Ever met an underwater critter you’ve never seen before? It happens to me all the time when diving in Myanmar and I am so curious I have to learn more about these mysteries.
Of course when cruising Mergui Archipelago, internet isn’t available so I am just looking at my favorite fish identifications books which we always keep onboard.

But if the book fails me, I have more tools in my search quest to find the name and specifics of the marine life I find underwater.

My selection of online ressources to identify the reef species you meet underwater:

For fish Identification:

-FishBasefishbase.org/a large base of worldwide fish, available in many languages
-Australian Museumaustralian.museum/a complete sheet with fishes classified by family and order
-Gobiesgobiidae.com/a goby specialized website
-Fish Photo Databasefishdb.co.uk/ an English names database with pictures
-Fish Photo listoceanlight.com/a list a fishes around the world

For Sea slugs and other invertebrate identification:

-Sea Slug Forumseaslugforum.net/a database from the Australian museum
-Nudibranch Identificationnudipixel.net/a facebook page about nudis
-Cephalopodsthecephalopodpage.org/Catalog and articles about page
-Facebook group NUDIBRANCHS, WORMS AND SEA SLUGS a share and ask plateform

For all reef creature identification:

-Coral Reef Creaturesreefimages.com/a Portofolio of all fishes and invertebrates
-SeaLifeBasesealifebase.org/a scientific database
-Facebook group for all marine life: ID Please (Marine Creature Identification) ask anything you need to identify
-Facebook group for shrimps and crabs: Crustacean Identification Group a community helper

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