituratusJason Grant / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Orbicular Batfish Platax orbicularis(c) Pierre Pericard, some rights reserved (CC BY) · cc-by
- Orchid Dottyback Pseudochromis fridmaniGeorgina Jones / iNaturalist · CC BY-SA
- Painted Frogfish Antennarius pictusDan Schofield / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Palette Surgeonfish Paracanthurus hepatusDiego Delso / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Pantropical Spotted Dolphin Stenella attenuatano rights reserved / iNaturalist · CC0
- Peacock Grouper Cephalopholis argusGergely Nigg / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Peacock Mantis Shrimp Odontodactylus scyllarusPeter Southwood / iNaturalist · CC BY-SA
- Persian Carpet Flatworm Pseudobiceros bedfordiDan Schofield / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Pharaoh Cuttlefish Sepia pharaonisDan Schofield / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Pickhandle Barracuda Sphyraena jelloDebra Baker / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Pinecone Soldierfish Myripristis murdjanChristopher Mark / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Pixie Hawkfish Cirrhitichthys oxycephalusNick Hobgood / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Purple Tang Zebrasoma xanthurumStan Shebs / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Pyjama Nudibranch Chromodoris quadricolorNils / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Red Sea Anemonefish Amphiprion bicinctusMagnus Kjaergaard / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
- Red Sea Anthias Pseudanthias taeniatusno rights reserved / iNaturalist · CC0
- Red Sea Dascyllus Dascyllus marginatusDr. Thomas Dörner · CC BY-SA
- Red Sea Fire Urchin Asthenosoma marisrubrino rights reserved / iNaturalist · CC0
- Red Sea Flasher Wrasse Paracheilinus octotaeniaJulien Renoult · CC BY
- Red Sea Goatfish Parupeneus forsskalino rights reserved / iNaturalist · CC0
- Red Sea Longnose Filefish Oxymonacanthus hallino rights reserved / iNaturalist · CC0
- Red Sea Mimic Blenny Ecsenius gravieriJulien Renoult / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Red Sea Moses Sole Pardachirus marmoratusEwout Knoester / iNaturalist · CC BY-SA
- Red Sea Sailfin Tang Zebrasoma desjardiniiR Vasconcellos · CC BY
- Redtoothed Triggerfish Odonus nigerBernard DUPONT · cc-by
- Reef Manta Ray Mobula alfrediR Vasconcellos / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Regal Angelfish Pygoplites diacanthusH. Zell / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Ringed Nudibranch Goniobranchus annulatusGeorgina Jones / iNaturalist · CC BY-SA
- Robust Ghost Pipefish Solenostomus cyanopterusGeorgina Jones / iNaturalist · CC BY-SA
- Rock-boring Urchin Echinometra mathaeiEwout Knoester / iNaturalist · CC BY-SA
- Roving Coral Grouper Plectropomus pessuliferusDiego Delso, delso.photo / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Rusty Parrotfish Scarus ferrugineusMicha Baum / iNaturalist · CC BY-SA
- Scalloped Hammerhead Sphyrna lewiniMichael Bommerer / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Scrambled-egg Nudibranch Phyllidia varicosaportioid / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Scrawled Filefish Aluterus scriptusMatteo Bellucci / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Sea Goldie Pseudanthias squamipinnisDerek Keats / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
- Snake Sea Cucumber Synapta maculataLiam Maguire / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Snowflake Moray Echidna nebulosano rights reserved / iNaturalist · CC0
- Sohal Surgeonfish Acanthurus sohalBS Thurner Hof / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Spangled Emperor Lethrinus nebulosusBruce Deagle / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Spanish Dancer Hexabranchus sanguineusHugo Innes / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Spinetail Devil Ray Mobula mobularSarah Faulwetter / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Spinner Dolphin Stenella longirostrisRobert Webster / iNaturalist · CC BY-SA
- Spot-fin Porcupinefish Diodon hystrixno rights reserved / iNaturalist · CC0
- Spotted Boxfish Ostracion meleagrisKen-ichi Ueda / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Spotted Eagle Ray Aetobatus narinariDan Schofield · cc-by
- Spotted Garden Eel Heteroconger hassiPiotr Lukasik / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Spotted Sea Hare Aplysia dactylomelaAntônio Neto / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Starry Pufferfish Arothron stellatusportioid / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Steephead Parrotfish Chlorurus strongylocephalusDarren Obbard / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Steinitz's Shrimpgoby Amblyeleotris steinitziJulien Renoult / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Stellate Rabbitfish Siganus stellatusno rights reserved · cc0
- Stonefish Synanceia verrucosaportioid · cc-by
- Striated Surgeonfish Ctenochaetus striatusDarren Obbard / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Striped Catfish Plotosus lineatusAuradyme / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Suez Fusilier Caesio suevicano rights reserved · CC0
- Summan Grouper Epinephelus summanaJan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Sunrise Dottyback Pseudochromis flavivertexJan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Tailspot Squirrelfish Sargocentron caudimaculatumJono / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Tassled Scorpionfish Scorpaenopsis oxycephalaportioid / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Teira Batfish Platax teiraChristopher Mark / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Textile Cone Conus textileTakaaki Hattori · cc-by
- Threadfin Butterflyfish Chaetodon aurigaYi-Kai Tea · CC BY-SA
- Three-spot Damselfish Dascyllus trimaculatusDan Schofield · CC BY
- Three-stripe Damselfish Dascyllus aruanusportioid · CC BY
- Tiger Cardinalfish Cheilodipterus macrodondesertnaturalist / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Tiger Cowrie Cypraea tigrisDan Schofield / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Titan Triggerfish Balistoides viridescensfletchermoore · cc-by
- Torpedo Ray Torpedo sinuspersicidesertnaturalist / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Trumpetfish Aulostomus chinensisGeorgina Jones / iNaturalist · CC BY-SA
- Two-spot Red Snapper Lutjanus boharDonald Davesne / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Valentini's Toby Canthigaster valentiniPauline Walsh Jacobson / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Variegated Lizardfish Synodus variegatusJens Petersen / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Warty Cauliflower Coral Pocillopora verrucosaDaniel Eisenhauer / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Whale Shark Rhincodon typusDaniel Benák / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Whip Coral Goby Bryaninops yongeijeyre · CC BY
- White-spotted Pufferfish Arothron hispidusJeremy Jones / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Whitetip Reef Shark Triaenodon obesuskeesgroenendijk / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Yellow Boxfish Ostracion cubicusRickard Zerpe / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
- Yellow Porites Porites luteaPhilippe Bourjon / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Yellow-edged Moray Gymnothorax flavimarginatusRobin White / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Yellowbar Angelfish Pomacanthus maculosusDaniel Benák / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Yellowcheeked Butterflyfish Chaetodon semilarvatusGrete Pasch / iNaturalist · CC BY
- Yellowsaddle Goatfish Parupeneus cyclostomusDiego Delso, delso.photo / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Zebra Dartfish Ptereleotris zebraDebra Baker / iNaturalist · CC BY