Scientific Fish Names
Species: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
| (Linked to Species Profile) | Samoan Name | Common Name | Park Status | Abundance | Nativity | Photo |
| Unconfirmed | No data | Native | ||||
| Cabillus sp. 5 | goby | Present in Samoa | Native | |||
| Caesio caerulaurea |
atule-toto or ulisega | scissortail fusilier | Present in Samoa | Native | ||
| Caesio cuning | redbelly yellowtail fusilier | Unconfirmed | No data | Native | ||
| Caesio teres | blue and yellow fusilier | Present in Park | Abundant | Native | ||
| Caesio xanthonota |
atule-toto or ulisega | yellowback fusilier | Unconfirmed | No data | Native | |
| Callechelys marmoratus | marbled snake eel | Present in Samoa | Native | |||
| Callionymus simplicicornis | simple-spined
dragonet | Present in Park | Uncommon | Native | ||
| Callionymus xanthosemeion | dragonet | Present in Samoa | Native | |||
| Callogobius centrolepis | goby | Unconfirmed | No data | Native | ||
| Callogobius maculipinnis | ostrich goby | Unconfirmed | No data | Native | ||
| Callogobius sclateri | tripleband goby | Unconfirmed | No data | Native | ||
| Calotomus carolinus | fuga-valea | stareye parrotfish | Present in Park | Rare | Native | |
| Calotomus spinidens | raggedtooth parrotfish | Present in park | No data | Native | ||
| Cantherhines dumerilii | pa`umalo | barred filefish | Present in Park | Common | Native | |
| Cantherhines pardalis | aimeo falala pa`umalo | honeycomb filefish | Present in park | No data | Native | |
| Canthidermis maculatus | sumu-va`a | spotted oceanic triggerfish | Present in Park | Rare | Native | |
| Canthigaster amboinensis | sue-lape | Ambon puffer | Present in Park | Common | Native | |
| Canthigaster bennetti | sue-`afa | Bennett's toby | Present in Park | Common | Native | |
| Canthigaster janthinoptera | sue-sugale | greenspotted toby | Present in Park | Uncommon | Native | |
| Canthigaster solandri | sue-mimi | Solander's toby | Present in Park | Abundant | Native | |
| Canthigaster valentini | sue-mu | model toby | Present in Park | Common | Native | |
| Caracanthus maculatus | tapua | spotted coral croucher | Present in Park | Common | Native | |
| Caracanthus unipinna | tapua | gray coral croucher | Present in Park | Uncommon | Native | |
| Carangoides coeruleopinnatus |
filu lalafutu | coastal trevally | Unconfirmed | No data | Native | |
| Carangoides dinema | shadow jack | Unconfirmed | No data | Native | ||
| Carangoides ferdau | barred jack | Unconfirmed | No data | Native | ||
| Carangoides hedlandensis | bumpnose trevally | Unconfirmed | No data | Native | ||
| Carangoides orthogrammus | island jack | Present in Park | Uncommon | Native | ||
| Carangoides plagiotaenia | barcheek jack | Unconfirmed | No data | Native | ||
| Caranx ignobilis | sapo`anae | giant trevally | Present in Park | Uncommon | Native | |
| Caranx lugubris | tafauli | black trevally | Present in Park | Uncommon | Native | |
| Caranx melampygus |
atugaloloa malauli-apamoana | bluefin trevally | Present in Park | Abundant | Native | |
| Caranx papuensis | malauili-sinasama | brassy trevally | Present in Park | Uncommon | Native | |
| Caranx sexfasciatus | malauli-matalapo`a | bigeye trevally | Present in Park | Uncommon | Native | |
| Carcharhinus albimarginatus | aso | silvertip shark | Present in Samoa | Native | ||
| Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos | malie-aloalo | grey reef shark | Present in park | Native | ||
| Carcharhinus falciformis | silky shark | Present in Samoa | Native | |||
| Carcharhinus galapagensis | Galapagos shark | Present in Samoa | Native | |||
| Carcharhinus leucas | bull shark | Present in Samoa | Native | |||
| Carcharhinus limbatus | blacktip shark | Present in Samoa | Native | |||
