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Photos: Living wonders in Truong Sa waters
VNN/Hanoitimes 15:41, 2014/06/23
Vietnam’s Truong Sa Archipelago (Spratly Islands) has a lot of beautiful, strange and rare creatures. Here are some unique species listed in Vietnam’s Red Book.

truong sa, creatures, living wonders

Maxima clam (Tridacna maxima).

truong sa, creatures, living wonders

Orange-spotted filefish (Oxymonacanthus longirostris).

truong sa, creatures, living wonders 

Golden-girdled coralfish (Coradion chrysozonus).

truong sa, creatures, living wonders 

Bicolored angelfish (Centropyge bicolor).

truong sa, creatures, living wonders 

Banded Pipefish (Doryrhamphus dactyliophorus).

truong sa, creatures, living wonders 

Emperor angelfish (Pomacanthus impertor).

truong sa, creatures, living wonders 

Royal angelfish (Pygoplites diacanthus).

truong sa, creatures, living wonders 

Slender grouper (Anyperodon leucogrammicu).

truong sa, creatures, living wonders 

Red Slate Pencil Urchin (Heterocentrotus mammillatus).

truong sa, creatures, living wonders 

Sea cucumbers (Actinopyga mauritiana).

truong sa, creatures, living wonders

Sea snails (Trochus niloticus).

truong sa, creatures, living wonders 

Prickly redfish (Thelenota ananas).

truong sa, creatures, living wonders

Horned helmet (Cassis cornuta).

truong sa, creatures, living wonders 

Jester Cowry (Mauritia scurra).

truong sa, creatures, living wonders 

Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea).

truong sa, creatures, living wonders 

Cauliflower coral (Pocillopora damicornis).

truong sa, creatures, living wonders 

Rasp coral (Pocillopora verrucosa).

truong sa, creatures, living wonders 

Lobe coral (Porites lobata).

truong sa, creatures, living wonders 

Staghorn corals (Acropora nobilis).

truong sa, creatures, living wonders 

Bamboo coral (Isis hippuris).

truong sa, creatures, living wonders

Large tropical saltwater clams (Hippopus hippopus).

truong sa, creatures, living wonders

Longnose butterflyfish (Forcipiger longirostris).

truong sa, creatures, living wonders

Wrasse (Bodianus axillaris).

 
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