During the 3 week survey of Ascension, the Shallow Marine Surveys Group took thousands of images of the marine life around the island. This page represents a photographic record of Ascension Island fish species seen by team members. The images in this post are being added to as the back-catalogue is processed and, when finished, should provide a useful and accurate guide to almost any species of fish life a skin-diver or scuba diver may see during a visit to Ascension Island.
Acanthuridae (surgeonfishes, tangs, and unicornfishes)
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Apogonidae (cardinalfishes)
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Aulostomidae (trumpet fish)
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Balistidae (triggerfish)
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Belonidae (needlefish)
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Bothidae (flounder)
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Chaetodontidae (butterfly fish)
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Cirrhitidae (hawkfish)
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Diodontidae (porcupine fish)
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Gobiidae (gobies)
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Holocentridae (soldierfish,squirrelfish)
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Kyphosidae (sea chub)
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Labridae (wrasse)
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Malacanthidae (tilefish)
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Monacanthidae (filefish)
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Mugilidae (mullet)
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Mullidae (goatfish)
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Muraenidae (morays)
Ascension moray gallery here
Ophichthidae (snake eels)
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Pomacanthidae (angelfish)
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Ostraciidae (cowfish)
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Pomacentridae (damselfish)
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Priacanthidae (bigeyes)
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Scorpaenidae (scorpionfish)
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Serranidae (groupers)
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Synodontidae (lizardfish)
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Tetraodontidae (pufferfish)
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