Reeflings
Kingdom

Common name: Animals

Scientific name: Animalia Linnaeus, 1758

Kingdom Animalia encompasses a diverse range of organisms including saltwater fish, corals, invertebrates, and algae. These creatures are integral to reef ecosystems, exhibiting fascinating behaviors and symbiotic relationships. In reefkeeping, understanding the needs and interactions of Animalia members is crucial for a thriving aquarium. This kingdom is characterized by multicellular organisms that are typically motile and responsive to their environment, making them captivating subjects for both observation and study.

  1. Yellow boring sponge (Cliona celata) being cleaned by sea cucumber Stichopus mollis.
    Common name: Boring Sponge
    Scientific name: Aaptos suberitoides
  2. Algae octopus camouglages perfectly with its surrounding on coral reef - Abdopus aculeatus
    Common name: algae octopus
    Scientific name: Abdopus aculeatus
  3. Cockatoo waspfish - Ablabys taenianotus
    Common name: Cockatoo waspfish
    Scientific name: Ablabys taenianotus
  4. サンゴの上に生息するデバスズメダイの群れ(Blue green damselfish)
    Common name: Mamo
    Scientific name: Abudefduf abdominalis
  5. Bengal Sergeant Fish, Abudefduf bengalensis, Coral Bay, Western Australia
    Common name: Bengalese damselfish
    Scientific name: Abudefduf bengalensis
  6. Abudefduf troschelii, Pacific sergeant major or Panama sergeant major, marine fish swimming near the reef among other fish
    Common name: Pacific Sergeant
    Scientific name: Abudefduf conformis
  7. Afrikanischer Sergeant
    Common name: African sergeant
    Scientific name: Abudefduf hoefleri
  8. Fula negra or Damisela Canaria  fish ( Abudefduf luridus ) in the sea
    Common name: Canary damsel
    Scientific name: Abudefduf luridus
  9. Common name: Natal sergeant
    Scientific name: Abudefduf natalensis
  10. Riffbarsche
    Common name: Sergeant major
    Scientific name: Abudefduf saxatilis
  11. Scissortail sergeant fish swimming in blue water
    Common name: Scissortail sergeant
    Scientific name: Abudefduf sexfasciatus
  12. Blue Stripe Snappers (Lutjanus Kasmira) and Blackspot Sergeant fish (Abudefduf Sordidus) swim in Hanauma Bay, Hawaii.
    Common name: spot pom
    Scientific name: Abudefduf sordidus
  13. Common name: False-eye sergeant
    Scientific name: Abudefduf sparoides
  14. Common name: Night sergeant
    Scientific name: Abudefduf taurus
  15. Indo-Pacific sergeant Abudefduf vaigiensis fish
    Common name: indo-pacific sergeant
    Scientific name: Abudefduf vaigiensis
  16. Crown of Thorns Starfish (Purple Variant)
    Common name: Crown Of Thorns Sea Star
    Scientific name: Acanthaster planci
  17. Macro photography of ACANTHASTREA ECHINATA coral in reef aquarium. Coral Favia echinata.
    Common name: Starry cup coral
    Scientific name: Acanthastrea amakusensis
  18. Macro photography of ACANTHASTREA ECHINATA coral in reef aquarium. Coral Favia echinata.
    Common name: Starry cup coral
    Scientific name: Acanthastrea echinata
  19. Macro photography of ACANTHASTREA ECHINATA coral in reef aquarium. Coral Favia echinata.
    Common name: Starry cup coral
    Scientific name: Acanthastrea faviaformis
  20. Macro photography of ACANTHASTREA ECHINATA coral in reef aquarium. Coral Favia echinata.
    Common name: Starry cup coral
    Scientific name: Acanthastrea hemprichii
  21. カクオオトゲキクメイシ
    Common name: Starry cup coral
    Scientific name: Acanthastrea lordhowensis
  22. Common name: Orange lumpy sponge
    Scientific name: Acanthella acuta
  23. Corals and fish in the tropical ocean, underwater seascape.  Colorful healthy tropical reef with sponge and swimming fish. Vivid photo from scuba diving with the marine life.
