Biodiversity DATABASE OF LE MERIDIEN MALDIVES MARINE LIFE Maldives most unique Biodiversity Project at Le Meridien Maldives House Reef
Discover the vast Biodiversity at Le Meridien Maldives House Reef
Explore the most biodiverse Reef in Maldives and find out which species have been already spotted at Le Meridien Maldives House Reef.
Documented Marine Life Encounters at Le Meridien Maldives House Reef
Whitefin
surgeonfish
Scientific Name:
Acanthurus albipectoralis
Abbreviation:
ACALB
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
Clarkii clownfish Yellowtail clownfish
Scientific Name:
Amphiprion clarkii
Abbreviation:
AMCLA
Map pufferfish or
Scribbled pufferfish
Scientific Name:
Arothron mappa
Abbreviation:
ARMAP
Red egg
crab
Scientific Name:
Atergatis integerrimus
Abbreviation:
ATINT
Black-saddled toby Saddled pufferfish
Scientific Name:
Canthigaster valentini
Abbreviation:
CAVAL
Crown jellyfish
Califlower jellyfish
Scientific Name:
Cephea cephea
Abbreviation:
CECEP
Coral
grouper
Scientific Name:
Cephalopholis miniata
Abbreviation:
CEMIN
Granulated sea star / Doughboy starfish
Scientific Name:
Choriaster granulatus
Abbreviation:
CHGRA
Raccoon butterflyfish
Scientific Name:
Chaetodon lunula
Abbreviation:
CHLUN
Green
sea
turtle
Scientific Name:
Chelonia mydas
Abbreviation:
CHMYD
Spotted
hawkfish
Scientific Name:
Cirrhitichthys aprinus
Abbreviation:
CIAPR
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
Schmedelian pin cushin sea star
Scientific Name:
Culcita schmedeliana
Abbreviation:
CUSCH
Knife razorfish
Knife wrasse
Scientific Name:
Cymolutes praetextatus
Abbreviation:
CYPRA
White-spotted hermit crab
Scientific Name:
Dardanus megistos
Abbreviation:
Dameg
Painted sweetlips Grey sweetlips
Scientific Name:
Diagramma labiosum
Abbreviation:
DILAB
Slender
suckerfish
Scientific Name:
Echeneis naucrates
Abbreviation:
ECNAU
Linear blenny / Line combtoth blenny
Scientific Name:
Ecsenius lineatus
Abbreviation:
ECLIN
Combtooth
blennies
Scientific Name:
Ecsenius minutus
Abbreviation:
ECMIN
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
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
Two-spot banded snapper
Scientific Name:
Lutjanus biguttatus
Abbreviation:
LUBIG
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-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
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
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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