Pufana Reef
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About this site
Pufana Reef is a coral garden inside the lagoon of Fakarava atoll, part of a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. The coral reef is shallow, and marine life can be watched from just below the surface, with thousands of colourful fish sheltering among the coral.
Schools of butterflyfish, parrotfish, snappers, groupers, moray eels, trumpetfish and angelfish live here, and blacktip sharks and whitetip sharks swim among them.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
SnapperSnapperReported here · unconfirmed
GrouperGrouperReported here · unconfirmed
Arc-eye HawkfishParacirrhites arcatusReported here · unconfirmed
Steephead ParrotfishChlorurus microrhinosReported here · unconfirmed
Manybar GoatfishParupeneus multifasciatusReported here · unconfirmed
Sixline WrassePseudocheilinus hexataeniaReported here · unconfirmed
Humpback SnapperLutjanus gibbusReported here · unconfirmed
Indian Bullethead ParrotfishChlorurus sordidusReported here · unconfirmed
Dot-and-dash ButterflyfishChaetodon pelewensisReported here · unconfirmed
yellowtail dascyllusDascyllus flavicaudusReported here · unconfirmed
Flame AngelfishCentropyge loriculusReported here · unconfirmed
Bignose UnicornfishNaso vlamingiiReported here · unconfirmed
ParrotfishParrotfishReported here · unconfirmed
AngelfishAngelfishReported here · unconfirmed
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