    Common name: Sponge Coral
    Scientific name: Acanthella cavernosa
  24. Vibrant east mediterranean reef nudibranch sea slug Sea anemone sponge
    Common name: Sponge Nudibranch
    Scientific name: Acanthella klethra
  25. Close up of Mexican barnacle blenny swimming underwater
    Common name: Barnacle blenny
    Scientific name: Acanthemblemaria macrospilus
  26. Common name: Indian bandfish
    Scientific name: Acanthocepola indica
  27. Spiny Chromis in Aquarium
    Common name: Spiny chromis
    Scientific name: Acanthochromis polyacanthus
  28. Common name: Vaillant's chiton
    Scientific name: Acanthopleura vaillantii
  29. the boxfish scientific name: Ostraciidae is in cowfish in tropical sea found near rock in Similan island of Andaman sea Thailand
    Common name: Island cowfish
    Scientific name: Acanthostracion notacanthus
  30. Honeycomb Cowfish
    Common name: Trunkfish
    Scientific name: Acanthostracion polygonius
  31. Tropical fish, a scrawled cowfish, Acanthostracion quadricornis, underwater in the Caribbean sea
    Common name: Trunkfish
    Scientific name: Acanthostracion quadricornis
  32. Achilles Tang (Acanthurus achilles)
    Common name: Achilles tang
    Scientific name: Acanthurus achilles
  33. School of Whitefin surgeonfish (Rangiroa, Tuamotu Islands, French Polynesia in 2012)
    Common name: Whitefin surgeonfish
    Scientific name: Acanthurus albipectoralis
  34. REPUBLIC OF BURUNDI - CIRCA 1974: postage stamp, printed in Burundi, shows a fish Ocean Surgeonfish (Acanthurus bahianus)
    Common name: ocean surgeon
    Scientific name: Acanthurus bahianus
  35. Fish - Acanthurus bariene. Black-spot surgeonfish
    Common name: Black-spot surgeonfish
    Scientific name: Acanthurus bariene
  36. Acanthurus blochii (Surgeon fish) swims in the aquarium
    Common name: tailring surgeon
    Scientific name: Acanthurus blochii
  37. Fish school of Doctorfish in a coral reef
    Common name: Streifen-Doktor
    Scientific name: Acanthurus chirurgus
  38. Juvenile Blue Tang
    Common name: Blue tang
    Scientific name: Acanthurus coeruleus
  39. Eyestripe surgeonfish, (Acanthurus dussumieri ), coral tropical fish
    Common name: Eyestripe surgeonfish
    Scientific name: Acanthurus dussumieri
  40. Smoothtail trevallies, Selaroides leptalopsis, and Fowler's surgeonfish, Acanthurus fowleri, Bali Indonesia.
    Common name: Fowler's surgeonfish
    Scientific name: Acanthurus fowleri
  41.  A Black surgeonfish Acanthurus gahhm
    Common name: surgeonfish
    Scientific name: Acanthurus gahhm
  42. Sunlight underwater over an eroded rocky reef with tropical fish, Pacific ocean, French Polynesia, Huahine
    Common name: Whitespotted surgeonfish
    Scientific name: Acanthurus guttatus
  43. The Powder Brown Tang fish, Acanthurus japonicus, also known as the Powder Brown Surgeonfish, Japan Surgeonfish, and White-faced Surgeonfish
    Common name: Japan surgeonfish
    Scientific name: Acanthurus japonicus
  44. Common name: Palelipped surgeonfish
    Scientific name: Acanthurus leucocheilus
  45. Poisson chirurgien à barre blanche/Whitebar Surgeonfish
    Common name: Whitebar surgeonfish
    Scientific name: Acanthurus leucopareius
  46. Tropical fish blue tang swimming in a blue water. Underwater world.
    Common name: Powder blue tang
    Scientific name: Acanthurus leucosternon
  47. Blue banded surgeonfish (Acanthurus lineatus).
    Common name: Bluelined surgeonfish
    Scientific name: Acanthurus lineatus
  48. Common name: White-freckled surgeonfish
    Scientific name: Acanthurus maculiceps
  49. Underwater shot of fish Acanthurus mata
    Common name: Elongate surgeonfish
    Scientific name: Acanthurus mata
  50. Common name: Monrovia doctorfish
    Scientific name: Acanthurus monroviae
  51. Whitecheek Surgeonfish -Acanthurus nigricans. Sea life of Bali, Indonesia.
    Common name: Bit
    Scientific name: Acanthurus nigricans
  52. Epaulette surgeonfish (Acanthurus nigricauda)
    Common name: Epaulette surgeonfish
    Scientific name: Acanthurus nigricauda
  53. Close-up of brown surgeonfish on the deck. Freshly caught Acanthurus nigrofuscus in the hands of a fisherman on the pleasure yacht on the Red Sea.
