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There are four species of lobsters and many species of crabs in the Maldives. Some crabs live in the water, but many, like the ghost crab, live on the beach burrowing holes in the sand by the waterline. Fiddler crabs are common on muddy reef shelves. Land crabs, like the hermit crab, live under the leaves of shore bushes. Some are domestic ...
Cirrhilabrus finifenmaa, also known by its common name rose-veiled fairy wrasse, is a rainbow-colored wrasse that is native to the reefs of the Maldives. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Discovery and etymology
Amblyglyphidodon indicus also known as the Maldives damselfish is a species of fish in the family Pomacentridae. It is native to the Indian Ocean, including the Red Sea and the Maldives. [2] The fish reaches 8.3 centimeters in length. [2] Its diet includes zooplankton and floating organic material. [3] It is likely that this fish is reef ...
Dropping about 100 feet, the reef was overflowing with marine life. I spotted a plethora of tropical reef fish along with three Hawksbill turtles – the most common type in the Maldives – and a ...
Wild habitat: Indo-Pacific: Maldives to the Phoenix Islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to the southern Great Barrier Reef; throughout Micronesia. 10. Lawnmower blenny
Gymnothorax breedeni from Maldives The blackcheek moray eel is a medium-sized fish that can reach a maximum length of 100 cm, [ 5 ] but usually morays observed are often smaller. [ 6 ] The background body color is brown speckled in a relatively high density with darker spots.
The marine wildlife of Baa Atoll consists of marine species living in a circular archipelago in the Maldives, inside the administrative division of Baa Atoll, which is the southern part of Maalhosmadulu Atoll. Baa Atoll was named a biosphere reserve by UNESCO in 2011. [1] The whole is approximately 38 km by 46 km, covering a surface of 1,127 km ...
This coral species, known as acropora hemprichii, grows in the shallow reefs of the Maldives in tapered branches which eventually look like a bush or dome as they grow.