Fish
Great Barracuda – Solitary and Dangerous
If there is one predator in Cocos Island that is highly feared by both fish and humans, then it is the great barracuda. You can easily identify a great…
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Tristan Paylado
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Pelican Barracuda
Cocos Island is known to house a great population of schooling fish where one of the species that congregates in huge numbers are the Pelican Barracuda. You…
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Blue-barred Parrotfish – A Scar-causing Species
If you see a group of fish actively grazing on algae attached from rocks and dead corals while you go diving in Cocos Island, then most probably it is a school…
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Jellynose Fish
This is one of the few species you can see during your deep sea adventures in Cocos Island using a submersible where the size of this fish is relatively large…
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Clownfish – The Search for Nemo Continues in Cocos Island
Before we proceed with the details of this species, may we share to you the information that Nemo (a movie character depicting the life of a clownfish) is…
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White-spotted Boxfish – An Oddly Colorful but Venomous Fish
Among the 300 plus species of fish found in Cocos Island, the boxfish is one of the oddly looking sea creature where its body has a box-shape rather than the…
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Moorish Idol – An Icon that is often Imitated
Identifying a Moorish Idol is one of the easiest ways to classify and categorize a reef inhabitant of Cocos Island. Aside from being the sole species belonging…
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Chinese Trumpetfish – A Smart Reef Feeder
You can easily identify a trumpetfish through its tubular body where its first dorsal fin, that has an erected spine, looks like the 3-finger buttons of a real…
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Galapagos Garden Eels – An Extremely Shy Resident in Cocos Island, Costa Rica
Unlike other fish species in Cocos Island where you can see them freely swimming in the water column, garden eels are highly territorial and non-migratory…
Sharks
Prickly Shark – A Deep Sea Inhabitant of Cocos Island
You can easily identify this large but sluggish shark through its grey colored stout body that has a black distal fin margin with a white undertone around the…