Biodiversity DATABASE OF LE MERIDIEN MALDIVES MARINE LIFE Maldives most unique Biodiversity Project at Le Meridien Maldives House Reef
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Documented Fish Encounters at
Le Meridien Maldives House Reef
Scientifically documented
Marine Life Species
Whitefin
surgeonfish
Scientific Name:
Acanthurus albipectoralis
Abbreviation:
ACALB
Pharaoh
cuttlefish
Scientific Name:
Acanthosepion pharaonis
Abbreviation:
ACPHA
Redmouth
grouper
Scientific Name:
Aetathaloperca rogaa
Abbreviation:
AEROG
Ornate
eagle ray
Scientific Name:
Aetomylaeus vespertilio
Abbreviation:
AEVES
Whitebarred
goby
Scientific Name:
Amblygobius phalaena
Abbreviation:
AMPHA
Steinitz
Shrimp
goby
Scientific Name:
Amblyeleotris steinitzi
Abbreviation:
AMSTE
Indian yellowtail angelfish
Smoke angelfish
Scientific Name:
Apolemichthys xanthurus
Abbreviation:
APXAN
Clarkii clownfish Yellowtail clownfish
Scientific Name:
Amphiprion clarkii
Abbreviation:
AMCLA
Map pufferfish or
Scribbled pufferfish
Scientific Name:
Arothron mappa
Abbreviation:
ARMAP
Starry
pufferfish
Scientific Name:
Arothron stellatus
Abbreviation:
ARSTE
Lance
blenny
Scientific Name:
Aspidontus dussumieri
Abbreviation:
ASDUS
Radiant sea urchin
False fire urchin
Scientific Name:
Astropyga radiata
Abbreviation:
ASRAD
Red egg
crab
Scientific Name:
Atergatis integerrimus
Abbreviation:
ATINT
Moebius big aeolid
big aeolid
Scientific Name:
Baeolidia moebii
Abbreviation:
BAMOE
Orange-lined
triggerfish
Scientific Name:
Balistapus undulatus
Abbreviation:
BAUND
Axilspot
hogfish
Scientific Name:
Bodianus axillaris
Abbreviation:
BOAXI
Moon fusilier
Lunar fusilier
Scientific Name:
Caesio lunaris
Abbreviation:
CALUN
Bluefin
trevally
Scientific Name:
Caranx melampygus
Abbreviation:
CAMEL
Bigeye trevally
Bigeye jack
Scientific Name:
Caranx sexfasciatus
Abbreviation:
CASEX
Yellowtail
fusilier
Scientific Name:
Caesio teres
Abbreviation:
CATER
Black-saddled toby Saddled pufferfish
Scientific Name:
Canthigaster valentini
Abbreviation:
CAVAL
Variable-lined fusilier
Yellowlined fusilier
Scientific Name:
Caesio varilineata
Abbreviation:
CAVAR
Yellowback
fusilier
Scientific Name:
Caesio xanthonota
Abbreviation:
CAXAN
Peacock grouper
Bluespotted grouper
Scientific Name:
Cephalopholis argus
Abbreviation:
CEARG
Crown jellyfish
Califlower jellyfish
Scientific Name:
Cephea cephea
Abbreviation:
CECEP
Leopard
rock cod
Scientific Name:
Cephalopholis leopardus
Abbreviation:
CELEO
Coral
grouper
Scientific Name:
Cephalopholis miniata
Abbreviation:
CEMIN
Threadfin
butterflyfish
Scientific Name:
Chaetodon auriga
Abbreviation:
CHAUR
Blackwedged
butterflyfish
Scientific Name:
Chaetodon falcula
Abbreviation:
CHFAL
Granulated sea star / Doughboy starfish
Scientific Name:
Choriaster granulatus
Abbreviation:
CHGRA
Raccoon butterflyfish
Scientific Name:
Chaetodon lunula
Abbreviation:
CHLUN
Scrawled or
Meyer's butterflyfish
Scientific Name:
Chaetodon meyeri
Abbreviation:
CHMEY
Green
sea
turtle
Scientific Name:
Chelonia mydas
Abbreviation:
CHMYD
Daisy parrotfish
Shabby parrotfish (Female)
Scientific Name:
Chlorurus sordidus
Abbreviation:
CHSOR
Swallowtail puller
Ternate chromis
Scientific Name:
Chromis ternatensis
Abbreviation:
CHTER
Melon
butterflyfish
Scientific Name:
Chaetodon trifasciatus
Abbreviation:
CHTRI
Spotted
hawkfish
Scientific Name:
Cirrhitichthys aprinus
Abbreviation:
CIAPR
Pixy hawkfish
Coral Hawkfish
Scientific Name:
Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus
Abbreviation:
CIOXY
Reticulated
hinge-beak
shrimp
Scientific Name:
Cinetorhynchus reticulatus
Abbreviation:
CIRET
Shaun the sheep slug Leaf slug Leaf sheep
Scientific Name:
