• Samoan youth in traditional clothing.

    National Park of American Samoa

    American Samoa

Checklist of the Corals

Coral reef
Coral reefs at the park waters have great beauty and high biodiversity.
NPS | BRYAN HARRY
 

Click here to use the Checklist of Park Corals. This is the current list of corals recorded at the park and has many illustrations.

The species lists are kept at the Pacific Islands Cooperative Ecosystems Study Unit (PI CESU), University of Hawaii. The National Park Service is an active member of the PI CESU.

At the species lists checklists there is a link to return to the park website at the bottom left footnote.

  • Marine Invertebrates, Marine Invertebrates,

    illustrated list Read More

  • Coral Inventory Coral Inventory

    More than 200 species, many illustrated Read More

  • Fish Inventory Fish Inventory

    Lots of pictures of our local fishes Read More

Did You Know?

Collared kingfisher closeup

The local kingfisher of Samoa, the collared kingfisher, very seldom preys on fishes.  Insects are its principal food and it can often be seen perched in a tree or on a tlelphone wire scanning the ground for insects.