Fish of the Philippines – C

Various species photographed in 2024. All photos copyright by Martin Holladay and Karyn Patno.

Cake urchin – Tripneustes gratilla
Captain cone sea snail – Conus capitaneus
Chameleon parrotfish – Scarus chameleon
Checkerboard wrasse – Halichoeres hortulanus
Checkerboard wrasse juvenile – Halichoeres hortulanus.jpg
Checkered snapper – Lutjanus decussatus
Chocolate chip sea star – Protoreaster nodosus
Chocolate chip sea star – Protoreaster nodosus
Chocolate chip sea star – Protoreaster nodosus
Chocolate chip sea star – Protoreaster nodosus
Christmas tree worm – Spirobranchus giganteus
Cigar wrasse – Cheilio inermis
Circular spadefish – Platax orbicularis
Circle-cheek wrasse – Halichoeres miniatus
Clarks anemonefish – Amphiprion clarkii
Cockatoo waspfish – Ablabys taenianotus
Cocktail wrasse – Pteragogus flagellifer
Common seahorse – Hippocampus kuda (Hippocampus taeniopterus)
Convict surgeonfish – Acanthurus triostegus
Cornetfish – Fistularia commersonii
Crescent wrasse (Moon wrasse) – Thalassoma lunare
Crocodile needlefish – Tylosurus crocodilus
Crown-of-thorns sea star (planci) – Acanthaster planci
Crown-of-thorns sea star (solaris) – Acanthaster solaris
Cryptoplax oculatus chiton – Cryptoplax oculatus
Cutribbon wrasse – Stethojulis interrupta