| Carcharhinus longimanus | apoapo | oceanic whitetip shark | Present in Samoa | Native | ||
| Carcharhinus melanopterus | apeape, malie-alamata | blacktip reef shark | Present in Park | Uncommon | Native | |
| Centropyge aurantia | golden angelfish | Unconfirmed | No data | Native | ||
| Centropyge bicolor | tu`u`u-matamalu | bicolor angelfish | Present in Park | Abundant | Native | |
| Centropyge bispinosa | tu`u`u-alomu | two-spine angelfish | Present in Park | Abundant | Native | |
| Centropyge fisheri | tu`u`u-uluvela | Fisher's angelfish | Unconfirmed | No data | Native | |
| Centropyge flavissima |
tu`u`u-lega tu`u`u-sama | lemonpeel angelfish | Present in Park | Abundant | Native | |
| Centropyge heraldi | tu`u`u-atugauli | Herald's angelfish | Present in Park | Common | Native | |
| Centropyge loricula | tu`u`u-tusiuli | flame angelfish | Present in Park | Uncommon | Native | |
| Centropyge multifasciata | tu`u`u-manini | multibar angelfish | Unconfirmed | No data | Native | |
| Cephalopholis argus | gatala-uli loi | peacock hind | Present in Park | Common | Native | |
| Cephalopholis aurantia | gatala-sega | golden hind | Unconfirmed | No data | Native | |
| Cephalopholis igarashiensis | gatala-sama | goldbar grouper | Unconfirmed | No data | Native | |
| Cephalopholis leopardus |
gatala-sina mata`ele | leopard hind | Present in Park | Rare | Native | |
| Cephalopholis miniata | coral
hind | Present in park | No data | Native | ||
| Cephalopholis sexmaculata | gatala-mumu | sixspot hind | Unconfirmed | No data | Native | |
| Cephalopholis sonnerati | tomato hind | Present in Park | Uncommon | Native | ||
| Cephalopholis spiloparaea | strawberry grouper | Present in Park | Rare | Native | ||
| Cephalopholis urodeta | darkfin hind | Present in Park | Abundant | Native | ||
| Ceratobregma helenae | Helen's triplefin | Unconfirmed | No data | Native | ||
| Cercamia cladara | frail cardinalfish | Present in Park | Rare | Native | ||
| Cetoscarus ocellatus | laea-usi | spotted parrotfish | Present in Park | Common | Native | |
| Chaetodon auriga | I`usamasama si`u | threadfin butterflyfish | Present in Park | Uncommon | Native | |
| Chaetodon bennetti | tifitifi-lega | Bennett's butterflyfish | Present in Park | Rare | Native | |
| Chaetodon citrinellus |
tifitifi-moamanu tifitifi-muamai | citron butterflyfish | Present in Park | Common | Native | |
| Chaetodon ephippium | tifitifi-tuauli | saddled butterflyfish | Present in Park | Abundant | Native | |
| Chaetodon flavirostris | dusky butterflyfish | yellowsnout butterflyfish | Present in Samoa | No data | Native | |
| Chaetodon kleinii | whitespotted butterflyfish | blacklip butterflyfish | Present in Samoa | Native | ||
| Chaetodon lineolatus | tifitifi-laui`a | lined butterflyfish | Present in Park | Uncommon | Native | |
| Chaetodon lunula | tifitifi-laumea | raccoon butterflyfish | Present in Park | Abundant | Native | |
| Chaetodon lunulatus | redfin butterflyfish | Present in Park | Uncommon | Native | ||
| Chaetodon melannotus | tifitifi-pa`ipa`I | blackback butterflyfish | Present in Park | Rare | Native | |
| Chaetodon mertensii | tifitifi-sega`ula | Merten's butterflyfish | Present in Park | Uncommon | Native | |
| Chaetodon ornatissimus | tifitifi-`ava`ava | ornate butterflyfish | Present in Park | Abundant | Native | |
| Chaetodon oxycephalus | spotnape butterflyfish | Present in park | No data | Native | ||
| Chaetodon pelewensis | tifitifi-tisiloloa | dot-dash butterflyfish | Present in Park | Abundant | Native | |
| Chaetodon quadrimaculatus | tifitifi-segasega | fourspot butterflyfish | Present in Park | Common | Native | |
| Chaetodon rafflesii | tifitifi-pule | latticed butterflyfish | Present in Park | Rare | Native | |
| Chaetodon reticulatus | tifitifi-maono | reticulated butterflyfish | Present in Park | Abundant | Native | |