Costaciella cf. kuroshimae
Abbreviation:
Cocf.KUR
Red-cheeked
pipefish
Scientific Name:
Corythoichthys insularis
Abbreviation:
COINS
Elegant featherstar
Variable bushy featherstar
Scientific Name:
Comaster schlegelii
Abbreviation:
COSCH
Schmedelian pin cushin sea star
Scientific Name:
Culcita schmedeliana
Abbreviation:
CUSCH
Knife razorfish
Knife wrasse
Scientific Name:
Cymolutes praetextatus
Abbreviation:
CYPRA
Humbug
Damsel
Scientific Name:
Dascyllus aruanus
Abbreviation:
DAARU
Indian humbug
Indian damsel
Cloudy dascyllus
Scientific Name:
Dascyllus carneus
Abbreviation:
DACAR
White-spotted hermit crab
Scientific Name:
Dardanus megistos
Abbreviation:
Dameg
Blue-eyed
hermit crab
Scientific Name:
Dardanus scutelatus
Abbreviation:
DASCU
Three-spot humbug
Three-spot damsel
Domino damsel
Scientific Name:
Dascyllus trimaculatus
Abbreviation:
DASCU
Black-spotted
porcupinefish
Scientific Name:
Diodon hystrix
Abbreviation:
DIHYS
Painted sweetlips Grey sweetlips
Scientific Name:
Diagramma labiosum
Abbreviation:
DILAB
Bicolor blenny
Two color
combtooth blenny
Scientific Name:
Ecsenius bicolor
Abbreviation:
ECBIC
Linear blenny / Line combtooth blenny
Scientific Name:
Ecsenius lineatus
Abbreviation:
ECLIN
Midas blenny
lyre-tail combtooth blenny
Scientific Name:
Ecsenius midas
Abbreviation:
ECMID
Combtooth
blennies
Scientific Name:
Ecsenius minutus
Abbreviation:
ECMIN
Slender
suckerfish
Scientific Name:
Echeneis naucrates
Abbreviation:
ECNAU
Hawksbill
sea turtle
Scientific Name:
Eretmochelys imbricata
Abbreviation:
ERIMB
Miki's pygmygoby White line eviota
Scientific Name:
Eviota mikiae
Abbreviation:
EVMIK
Sebree's dwarfgoby Striped eviota
Scientific Name:
Eviota sebreei
Abbreviation:
EVSEB
Terry's
dwarf goby
Scientific Name:
Eviota teresae
Abbreviation:
EVTER
Smooth flutemouth
Bluespotted
cornetfish
Scientific Name:
Fistularia commersonii
Abbreviation:
FICOM
one spot
wormfish
Scientific Name:
Gunnellichthys monostigma
Abbreviation:
GUMON
Ceylonese
nudibranch
Scientific Name:
Gymnodoris ceylonica
Abbreviation:
GYCEY
Giant
moray eel
Scientific Name:
Gymnothorax javanicus
Abbreviation:
GYJAV
Undulated
moray
Scientific Name:
Gymnothorax undulatus
Abbreviation:
GYUND
Barredfub moray Bartail moray
Scientific Name:
Gymnothorax zonipectis
Abbreviation:
GYZON
Spotted
garden eel
Scientific Name:
Heteroconger hassi
Abbreviation:
HEHAS
Maldives
triplefin
Scientific Name:
Helicogramma maldivensis
Abbreviation:
HEMAL
Common
seahorse
Scientific Name:
Hippocampus kuda
Abbreviation:
HIKUD
Longhorn
cowfish
Scientific Name:
Lactoria cornuta
Abbreviation:
LACOR
Two-spot banded snapper
Scientific Name:
Lutjanus biguttatus
Abbreviation:
LUBIG
Humpback
snapper
Scientific Name:
Lutjanus gibbus
Abbreviation:
LUGIB
Blue stripe
snapper
Scientific Name:
Lutjanus kasmira
Abbreviation:
LUKAS
Green
melibe
Scientific Name:
Melibe viridis
Abbreviation:
MEVIR
Bigeye emperor Humpnose big-eye bream
Scientific Name:
Monotaxis grandoculis
Abbreviation:
MOGRA
Rockmover wrasse (Juvenile)
Scientific Name:
Novaculichthys taeniorus
Abbreviation:
NOTAE
Day
octopus
Scientific Name:
Octopus cyanea
Abbreviation:
OCCYA
Red toothed
triggerfish
Scientific Name:
Odonus niger
Abbreviation:
ODNIG
Yellow boxfish
(Juvenile)
Scientific Name:
Ostrscion cubicum
Abbreviation:
OSCUB
Yellow-striped cardinalfish
Scientific Name:
Ostorhynchus cyanosoma
Abbreviation:
OSCYA
Sap-sucking sea slug / Long-tailed bubble slug
Scientific Name:
Oxynoe viridis
Abbreviation:
OXVIR
Feathertail stingray Cowtail stingray
Scientific Name:
Pastinachus sephen
Abbreviation:
PASEP
Painted spiny lobster / Blue spiny lobster
Scientific Name:
Panulirus versicolor
