• Samoan youth in traditional clothing.

    National Park of American Samoa

    American Samoa

Checklist of the Fishes

Chaetodon lunula, racoon butterflyfish
Raccoon butterflyfish, Chaetodon lunula, one of many species in Samoa waters.
NPS | BRYAN HARRY
 

Click here to use the Checklist of the park's fishes. This is the current list of park fishes, 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

  • FishBase.com FishBase.com

    Fish taxonomy worldwide Read More

  • Coral Inventory Coral Inventory

    More than 200 species, many illustrated Read More

  • Plant Inventory Plant Inventory

    Checklist of higher plants with some illustrations Read More

Did You Know?

Diverse species of lobe corals in crystal clear Pacific waters

Coral reefs in American Samoa and Guam (with more than 200 coral species and 890 species of fish) have the greatest coral biodiversity of any United States park.