Fishes of Chagos


There are over 800 species of fish found in the waters of the Chagos Archipelago, including many species that have already been heavily diminished by over-fishing elsewhere in the world’s oceans. Fishes of Chagos focuses on the shark and ray species currently but will be expanded to include all species in the future.

Nebrius
Rhincodon
Isurus
Alopias
Carcharhinus
Negaprion
Prionace
Triaenodon
Sphyrna
Aetobatus
Mobula
Himantura
Taeniura
Urogymnus
Endangered (EN)
Near Threatened (NT)
Vulnerable (VU)
Chondrichthyes (sharks/rays)
Shown below:
Showing all fish

Spotted Eagle Ray

Aetobatus ocellatus 

Pelagic Thresher Shark

Alopias pelagicus 

Bigeye Thresher Shark

Alopias superciliosus 

Common Thresher Shark

Alopias vulpinus 

Silvertip Shark

Carcharhinus albimarginatus 

Grey Reef Shark

Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos 

Silky shark

Carcharhinus falciformis 

Oceanic Whitetip Shark

Carcharhinus longimanus 

Blacktip Reef Shark

Carcharhinus melanopterus 

Shortfin Mako

Isurus oxyrinchus 

Reef Manta Ray

Mobula alfredi 

Devil Ray

Mobula sp. 

Tawny Nurse Shark

Nebrius ferrugineus 

Sharptooth Lemon Shark

Negaprion acutidens 

Pink Whipray

Pateobatis fai 

Blue Shark

Prionace glauca 

Whale Shark

Rhincodon typus 

Scalloped Hammerhead

Sphyrna lewini 

Great Hammerhead

Sphyrna mokarran 

Blotched Stingray

Taeniurops meyeni 

Whitetip Reef Shark

Triaenodon obesus 

Porcupine Ray

Urogymnus asperrimus 

Mangrove Whipray

Urogymnus granulatus