Anilao, Philippines Fishes

This page presents fishes we have photographed on several dive trips to Anilao, Philippines. Although we tended to focus our attention on nudibranchs and sea slugs, we did get a few photos of various fish. These pages, however, do not show many (or even most) of the fish that can be found in Anilao or the Philippines. Note that the sizes shown for species are generally the maximum size reported by fishbase rather than the sizes of any individuals we photographed, although sometimes I'm not sure if those maximum sizes are correct. Common names were drawn from either iNaturalist or Fishbase or both and often did not agree. I'm sure looking a few more references we'd have found additional common names.

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Glassfish Ambassidae	Angelfish Pomacanthidae	Cardinalfish Apogonidae
Barracuda Sphyraenidae	Batfish (Spadefish) Ephippidae	Bigeyes Priacanthidae
Blenny Blenniidae	Boxfish and Cowfish Ostraciidae	Breams Nemipteridae
Butterflyfish Chaetodontidae	Catfish Plotosidae	Clingfish Gobiesocidae
Comet Plesiopidae	Convict Blenny Pholidichthyidae	Damsels and Clownfish Pomacentridae
Dottybacks Pseudochromidae	Dragonets Callionymidae	Eels Muraenidae, Ophichthidae, Congridae
Fairy Basslets (Anthias) Anthiadidae	Filefish Monacanthidae	Flatheads Platycephalidae
Flounders and Soles Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, Paralichthyidae Samaridae, Soleidae	Frogfish Antennariidae	Ghost Pipefish Solenostomidae
Gobies Gobiidae	Groupers Serranidae	Gurnards Dactyloptenidae
Hawkfish Cirrhitidae	Moorish Idols Zanclidae	Jacks Carangidae
Jawfish Opistognathidae	Lizardfish Synodontidae	Mojarras Gerreidae
Parrotfish Scaridae	Pipefish and Seahorses Syngnathidae	Porcupinefish Diodontidae
Puffers Tetradontidae	Rabbitfish Siganidae	Razorfish Centriscidae
Sandperch Pinguipedidae	Scorpionfish Scorpaenidae	Sea Moths Pegasidae
Sharks Hemiscylliidae	Snappers Lutjanidae	Soapfish Grammistidae
Stargazers Uranoscopidae	Stingrays Dasyatidae	Stonefish and Devilfish Synanceiidae
Sweetlips Haemulidae	Triggerfish Balistidae	Triplefins Tripterygiidae
Velvetfish Apolactinidae	Waspfish Tetraogidae	Wrasses Labridae

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