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Photos: Living wonders in Truong Sa waters

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Jun 23, 2014 / 03:41 PM

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).

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).

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Royal angelfish (Pygoplites diacanthus).

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Slender grouper (Anyperodon leucogrammicu).

truong sa, creatures, living wonders 

Red Slate Pencil Urchin (Heterocentrotus mammillatus).

truong sa, creatures, living wonders 

Sea cucumbers (Actinopyga mauritiana).

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Sea snails (Trochus niloticus).

truong sa, creatures, living wonders 

Prickly redfish (Thelenota ananas).

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Horned helmet (Cassis cornuta).

truong sa, creatures, living wonders 

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).

truong sa, creatures, living wonders

Wrasse (Bodianus axillaris).
 
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