| Chaetodon semeion | tifitifi-si`o | dotted butterflyfish | Present in Park | Uncommon | Native | |
| Chaetodon trifascialis | tifitifi-sae-u | chevron butterflyfish | Present in Park | Uncommon | Native | |
| Chaetodon trifasciatus | tifitifi-manifi | redfin butterflyfish | Present in park | No data | Native | |
| Chaetodon ulietensis | tifitifi-gutu`uli | doublebarred butterflyfish | Present in Park | Common | Native | |
| Chaetodon unimaculatus | tifitifi-pulesama | teardrop butterflyfish | Present in Park | Common | Native | |
| Chaetodon vagabundus | tifitifi-matapua`a | vagabond butterflyfish | Present in Park | Abundant | Native | |
| Chalixodytes chameleontoculis | i`atolo | saddled sandburrower | Present in Samoa | Native | ||
| Chanos chanos | ava avali`I | milkfish | Unconfirmed | Native | ||
| Cheilinus chlorourus | lalafi-matapua`a | floral wrasse | Present in Park | Common | Native | |
| Cheilinus fasciatus | lalafi-pulepule | redbreasted wrasse | Present in Park | Common | Native | |
| Cheilinus oxycephalus | snooty wrasse | Present in Park | Common | Native | ||
| Cheilinus trilobatus | lalafi-matamumu | tripletail wrasse | Present in Park | Common | Native | |
| Cheilinus undulatus |
lalafi malakea tagafa | giant humphead wrasse | Present in Park | Occasional | Native | |
| Cheilio inermis | sugale-mo`o | cigar wrasse | Present in Park | Uncommon | Native | |
| Cheilodipterus artus | wolf cardinalfish | Present in Park | Common | Native | ||
| Cheilodipterus macrodon | fo-taoto tuganini | large-toothed cardinalfish | Present in Park | Common | Native | |
| Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus | fo-tusiloloa | five-line cardinalfish | Present in Park | Abundant | Native | |
| Cheilopogon atrisignis | malolo | Jenkin's flyingfish | Present in Samoa | Native | ||
| Cheilopogon nigricans | malolo | flyingfish | Present in Samoa | Native | ||
| Cheilopogon spilonopterus | malolo | Bleeker's flyingfish | Present in Samoa | Native | ||
| Cheilopogon spilopterus | malolo | spotted-wing flyingfish | Present in Samoa | Native | ||
| Cheilopogon suttoni | malolo | flyingfish | Present in Samoa | Native | ||
| Cheilopogon unicolor | malolo | flyingfish | Present in Samoa | Native | ||
| Chlidichthys sp. 1 | Present in Samoa | Native | ||||
| Chlorurus frontalis | reefcrest parrotfish | Present in Park | Common | Native | ||
| Chlorurus japanensis |
fuga-si`umu laea-ulusama | redtail parrotfish | Present in Park | Abundant | Native | |
| Chlorurus microrhinos | steephead parrotfish | Present in Park | Common | Native | ||
| Chlorurus sordidus |
fuga-gutumu fugausi-tuavela laea-tuavela | bullethead parrotfish | Present in Park | Abundant | Native | |
| Choerodon jordani | Jordon's tuskfish | Unconfirmed | No data | Native | ||
| Choeroichthys cinctus | zebra pipefish | Present in Samoa | Native | |||
| Choeroichthys sculptus | sculptured pipefish | Present in Samoa | Native | |||
| Chromis acares | tu`u`u-fo | midget chromis | Present in Park | Abundant | Native | |
| Chromis agilis | agile chromis | Present in Park | Uncommon | Native | ||
| Chromis alpha | alpha chromis | Present in Park | Rare | Native | ||
| Chromis amboinensis | tu`u`u-palevai | Ambon chromis | Present in Park | Uncommon | Native | |
| Chromis analis | Unconfirmed | No data | Native | |||
| Chromis atripectoralis | tu`u`u-segasega | black-axil chromis | Present in Park | Uncommon | Native | |
| Chromis atripes | Unconfirmed | No data | Native | |||
| Chromis fumea | smoky chromis | Present in Park | Abundant | Native | ||
| Chromis iomelas | tu`u`u-i`usina | half-and-half chromis | Present in Park | Abundant | Native | |
| Chromis lepidolepis | Unconfirmed | No data | Native | |||
| Chromis margaritifer | tu`u`u-i`usina | bicolor chromis | Present in Park | Abundant | Native | |