    Common name: Brown surgeonfish
    Scientific name: Acanthurus nigrofuscus
  54. Beautiful Blue Lined Surgeonfish inside Aquarium
    Common name: Bbuelined surgeonfish
    Scientific name: Acanthurus nigroris
  55. Beautiful Blue Lined Surgeonfish inside Aquarium
    Common name: Bluelined surgeonfish
    Scientific name: Acanthurus nubilus
  56. Orange band Surgeonfish (Acanthurus olivaceus) marine fish
    Common name: Orange Shoulder Tang
    Scientific name: Acanthurus olivaceus
  57. Common name: Black-barred surgeonfish
    Scientific name: Acanthurus polyzona
  58. Chocolate surgeon fish (Acanthurus pyroferus).
 The adult fish has a brown body with an orange spot just above the base of the pectoral fin.The caudal fin with long extreme rays is bordered by a brigh
    Common name: Chocolate surgeonfish
    Scientific name: Acanthurus pyroferus
  59. Sohal Tang or Sohal Surgeonfish, acanthurus sohal, Adult
    Common name: Sohal surgeonfish
    Scientific name: Acanthurus sohal
  60. Doubleband surgeonfish Acanthurus tennenti
    Common name: Doubleband surgeonfish
    Scientific name: Acanthurus tennentii
  61. Night Surgeonfish Acanthurus thompsoni
    Common name: Chocolate surgeonfish
    Scientific name: Acanthurus thompsoni
  62. Closeup of Acanthurus triostegus, also known as the convict tang, convict surgeonfish, or manini.
    Common name: convict tang
    Scientific name: Acanthurus triostegus
  63. Mimic Eibli Tang - (Acanthurus tristis)
    Common name: surgeonfishes
    Scientific name: Acanthurus tristis
  64. Gelbflossen-Doktorfisch im Riff auf Hawaii
    Common name: Yellowfin surgeonfish
    Scientific name: Acanthurus xanthopterus
  65. Orangutan crab (Achaeus japonicus), is a crab of the family Inachidae (spider crabs or decorator crabs) at the Derawan Islands, Indonesia.  Underwater Photography and marine life.
