Bruce's Top 20 Fish Picks of 2007 (Fish of the Marianas assignment)

Common names: Scientific Name: Location:

Tiger Shark Galeocerdo cuvier Outside reefs and sometimes inside Saipan’s lagoon

Manta Ray Manta birostris Often seen in deep waters around TIQ, SPN Lagoon

Giant Moray Gymnothorax javanicus Saipan’s Barrier Reef, Reef Patchs in Tinian and Rota

Estuarine stonefish Synanceia horrida Throughout the beaches of the CNMI

Giant trevally Caranx ignobilis Throughout the deep waters within and outside of the reefs

Pacific Double-saddle butterflyfish Chaetodon ulietensis Throughout the beaches of the CNMI

Emperor angelfish Pormacanthus imperator Throughout the beaches of the CNMI as well as the reefs

Twoband anemonefish Amphiprion bicinctus along the sea anemone on the reefs

Great Barracuda Sphyraena barracuda In and out of Lagoons, deep waters.

Bluebarred parrotfish Scarus ghobban In and around the reefs

Bluespine unicornfish Naso unicornis In, around and around reefs

Pacific Blue Tang Paracanthurus hepatus Around the reef

Forktail rabbitfish Siganus argenteus Around the reef

White-barred triggerfish Rhinecanthus aculeatus Around the reef and in the lagoon

Longhorn cowfish Lactoria cornuta Around the lagoon and reef

Solander’s sharpnose puffer Canthigaster solandri all over the reef and in lagoons

Harlequin snake eel Myrichthys colubrinus Inside of lagoons and around the reefs

Hawaiian lionfish Pterois sphex In holes of reefs

Red bass/ Red Snapper Lutjanus bohar deep waters in lagoons and outside re

Panther flounder Bothus pantherinus sandy beaches depending on their colors for camouflage