Did you ever have challenges to ID a Fish or other Marine Life? Thanks to Sub Oceanic Maldives Fish Guide those times are over.
With our free Maldives Fish Guide, Snorkelers and Scuba Divers in Maldives have now the opportunity to instantly identify their encounters!
On four pages, Maldives most common Marine Life Species like Fishes, Turtles, Sharks or Rays are now easily accessible from anywhere in the world.
Consequently, please don’t forget to share your wonderful Marine Life Encounters with your Friends and Family. Above all, this Fish Guide for Maldives is a perfect Chart to learn about the Marine Life!
Scuba Divers, Snorkelers or anyone else who is curious to identify a specific fish in Maldives do not need to search any further. If our Fish ID Chart did not include your Fish encounter, simply submit a Fish ID request by completing the form in the Link. One of our Resident Marine Biologists will get back to you shortly then. Alternately, you may consider to join a SSI Fish ID Course.
Are you looking for more Information about interesting Fish and Marine Life in Maldives? For further Information, please visit our Marine Biology section.
This Section is not only interesting for Scuba Divers and Snorkelers. This section also holds a lot of valuable information for anyone who would just like to learn more about Maldives Marine Biology secrets…
Snake Eels are commonly mixed-up with Sea Snakes in Maldives. Especially the banded Snake Eel. Snake Eels are not harmful at all from any perfective.
Snake Eels either swim very close to the ground or rest inside the sandy bottom. Other differentiators are the shape of their face or their tail. Snake Eels try to imitate Sea Snakes as a mode of protection.
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Sea Snakes do not live in the Maldives. While their pattern can be similar to Snake Eels, their behavior is very different. Sea Snakes usually swim through the open Water or rest on the ground.
Learn more about the difference between Sea Snakes and Snake Eels in our March 2025 Marine Biology Article . Alternately, a Banded Sea Snake illustration is available on page 4 of our Maldives Fish Guide.
Snake Sea Cucumbers are very common in the Maldives. On the first view there might be some similarities with Sea Snakes as well. However, with a bit of knowledge it is very easy to identify them correctly.
Most of the time, Snake Sea Cucumbers are feeding algae from the ground or from the water directly. Identifying their distinctive head with many feeding arms will be enough to separate them from Sea Snakes. Snake Sea Cucumbers are not harmful at all to humans.
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Remember, Sea Snakes do not live in the Maldives. While their pattern can be in some way similar to Snake Sea Cucumbers, their behavior in comparison is very different.
While Sea Snakes swim through the open Ocean or resting on the ground, Snake Sea Cucumbers will be most of their life busy feeding. Snake Sea Cucumbers do also not posses any kind of swimming abilities. The best they can do is to roll through the water somehow…
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