    Common name: Orangutang crab
    Scientific name: Achaeus japonicus
  66. Aiptasia Eating Filefish - ( Acreichthys tomentosus )
    Common name: Bristle-tail Filefish
    Scientific name: Acreichthys tomentosus
  67. Common name: Acropora abrolhosensis
    Scientific name: Acropora abrolhosensis
  68. Common name: Acropora aculeus
    Scientific name: Acropora aculeus
  69. Common name: Acropora azurea
    Scientific name: Acropora azurea
  70. Common name: Acropora batunai
    Scientific name: Acropora batunai
  71. Common name: Acropora bifurcata
    Scientific name: Acropora bifurcata
  72. Bushy Acropora SPS Coral in saltwater reef aquarium tank
    Common name: Bushy Acropora
    Scientific name: Acropora bushyensis
  73. Caribbean coral garden staghorn coral
    Common name: Staghorn Coral
    Scientific name: Acropora carduus
  74. Caribbean coral garden staghorn coral
    Common name: Staghorn Coral
    Scientific name: Acropora caroliniana
  75. Common name: Corymbose branching plate coral
    Scientific name: Acropora cerealis
  76. Common name: Chesterfield Staghorn Coral
    Scientific name: Acropora chesterfieldensis
  77. Acropora digitifera EG-082
    Common name: Digitate Acropora
    Scientific name: Acropora digitifera
  78. Table coral, Acropora Divaricat in Thailand
    Common name: Staghorn Coral
    Scientific name: Acropora divaricata
  79. Apropora echinata frag small polyp stony coral in aquarium
    Common name: Blueberry Sea Fan
    Scientific name: Acropora echinata
  80. Egg-sperm bundles before spawning of Acropora elseyi
    Common name: Acropora elseyi
    Scientific name: Acropora elseyi
  81. Critically Endangered Staghorn Coral
    Common name: Stout irregular branching coral
    Scientific name: Acropora florida
  82. Acropora Formosa and a Scissortail Sergeant - Abudefduf Sexfasciatus
    Common name: Formosa Staghorn Coral
    Scientific name: Acropora formosa
  83. Common name: Acropora forskali
    Scientific name: Acropora forskali
  84. Polyp stony coral Acropora gemmifera undersea, Red Sea, Egypt, Sharm El Sheikh, Nabq Bay
    Common name: Branching Acropora
    Scientific name: Acropora gemmifera
  85. Sea whip Ellisella grandis in Gorontalo, Indonesia underwater
    Common name: Staghorn Coral
    Scientific name: Acropora grandis
  86. Commensal crab, Quadrella granulosa, Bali Indonesia.
    Common name: Granulosa Coral
    Scientific name: Acropora granulosa
  87. Acropora hemprichii
    Common name: Acropora hemprichii
    Scientific name: Acropora hemprichii
  88. Common name: Acropora horrida
    Scientific name: Acropora horrida
  89. Polyp stony coral finger coral (Acropora humilis) undersea, Red Sea, Egypt, Sharm El Sheikh, Nabq Bay
    Common name: Finger coral
    Scientific name: Acropora humilis
  90. Common name: Acropora jacquelineae
    Scientific name: Acropora jacquelineae
  91. Common name: Acropora kimbeensis
    Scientific name: Acropora kimbeensis
  92. Acroporid coral Acropora lamarcki undersea, Red Sea, Egypt, Sharm El Sheikh, Nabq Bay
    Common name: Lamarck's Staghorn Coral
    Scientific name: Acropora lamarcki
  93. Baby Lyretail Hogfish in Table Coral
    Common name: Acropora latistella
    Scientific name: Acropora latistella
  94. Common name: bluetip coral
    Scientific name: Acropora loripes
  95. Common name: Acropora lovelli
    Scientific name: Acropora lovelli
  96. Common name: Acropora maryae
    Scientific name: Acropora maryae
  97. coral reef
    Common name: Acropora microphthalma
    Scientific name: Acropora microphthalma
  98. Acropora millepora colorful sps coral on black background
    Common name: Fluro scale cushion coral
    Scientific name: Acropora millepora
  99. leaf plate montipora
    Common name: Montipora Capricornis
    Scientific name: Acropora monticulosa
  100. Common name: Acropora multiacuta
    Scientific name: Acropora multiacuta
  101. Common name: Acropora nana
    Scientific name: Acropora nana
  102. Stone Coral Acropora nasuta.
    Common name: Acropora nasuta
    Scientific name: Acropora nasuta
  103. Acropora coral under the sea
    Common name: Acropora nobilis
    Scientific name: Acropora nobilis
  104. Isopora palifera
    Common name: Column Staghorn Coral
    Scientific name: Acropora palifera
  105. Schooling fish surround Elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata, Florida Keys
    Common name: elkhorn coral
    Scientific name: Acropora palmata
  106. Common name: Acropora parilis
    Scientific name: Acropora parilis
  107. Baby Lyretail Hogfish in Table Coral
    Common name: Pharaoh's Acropora
    Scientific name: Acropora pharaonis
  108. Common name: fused staghorn
    Scientific name: Acropora prolifera
  109. Tropical fish double-saddle butterflyfish over staghorn coral, underwater in the lagoon, Pacific ocean, Huahine, French Polynesia
    Common name: Acropora pulchra
    Scientific name: Acropora pulchra
  110. Lionfish hiding in Robust staghorn coral reef in Andaman sea
    Common name: Acropora robusta
    Scientific name: Acropora robusta
  111. Common name: Acropora sarmentosa
    Scientific name: Acropora sarmentosa
  112. Common name: Acropora schmitti
    Scientific name: Acropora schmitti
  113. Common name: Acropora secale
    Scientific name: Acropora secale
  114. Common name: Acropora selago
    Scientific name: Acropora selago
  115. Common name: Acropora seriata
    Scientific name: Acropora seriata
  116. Caribbean coral garden staghorn coral
    Common name: Staghorn Coral
    Scientific name: Acropora spicifera
  117. Polyp stony coral Acropora squarrosa undersea, Red Sea, Egypt, Sharm El Sheikh, Nabq Bay
    Common name: Acropora squarrosa
    Scientific name: Acropora squarrosa
  118. Polyp stony coral Acropora subulata undersea, Red Sea, Egypt, Sharm El Sheikh, Nabq Bay
    Common name: Acropora subulata
    Scientific name: Acropora subulata
  119. Common name: Acropora suharsonoi
    Scientific name: Acropora suharsonoi
  120. Closeup shot of acropora tenuis corals underwater
    Common name: purple tipped acropora
    Scientific name: Acropora tenuis