| Chromis ternatensis | ternate chromis | Present in Park | Common | Native | ||
| Chromis vanderbilti | tu`u`u-fo | Vanderbilt's chromis | Present in Park | Uncommon | Native | |
| Chromis viridis | i`alanumoana tu`u`u-segasega | bluegreen chromis | Present in Park | Common | Native | |
| Chromis weberi | Weber's chromis | Present in Park | Rare | Native | ||
| Chromis xanthura | tu`u`u-i`usina | variable chromis | Present in Park | Common | Native | |
| Chrysiptera biocellata | tu`u`u-ulavapua | twospot damselfish | Present in Park | Uncommon | Native | |
| Chrysiptera brownriggii |
tu`u`u-alamu tu`u`u-tulisegasega | surge damselfish | Present in Park | Common | Native | |
| Chrysiptera caeruleolineata | blueline damselfish | Present in Park | Uncommon | Native | ||
| Chrysiptera cyanea |
tu`u`u-mo`o vaiuli-sama | blue devil | Present in Park | Uncommon | Native | |
| Chrysiptera glauca | gray damselfish | Present in Park | Common | Native | ||
| Chrysiptera taupou | tu`u`u-mo`o vaiuli-sama | south seas devil | Present in Park | Abundant | Native | |
| Chrysiptera tricincta | three-bar damselfish | Present in Park | Uncommon | Native | ||
| Chrysiptera unimaculata | onespot damoiselle | Present in Park | Uncommon | Native | ||
| Cirrhilabrus punctatus | dotted fairy wrasse | Present in Park | Uncommon | Native | ||
| Cirrhilabrus rubrimarginatus | redmargin wrasse | Present in Samoa | No data | Native | ||
| Cirrhilabrus scottorum | Scott's fairy wrasse | Present in Park | Uncommon | Native | ||
| Cirrhilabrus temminckii | Unconfirmed | No data | Native | |||
| Cirrhilabrus walshi | Unconfirmed | No data | Native | |||
| Cirrhilabrus sp. 1 | Present in park | Native | ||||
| Cirrhilabrus sp. 2 | Present in Samoa | Native | ||||
| Cirrhitichthys falco | la`o-gatala | dwarf hawkfish | Present in Park | Common | Native | |
| Cirrhitus pinnulatus | ulutu`I | stocky hawkfish | Present in Park | Common | Native | |
| Cirripectes castaneus | mano`o-la`o | chestnut blenny | Present in Park | Common | Native | |
| Cirripectes fuscoguttatus | mano`o-sofe | brownspotted blenny | Unconfirmed | No data | Native | |
| Cirripectes polyzona | barred blenny | Present in Park | Common | Native | ||
| Cirripectes quagga | zebra blenny | Unconfirmed | No data | Native | ||
| Cirripectes springeri | Springer's blenny | Present in Park | Uncommon | Native | ||
| Cirripectes stigmaticus | mano`o-la`o | reticulated blenny | Present in Park | Abundant | Native | |
| Cirripectes variolosus | Pacific plate blenny | Present in park | No data | Native | ||
| Cirrisalarias bunares | fringeface blenny | Unconfirmed | No data | Native | ||
| Conger cinereus | i`aui pusi-solasulu | moustache conger | Present in park | Native | ||
| Conger sp. 1 | conger | Present in Samoa | Native | |||
| Conidens samoensis | taiuli | clingfish | Present in Samoa | Native | ||
| Coris aygula | sugale-uluto`I | clown coris | Present in Park | Common | Native | |
| Coris gaimard | sugale-mumu sugale-tala`ula | yellowtail coris | Present in Park | Common | Native | |
| Coryphaena hippurus | masimasi | dolphin fish | Present in Samoa | Native | ||
| Coryphopterus duospilus | twospot goby | Present in Park | Uncommon | Native | ||
| Coryphopterus inframaculatus | blotched goby | Present in Park | Uncommon | Native | ||
| Coryphopterus neophytus | novice sandgoby | Present in Park | Uncommon | Native | ||
| Coryphopterus (Fusigobius) sp. 2 | Present in Samoa | Native | ||||
| Corythoichthys amplexus | darkbarred pipefish | Present in Park | Rare | Native | ||
| Corythoichthys flavofasciatus | yellowbanded pipefish | Present in Park | Abundant | Native | ||
| Corythoichthys intestinalis | scribbled pipefish | Present in Park | Abundant | Native | ||
