Wildlife in Lady Musgrave Island

The black noddy or white-capped noddy (Anous minutus) is a seabird from the family Laridae. It is a medium-sized bird with black plumage and a white cap. It closely resembles the lesser noddy (Anous tenuirostris) with which it was at one time considered conspecific. The black noddy has slightly darker plumage and dark rather than pale lores.

The reef manta ray (Mobula alfredi) is one of the largest and most iconic marine species. Because reef manta rays frequent relatively shallow waters along the coastal reefs of continents and oceanic islands, they are more commonly encountered by divers and snorkellers than their oceanic manta ray cousins. Reef manta rays are widely distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the

The blue-spotted spinefoot (Siganus corallinus) is a species of rabbitfish.

Coenobita perlatus, is a species of terrestrial hermit crab. It is known as the strawberry hermit crab because of its reddish orange colours. It is a widespread scavenger across the Indo-Pacific, Indonesia, and is also traded to hobby aquarists.

Chlorurus spilurus, known commonly as the Pacific daisy parrotfish or Pacific bullethead parrotfish, is a species of marine fish in the family Scaridae.

The Oval Butterflyfish, Red-finned Butterflyfish or redfin butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunulatus) is a species of butterflyfish (family Chaetodontidae). It is found in the Pacific Ocean from Eastern Indonesia to the Hawaiian islands. This is one species of a closely related group which includes the Blacktail butterflyfish which is found in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden and the Melon butterflyfish w