4 species
Other reef fish
Distinctive reef fish that don’t fit the other groups: the lionfish with its long venomous fins, the maze-patterned mandarinfish, and cardinalfishes whose males guard eggs and young in their mouths.
Cruises
Banggai Cardinalfish
A silver body with three black bars and white star-like dots. Drifts along on long, flowing fins.
Glides
Red Lionfish
Red-and-white stripes and fan-like pectoral fins. Drifts slowly with its venomous spines raised.
Crawls
Mandarinfish
Blue with an orange maze pattern. Hovers along the bottom, fanning its big pectoral fins.
