Fish of the Philippines – D

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

Dash-dot goatfish – Parupeneus barbennus
Day octopus – Octopus cyanea
Day octopus disguising itself as a sea snail shell – Octopus cyanea
Diagonal sandperch – Parapercis diagonalis
Disc coral – Turbinaria mesenterina
Disc coral – Turbinaria mesenterina
Doublebar goatfish – Parapeneus crassilabris
Dusky dottyback – Pseudochromis fuscus
Dusky dottyback – yellow variation – Pseudochromis fuscus
Dusky gregory (Black gregory, Dusky damsel) – Stegastes nigricans
Dwarf hawkfish – Cirrhitichthys falco