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.

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Maxima clam (Tridacna maxima).

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Orange-spotted filefish (Oxymonacanthus longirostris).

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Golden-girdled coralfish (Coradion chrysozonus).

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Bicolored angelfish (Centropyge bicolor).

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Banded Pipefish (Doryrhamphus dactyliophorus).

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Emperor angelfish (Pomacanthus impertor).

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Royal angelfish (Pygoplites diacanthus).

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Slender grouper (Anyperodon leucogrammicu).

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Red Slate Pencil Urchin (Heterocentrotus mammillatus).

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Sea cucumbers (Actinopyga mauritiana).

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Sea snails (Trochus niloticus).

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Prickly redfish (Thelenota ananas).

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Horned helmet (Cassis cornuta).

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Jester Cowry (Mauritia scurra).

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Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea).

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Cauliflower coral (Pocillopora damicornis).

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Rasp coral (Pocillopora verrucosa).

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Lobe coral (Porites lobata).

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Staghorn corals (Acropora nobilis).

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Bamboo coral (Isis hippuris).

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Large tropical saltwater clams (Hippopus hippopus).

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Longnose butterflyfish (Forcipiger longirostris).

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Wrasse (Bodianus axillaris).

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