Fish of the Philippines – B

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

Banded boxer shrimp – Stenopus hispidus
Banded goby – Amblygobius phalaena
Banded sea urchin – Echinothrix calamaris
Banded sole – Soleichthys heterorhinos
Barcheek trevally – Carangoides plagiotaenia
Barred thicklip – Hemigymnus fasciatus
Batu coris – Coris batuensis
Bat volute – Cymbiola vespertilio
Bengal sergeant – Abudefduf bengalensis
Bennett’s feather star – Oxycomanthus bennetti
Bicolor angelfish – Centropyge bicolor
Bicolor goatfish – Parapeneus barberinus
Bigfin reef squid – Sepioteuthis lessoniana
Black-backed butterflyfish – Chaetodon melannotus
Blackbar chromis – Chromis retrofasciata
Blackbar filefish – Pervagor janthinosoma
Blackbar wrasse – Thalassoma nigrofasciatum
Blackbelt hogfish – Bodianus mesothorax
Black damsel – Neoglyphidodon melas
Blackeye thicklip – Hemigymnus melapterus
Black feather sea star – Colobometra perspinosa
Blackheaded filefish – Pervagor melanocephalus
Blacklip butterflyfish – Chaetodon kleinii
Blackpatch triggerfish – Rhinecanthus verrucosus
Black-saddled toby – Canthigaster valentini
Blacksaddle snake eel – Ophichthus cephalozona
Black sea urchin – Diadema setosum
Blackspot shrimpgoby – Cryptocentrus nigrocellatus
Blackspot snapper – Lutjanus ehrenbergii
Black-spotted egg cowrie – Calpumus verrucosus
Blackspotted puffer – Arothron nigropunctatus
Blackspotted puffer – Arothron nigropunctatus
Blackspotted puffer – Arothron nigropunctatus
Blackspotted sea cucumber – Pearsonothuria graeffei
Blackstreak surgeonfish (Eyeline surgeonfish or Eyestripe surgeonfish) – Acanthurus nigricauda
Black-tail sergeant – Abudefduf lorenzi 
Blacktip grouper – Epinephelus fasciatus
Blacktip silverbiddy – Gerres oyena
Blackvent damsel – Dischistodus melanotus
Blackvent damsel juvenile – Dischistodus melanotus
Bleeker’s parrotfish – Chlorurus bleekeri
Bleeker’s parrotfish – intermediate phase – Chlorurus bleekeri
Blubberlip snapper – Lutjanus rivulatus
Blueback damsel – Pomacentrus simsiang
Blueback damsel – Pomacentrus simsiang
Blueback damsel juvenile – Pomacentrus simsiang
Blue candy nudibranch (Swollen phyllidia nudibranch) – Phyllidia varicosa
Blue damsel – Pomacentrus pavo
Blue devil female – Chrysiptera cyanea
Blue-green chromis – Chromis viridis
Bluelipped bristletooth – Ctenochaetus cyanocheilus
Bluelipped bristletooth juvenile – Ctenochaetus cyanocheilus
Blue sea star – Linckia laevigata
Blue-spined swimming crab- Thalamita prymna
Bluespine unicornfish – Naso unicornis
Bluespot mullet – Moolgarda seheli
Blue-spotted wrasse – Anampses caeruleopunctatus
Bluestreak cleaner wrasse – Labroides dimidiatus
Bluestreak goby – Valenciennea strigata
Blue swimming crab – Portunus pelagicus
Bluntheaded wrasse (Twotone wrasse) – Thalassoma amblycephalum
Bower’s parrotfish – Chlorurus bowersiBowers parrotfish
Bracelet cardinalfish – Nectamia viria
Brassy trevally – Caranx-papuensis
Bridled monocle bream – Scolopsis frenatus
Bristle-tailed filefish – Acreichthys tomentosus
Broom filefish – Amanses scopas
Brown coral blenny – Atrosalarias fuscus
Brushtail tang – Zebrasoma scopas
Bubble algae (Sailor’s eyeball) – Valonia ventricosa
Bumblebee snail – Engina mendicaria
Burrowing urchin – Echinometra-mathaei