Reef fish
Fish of coral and rocky reefs, among the most colourful in the sea. Malaysia's reefs are mostly around Sabah and the islands off the east coast.
12 fish
Sport · FoodBrown-marbled grouper
Epinephelus fuscoguttatus
Sizeup to 120 cm
Saltwater2 states
AquariumClown anemonefish
Amphiprion ocellaris
Sizeup to 11 cm
Saltwater4 states
Sport · FoodCobia
Rachycentron canadum
Sizeup to 200 cm
SaltwaterBrackish3 states
Sport · FoodGiant grouper
Epinephelus lanceolatus
Sizeup to 270 cm
SaltwaterBrackish
SportGiant trevally
Caranx ignobilis
Sizeup to 180 cm
Saltwater3 states
FoodHumphead wrasse
Cheilinus undulatus
Sizeup to 229 cm
Saltwater1 state
SportIndo-Pacific sailfish
Istiophorus platypterus
Sizeup to 350 cm
Saltwater1 state
Sport · FoodJohn's snapper
Lutjanus johnii
Sizeup to 97 cm
BrackishSaltwater6 states
AquariumMandarinfish
Synchiropus splendidus
Sizeup to 6 cm
Saltwater
Sport · FoodMangrove jack
Lutjanus argentimaculatus
Sizeup to 150 cm
FreshwaterBrackishSaltwater3 states
AquariumPalette surgeonfish
Paracanthurus hepatus
Sizeup to 30.5 cm
Saltwater
Sport · FoodTalang queenfish
Scomberoides commersonnianus
Sizeup to 120 cm
Saltwater9 states