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REEF CREATURES OF PALAU

Yapese Stone Money Quarries The Yapese used clam shell adzes to Bullethead Parrotfish Bicolor Parrotfish Juvenile Teardrop Raccoon Meyer's
quarry stones from which they made huge coins. The Yapese currency Threadfin Butterflyfish Butterflyfish Butterflyfish
were large disks with holes in the middle. The trip between the quarry
sites and Yap was dangerous and many men lost their lives along the Butterflyfish
journey. The value of the stone money was not based on size, but
rather the number of lives lost in the journey to quarry it. So, the more Pacific Longnose Clown Circular Blackback Long-Nosed
treacherous the journey, the more value in the stone money. The piece Parrotfish Triggerfish Spadefish Butterflyfish Butterflyfish
of stone money with the highest value is actually so small that you (Batfish)
could hold in the palm of your hand. Juvenile

Palau Gamefish The waters surrounding Palau are full of big game fish, Titan
including the ones show below, plus marlin, sailfish, and great barracu- Triggerfish
da. On occasion specimens of these beautiful pelagic species are seen
by divers, especially on outer parts of the reefs. Bluebarred Parrotfish Orangestriped
Triggerfish

Pyramid Saddleback
Butterflyfish Butterflyfish
Long-Fin Ornate
Spadefish Rectangular Butterflyfish
Triggerfish
Longnose Saddleback Grouper
Emperor

Greasy Grouper Eastern Redfin Regal
Triangular Butterflyfish Angelfish
Butterflyfish
Coral Grouper Picasso
Triggerfish
Moorish Idol

Shepard's Harold's Emperor
Angelfish Angelfish Angelfish
Flame
Convict Tang Flametail Snapper Blue Devil Sergeant Angelfish
Major White-Spotted

Staghorn Blue Boxfish Zebra Scissor-Tail Eagle Ray
Damselfish Pipefish Sergeant

Bluebanded Threespot
Surgeonfish Angelfish

Blackfin Barracuda Redgill Scribbled Filefish Longnose Filefish Mandarinfish
Emperor Cornetfish

Great Barracuda Bird Wrasse

Orangespine
Unicornfish

Oriental White-Margin Humphead
Sweetlips Unicornfish Parrotfish
Lionfish
Blackspotted
Puffer

Singular Napolean
Bannerfish (Humphead) Wrasse

Blacktip Reef Shark Sharpnose
Puffer

Jewel Squirrelfish Blackfin Hogfish
Damsel
Peacock Porcupinefish Pennant
Day Octopus Grouper Bannerfish

Juvenile Humphead Harlequin Bluegreen
Bannerfish Ghost Chromis
Purple
Three-spot Queen Pipefish
Dascyllus

Pink Glasseye Yellow Margin Yellowtail Coris Peach
Anemonefish Moray Fairy Anthias

Giant Blue Tang Humbug Snowflake
Moray Triton's Moray
Magnificent Trumpet
Anemone Trumpetfish
Dusky Cleaner
Anemonefish Wrasse

Arceye Pin
Hawkfish Cushion
Spiny Star Blue
Three-Banded Lobster Yellowstripe Sea
Anemonefish Whitetip Goatfish Star
Reef Shark Razor
Coral
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