Abbreviation:
PAVER
Yellow hairy goby / Coral emerald goby
Scientific Name:
Paragobiodon xanthosoma
Abbreviation:
PAXAN
blackflag
sandperch
Scientific Name:
Parapercis signata
Abbreviation:
PASIG
Floral blenny Helmeted blenny Fangblenny
Scientific Name:
Petroscirtes mitratus
Abbreviation:
PEMIT
Warty
sea slug
Scientific Name:
Phyllidia alyta
Abbreviation:
PHALY
Striped
phyllidopsis
Scientific Name:
Phyllidiopsis xishaensis
Abbreviation:
PHXIS
Longfin batfish
Tail-fin batfish
Scientific Name:
Platax teira
Abbreviation:
PLTEI
Oriental
Sweetlip
Scientific Name:
Plectorhinchus vittatus
Abbreviation:
PLVIT
Persian carpet / Bedford's flatworm
Scientific Name:
Pseudobiceros bedfordi
Abbreviation:
PSBED
Red
lionfish
Scientific Name:
Pterois volitans
Abbreviation:
PTVOL
Crowned
coral crab
Scientific Name:
Quadrella coronata
Abbreviation:
QUCOR
Picasso
triggerfish
Scientific Name:
Rhinecanthus aculeatus
Abbreviation:
RHACU
Guitarfish
Whitespotted
wedgefish
Scientific Name:
Rhynchobatus djiddensi
Abbreviation:
RHDJI
Dancing shrimp
Hingebeak shrimp
Scientific Name:
Rhynchocinetes durbanensis
Abbreviation:
RHDUR
Two line monocle bream / Bridled monocle bream
Scientific Name:
Scolopsis bilineata
Abbreviation:
SCBIL
Tassled
scorpionfish
Scientific Name:
Scorpaenopsis oxychepalus
Abbreviation:
SCOXY
Nerites
Scientific Name:
Smaragdia patburkeae
Abbreviation:
SMPAT
Robust
ghost pipefish
Scientific Name:
Solenostomus cyanopterus
Abbreviation:
SOCYA
Great
barracuda
Scientific Name:
Sphyraena barracuda
Abbreviation:
SPBAR
Christmas tree
worms
Scientific Name:
Spirobranchus giganteus
Abbreviation:
SPGIG
Variable thorny
oyster
Scientific Name:
Spondylus varians
Abbreviation:
SPVAR
Banded coral shrimp Boxer shrimp
Scientific Name:
Stenopus hispidus
Abbreviation:
STHIS
Streaky lizardfish Lavender lizardfish
Scientific Name:
Synodus similis
Abbreviation:
SYSIM
Variegated
lizardfish
Scientific Name:
Synodus variegatus
Abbreviation:
SYVAR
Caesiura
pygmygoby
Scientific Name:
Trimma caesiura
Abbreviation:
TRCAE
Bruun's Cleaner
Shrimp
Scientific Name:
Urocaridella antonbruunii
Abbreviation:
URANT
Porcupine
stingray
Scientific Name:
Urogymnus asperrimus
Abbreviation:
URASP
Mangrove whipray Mangrove stingray
Scientific Name:
Urogymnus granulatus
Abbreviation:
URGRA
Ornate shrimp goby / Ocellated goby
Scientific Name:
Vanderhorstia ornatissima
Abbreviation:
VAORN
Sleeper blue dot goby / Chalk goby
Scientific Name:
Valenciennea sexguttata
Abbreviation:
VASEX
Bubble algae Sea pearls Sailor's eyeballs
Scientific Name:
Valonia ventricosa
Abbreviation:
VAVEN
Bubble
coral shrimp
Scientific Name:
Vir philippinensis
Abbreviation:
VIPHI
Anemone shrimp Emperor shrimp
Scientific Name:
Zenopontonia rex
Abbreviation:
ZEREX
Sub Oceanic & Le Meridien Maldives Preservation Project for the Future
Sustainability & Preservation at Le Meridien Maldives
In order to preserve Le Meridien Maldives highly biodiverse House Reef for the Future Generations, at first the status quo needs to be determined.
Under the guidance of Sub Oceanic Maldives Resident Marine Biologist at Le Meridien Maldives, Cesar Briliandi, a unique Project was brought alive in 2025.
A mix of Technology & Manpower
To collect the source Data, a mix of Technology and Manpower is used. Sub Oceanic and Le Meridien Maldives Team Members as well as Guest of Le Meridien Maldives, are constantly contributing Photo and Video Footage via a specific upload link.
Each footage is evaluated and documented by our Marine Biologist Cesar. Upon Cesar’s approval the footage gets published the Website page, which you are currently on.
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