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

Scientific Name (Linked to Species Profile)	Samoan Name	Common Name	Park Status	Abundance	Nativity	Photo
Cabillus tongarevae			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	Present in Park	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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