| Cosmocampus maxweberi | Max Weber's pipefish | Present in Samoa | Native | |||
| Crenimugil crenilabis | fringelip
mullet | Present in Park | Common | Native | ||
| Cryptocentrus leptocephalus | pink-spotted shrimpgoby | Present in Park | Uncommon | Native | ||
| Cryptocentrus leucostictus | mano`o-popo | saddled shrimpgoby | Present in Park | Common | Native | |
| Cryptocentrus sp. 28 | shrimpgoby | Present in Samoa | Native | |||
| Cryptocentrus strigilliceps | target shrimpgoby | Present in Park | Common | Native | ||
| Crystallodytes cookei | i`atolo | sandburrower | Present in Samoa | Native | ||
| Ctenochaetus binotatus | twospot bristletooth | Pr | Common | Native | ||
| Ctenochaetus cyanocheilus | bluelip bristletooth | Present in Park | Abundant | Native | ||
| Ctenochaetus flavicauda | pale-tailed bristletooth | Present in Park | Rare | Native | ||
| Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis | chevron
tang (juv); Hawaiian bristletooth (ad) | Present in Park | Rare | Native | ||
| Ctenochaetus striatus | logoulia pala`ia pone | striped bristletooth | Present in Park | Abundant | Native | |
| Ctenogobiops aurocingulus | mano`o-popo | goldstreaked shrimpgoby | Present in Park | Common | Native | |
| Ctenogobiops crocineus | silverspot shrimpgoby | Present in Park | Common | Native | ||
| Ctenogobiops sp. | shrimpgoby | Present in Samoa | No data | Native | ||
| Ctenogobiops feroculus | sand shrimpgoby | Present in Park | Common | Native | ||
| Ctenogobiops pomastictus | gold-speckled shrimpgoby | Present in Park | Common | Native | ||
| Ctenogobiops tangaroai | Tangaroa shrimpgoby | Present in Park | Uncommon | Native | ||
| Cymolutes praetextatus | knifefish | Present in Park | Uncommon | Native | ||
| Cypselurus angusticeps | malolo | flyingfish | Present in Samoa | Native | ||
| Cypselurus poecilopterus | malolo | flyingfish | Present in Samoa | Native | ||
| Dactyloptena orientalis | helmet gurnard | Present in Samoa | Native | |||
| Dascyllus aruanus | mamo | humbug dascyllus | Present in Park | Common | Native | |
| Dascyllus reticulatus | tu`u`u-koko | reticulate dascyllus | Present in Park | Common | Native | |
| Dascyllus trimaculatus | tu`u`u-pulelua | three-spot dascyllus | Present in Park | Abundant | Native | |
| Dasyatis kuhlii | fai-tala, fai-malie | Kuhl's stingray | Present in Park | Uncommon | ||
| Decapterus macarellus |
atuleau namuauli | mackerel scad | Present in Park | Uncommon | Native | |
| Decapterus macrosoma |
atuleau namuali | shortfin scad | Unconfirmed | No data | Native | |
| Dendrochirus biocellatus | twinspot lionfish | Present in Samoa | No data | Native | ||
| Dendrochirus sausaulele | sausau-lele | lionfish | Present in Samoa | No data | Native | |
| Dendrochirus zebra | zebra lionfish | Present in Park | Uncommon | Native | ||
| Diancistrus alleni | Unconfirmed | Native | ||||
| Diancistrus beateae | Unconfirmed | Native | ||||
| Diancistrus tongaensis | Unconfirmed | Native | ||||
| Dinematichthys sp. 1 | tapotopoto | yellow pigmy brotula | Present in Samoa | Native | ||
| Dinematichthys sp. 2 | tapotopoto | pigmy brotula | Present in Samoa | Native | ||
| Diodon eydouxii | Present in Samoa | Native | ||||
| Diodon hystrix | tauta tautu | porcupinefish | Present in Park | Rare | Native | |
| Diodon liturosus |
tauta tautu | blackbotched porcupinefish | Present in Park | Uncommon | Native | |
| Diplogrammus goramensis | Goram dragonet | Present in Park | Uncommon | Native | ||
| Doryrhamphus excisus | bluestripe pipefish | Present in Samoa | Native | |||
| Drepane punctata | spotted sicklefish | Unconfirmed | No data | Native | ||
| Dunkerocampus dactyliophorus | ringed pipefish | Present in Samoa | Native | |||
| Dussumieria acuta | pelupelu | sprat | Present in Samoa | Native |
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