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Gymnothorax undulatus

Undulated Moray

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Status: Least concern

Distribution: Widely found in the warm, tropical waters of the Red Sea, Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean all the way to Central America.

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Arothron hispidus

White-spotted Puffer

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Status: Least concern

Distribution: Widely found in the warm, tropical waters of the Indian and Pacific Ocean.

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Gigantactis macronema (juv.)

Longpole Whipnose Anglerfish

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Status: Least concern

Distribution: Sparsely recorded in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.

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Blenniella gibbifrons

Bullethead Blenny

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Status: Least concern

Distribution: Two disjunct populations - one in the Indian Ocean near Madagascar, the other along the many tropical islands of the Pacific Ocean.

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Epinephelus marginatus

Dusky grouper

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Status: Vulnerable

Distribution: Two disjunct populations - one along the western coast of Africa and in the Mediterranean Sea, another on the eastern coast of South America

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Plotosus lineatus

Striped Eel Catfish

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Status: Least concern

Distribution: Widely found along the Africa, Asia and Australia in the Indian ocean to the central Pacific Ocean islands.

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Muraena helena

Mediterranean Moray

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Status: Least concern

Distribution: In the Mediterranean sea and the eastern Atlantic Ocean from the British Isles south to Western Sahara.

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Mauligobius maderensis

Madeira Goby

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Status: Least concern

Distribution: Endemic to Macronesia