Natural History Gallery
All of the photos in this gallery (as well as other elsewhere on the site) are the work of Paddy Ryan, Fiji's finest nature photographer and an author in his own right. Paddy's best known work on Fiji is Fiji's Natural Heritage published by Southwestern of New Zealand. This fine work is a survey of Fiji's varied natural history and is available on Amazon.
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| Devil Scorpionfish | Bryaninops goby on seawhip | Whitemouthed moray eel |
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| Mudskipper | goby Valenciennea decora (pair by burrow) |
Striped catfish (juveniles) |
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| Eusynstyela latericius | Sicyopus zosterophorum freshwater goby | Heteropoda venatoria widespread huntsmen (giant crab) spider. With recently ruptured egg sac and youngsters |
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| Fijian terrestrial nemertean | Fiji burrowing snake | Prickly red sea cucumber |
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| Uca perplexa male | Degeneria vitiensis Masiratu, ancient tree | Myiagra vanikorensis Vanikoro broadbill |
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| Fijian crested iguana | Voracious gecko | Fiji ground frog |
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| Pacific Pigeon | Coconut Crab on coconut palm. | Hermit crab |
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| Allogalathea elegans Elegant squat lobster on featherstar | Ocypode cordimana Small ghost crab | Swift-footed rock crab |
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| sea star on hydroid | Fromia monilis Sea star | Fromia milleporella (?) |
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| Fromia elegans sea star | Fiji tree frog | Fiji tree frog eggs |
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| Red prawn | Steephead parrotfish | caption |
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| Male fairy basslet | Giant clam | Orange seafan |
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| Soft coral | Mushroom coral | Lionfish |
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| Scorpionfish | Discotrema (Crinoid clingfish crinophila | Bryaninopsdianneae Fijian endemic sponge goby |
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| Fijian clubionid spider | Fijian crested iguana (hissing) | Colorful marine flatworm |
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| tabuensis Fijian red-breasted musk parrot aka red shining-parrot | Prosopeia personata Fijian yellow-breasted musk parrot aka masked shining-parrot | |