Fish
Redtail Triggerfish – A Noisy Reef Inhabitant
You can easily identify this type of triggerfish through its yellow-colored body that has many dark lines creating a pattern that looks like a crosshatch.…
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Tristan Paylado
Fish
Cocos Blue-Banded Goby: A Macro-photograper’s Dream
If one of the sought-after subject for macro-photography in Galapagos island is the Galapagos Blue-banded Goby ( Lythrypnus gilberti ), then the Cocos Blue…
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Spotted Eagle Rays
If you try to compare a Spotted Eagle Ray to a Manta ray, you will end up with a long list of differences between the two species. In terms of body structure…
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Insular Armored Sea Robin – The Newest Member of Cocos Islands’ Family of Fish
This is one of the few fish species in Cocos Island that you can easily identify through its flat body that is completely covered with heavy armor composed of…
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Commerson’s Frogfish – The Colorful and Solitary Underwater Fisherman of Cocos Island
If you try to search the net, you may be confused why a Commerson’s Frogfish has so many individual colors. Yes, this particular species comes in a variety of…
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Marble Rays – Gentle but Dangerous
Although marble rays can be found all over the Indo-Pacific Ocean, their huge population can be found in offshore places like Cocos island where they tend to…
Sharks
Whale Sharks – The Biggest Fish in Cocos Island
We are quite sure that you are already familiar with this type of shark. But just in case you needed a guided description, you can easily identify a whaleshark…
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King Angelfish – The Big Brother of Cocos Islands’ Car Wash Station
You can easily identify this non-migratory tropical fish through its brown-blue bodies with a bright bluish rim around the fins except for the caudal fins…
Sharks
Whitetip Reef Sharks – The Dark Knight of Cocos Island
If we are to give you the easiest way to identify this type of shark, then it should be the white shading at the tip of its dorsal fin. This small and slender…
Fish
Bigeye Trevally – the Tornado Maker
If Cocos island is known for a large congregation of big fish like the hammerhead sharks , then your diving experience in this offshore island will never be…