- Shark
- Carcharhinus melanopterusScientific Name
- VulnerableIUCN Threatened Status
Marine Life on Koh Tao
Koh Tao's reefs support an extraordinary range of species — from whale sharks and turtles to nudibranchs smaller than your thumbnail. This guide covers the animals you're most likely to encounter on a dive or snorkel trip with us.
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- Fish
- Ostracion cubicusScientific Name
- Least ConcernIUCN Threatened Status
- Fish
- Pterocaesio chrysozonaScientific Name
- Least ConcernIUCN Threatened Status
- Fish
- Gymnothorax thyrsoideusScientific Name
- Least ConcernIUCN Threatened Status
- Turtle
- Eretmochelys imbricataScientific Name
- Critically EndangeredIUCN Threatened Status
- Other
- Heteractis magnificaScientific Name
- Least ConcernIUCN Threatened Status
- Coral
- Plerogyra sinuosaScientific Name
- Least ConcernIUCN Threatened Status
- Nudibranch
- Jorunna funebrisScientific Name
- Least ConcernIUCN Threatened Status
- Coral
- Acropora spp.Scientific Name
- Near ThreatenedIUCN Threatened Status
- Ray
- Taeniura lymmaScientific Name
- Near ThreatenedIUCN Threatened Status
- Fish
- Balistoides viridescensScientific Name
- Least ConcernIUCN Threatened Status
- Shark
- Rhincodon typusScientific Name
- EndangeredIUCN Threatened Status
- Turtle
- Chelonia mydasScientific Name
- EndangeredIUCN Threatened Status