Life recorded in Tonga

Every species with an occurrence record in Tonga, most-recorded first: 194,526 records from museums, herbaria, surveys and naturalists, aggregated by GBIF. Keep paging and you reach the rarest, recorded once.

1. 1Striated surgeonfishCtenochaetus striatus · Acanthuridae · 4,309 records
2. 2Ocellate DamselfishPomacentrus vaiuli · Pomacentridae · 3,615 records
3. 3Daisy parrotfishChlorurus sordidus · Scaridae · 2,751 records
4. 4Humpback WhaleMegaptera novaeangliae · Balaenopteridae · 2,553 records
5. 5Fiji DamselfishChrysiptera taupou · Pomacentridae · 2,347 records
6. 6Blue-green DamselfishPomacentrus callainus · Pomacentridae · 2,264 records
7. 7Twotone TangZebrasoma scopas · Acanthuridae · 2,242 records
8. 8Brown SurgeonfishAcanthurus nigrofuscus · Acanthuridae · 2,240 records
9. 9Schlegel's ParrotfishScarus schlegeli · Scaridae · 1,466 records
10. 10Imitator DamselPomacentrus imitator · Pomacentridae · 1,392 records
11. 11Spotted-cheek DamselfishPomacentrus spilotoceps · Pomacentridae · 1,329 records
12. 12Coral DamselfishPomacentrus maafu · Pomacentridae · 1,290 records
13. 13Dusky ParrotfishScarus niger · Scaridae · 1,230 records
14. 14Whitespotted DevilPlectroglyphidodon lacrymatus · Pomacentridae · 1,190 records
15. 15Manybar goatfishParupeneus multifasciatus · Mullidae · 1,131 records
16. 16Yellow WrasseThalassoma lutescens · Labridae · 1,061 records
17. 17Twospined AngelfishCentropyge bispinosa · Pomacanthidae · 944 records
18. 18Sixbar wrasseThalassoma hardwicke · Labridae · 907 records
19. 19Moorish IdolZanclus cornutus · Zanclidae · 808 records
20. 20Surf parrotfishScarus rivulatus · Scaridae · 806 records
21. 21Blackfin DamselfishAmblyglyphidodon melanopterus · Pomacentridae · 798 records
22. 22Oval ButterflyfishChaetodon lunulatus · Chaetodontidae · 782 records
23. 23Dot and Dash ButterflyfishChaetodon pelewensis · Chaetodontidae · 772 records
24. 24Bicolor chromisChromis margaritifer · Pomacentridae · 771 records
25. 25Whitetail DascyllusDascyllus aruanus · Pomacentridae · 745 records
26. 26Barcheek UnicornfishNaso lituratus · Acanthuridae · 699 records
27. 27Bird wrasseGomphosus varius · Labridae · 661 records
28. 28Sailfin TangZebrasoma veliferum · Acanthuridae · 659 records
29. 29Floral WrasseCheilinus chlorourus · Labridae · 639 records
30. 30Cheeklined wrasseOxycheilinus digramma · Labridae · 633 records
31. 31Cleaner-fishLabroides dimidiatus · Labridae · 608 records
32. 32Checkerboard wrasseHalichoeres hortulanus · Labridae · 608 records
33. 33White TernGygis alba · Laridae · 600 records
34. 34Merten's ButterflyfishChaetodon mertensii · Chaetodontidae · 599 records
35. 35Twospot surgeonfishCtenochaetus binotatus · Acanthuridae · 581 records
36. 36Moon wrasseThalassoma lunare · Labridae · 530 records
37. 37Tonga FangblennyMeiacanthus tongaensis · Blenniidae · 530 records
38. 38Blackeye thicklipHemigymnus melapterus · Labridae · 520 records
39. 39Two-lined monocle breamScolopsis bilineata · Nemipteridae · 512 records
40. 40Scribbled RabbitfishSiganus spinus · Siganidae · 511 records
41. 41Lined SurgeonfishAcanthurus lineatus · Acanthuridae · 500 records
42. 42Tripletail wrasseCheilinus trilobatus · Labridae · 499 records
43. 43Blue Green ChromisChromis viridis · Pomacentridae · 486 records
44. 44Polynesian StarlingAplonis tabuensis · Sturnidae · 483 records
45. 45Speckled ButterflyfishChaetodon citrinellus · Chaetodontidae · 483 records
46. 46Halfmoon triggerfishSufflamen chrysopterum · Balistidae · 466 records
47. 47Wedge-tailed ShearwaterPuffinus pacificus · Procellariidae · 458 records
48. 48Dusky FarmerfishStegastes nigricans · Pomacentridae · 457 records
49. 49Bleeker's parrotfishChlorurus bleekeri · Scaridae · 457 records
50. 50Black-backed WrasseAnampses neoguinaicus · Labridae · 445 records
51. 51threespot dascyllusDascyllus trimaculatus · Pomacentridae · 436 records
52. 52Bridled ParrotfishScarus frenatus · Scaridae · 422 records
53. 53Palenose parrotfishScarus psittacus · Scaridae · 420 records
54. 54Threadfin ButterflyfishChaetodon auriga · Chaetodontidae · 416 records
55. 55Scissortail SergeantAbudefduf sexfasciatus · Pomacentridae · 415 records
56. 56Lemonpeel angelfishCentropyge flavissima · Pomacanthidae · 410 records
57. 57Neon DamselfishPomacentrus coelestis · Pomacentridae · 403 records
58. 58Polynesian TrillerLalage maculosa · Campephagidae · 400 records
59. 59Pacific GregoryStegastes fasciolatus · Pomacentridae · 397 records
60. 60Globehead parrotfishScarus globiceps · Scaridae · 388 records