Me nā haneli he nui o nā iʻa, nā māhele iʻa, nā crusetaceans a me nā kuhukū, nā wai e puni ana i nā mokupuni 118 he mau Tahiti keemā me nā hiʻohiʻona i ka nānā aku.
E loaʻa iāʻoe ka mea hao lāʻau e kiʻi ai i nā hōʻailona o kekahi o nā pahu nui a keu loa, akā e hoʻopili wale ana mai kāu papa kai piha ma Tahiti , Moorea , a me Bora Bora , ua hiki iāʻoe ke leka i kekahi mau mea kupaianahaʻano nui - mai kahi iʻa maikaʻi ia i nā kuʻuna kai moana i nā'āpana 'ākauʻeleʻele.
Eia ke nānā i 25 o nā mea nui o ke kai eʻike i ka wā e lawe aiʻoe i ka wai:
- Angelfish: Me nāʻeleʻele, nā keʻokeʻo a me nā kapa'ōmaʻomaʻu,ʻo kēia mau iʻa pālolo he mau lōʻihi lōʻihi lōʻihi a me ka ihu e neʻe ana.
- ʻO ke kaiākea: Ke aloha nei lākou i ke kai pāpaʻu o nā'auwaʻa o Tahiti aʻo kekahi o nā mea nui o nā huakaʻi "mākī a me kaʻaihue" kaulana, kekahi o nā mea kiʻekiʻe e hana ai i Tahiti .
- ʻO Barracuda: ʻO kēia mau mea lōʻihi,'ekene, iʻa iʻa he niho ikaika loa a uaʻikeʻia he mea hoʻonāukiuki, no laila e'ōleloʻia nā snorkelers a me nā mea he mea e pale ai ināʻike kahi.
- ʻO nā maneʻeleʻeleʻeleʻele:ʻO ka nui o ka lagoon,ʻo ia mau mane maikaʻi, i kapaʻia he mao mauri ma Tahitian , he mauʻanoʻeleʻeleʻeleʻele no ko lākou mau momona a me kaʻaneʻane paha heʻelima kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi. Hiki keʻike pinepineʻia kaʻikeʻana i ka holoʻana ma kahi kokoke i nā bungalows ma waena o ka moana a me nā manō nui-nui i ka "mākī a me ka hānaiʻai".
- ʻO ka Pelekānia :ʻO kēia mau'ōpiopio i keʻokeʻoʻeleʻele, keʻokeʻo a me ka melemele, aia i nā lawaiʻa a pau o Tahiti, e'ākoakoa pinepine ana i nā kula nui.
- Ka iʻa lawaiʻa: Hoʻopūʻia i ka "Loaʻaʻo Nemo," ʻo kēia mau mea liʻiliʻi,ʻo ia hoʻi he iʻa momona, kahi iʻikeʻia he iʻa anemone, keʻike pinepineʻia i ka holoʻana i waena o nā'alomolo o nā meaʻawaʻawa o ka anemone moana, kahi hikiʻole ke mālamaʻia.
- Damselfish :ʻO keʻano maʻamau o nāʻahu'eleʻa momona, hele mai kēia iʻa liʻiliʻi i nāʻano keʻokeʻo, heʻulaʻula me ka huelo huelo.
- Nā Dolphins: E like me ka hapanui o ka Pākīpika Hema,ʻo Tahiti ke kai o ka moana kahi o nā momona o nā iʻa momona,ʻike pinepineʻia i nā huakaʻi holo moana ma waho o nā lagoʻa.
- Nā kuʻuna moana kaiʻula : Loaʻaʻia kēia mau mea make i nā mokupuni a puni; ʻo kekahi mau hōkele, e like me InterContinental Moorea Resort & Spa a me ka Le Meridien Bora Bora nā polokalamu hoʻoponopono a me nā palekana.
- Pūʻulu:ʻO nāʻano he nui keʻano maʻamau i Tahiti,ʻo ia hoʻi nā mea nunui o nā maka'āinana iʻikeʻia no ka hoʻokuʻuʻana i nā mea nui.
- Nā hāleʻaʻo Humpback: ʻO ka neʻeʻana o kēia mau mea ola i ka makahiki i alakaʻiʻia ai lākou ma waena o nā wai o Tahiti mai Iulai a hiki i Nowemapa, me nā kiʻi nui e loaʻa mai ka mokupuniʻo Moorea.
- Lemon sharks: Uaʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o nā manōʻeleʻele (hiki i ka 11 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi),ʻalo i nā manō lemon i ka moana kai ma waho aʻe o nā'auwaʻa lapu.
- Nā kukui leopadi: ʻO kēia mau'āhina polish-hina me nā wahi keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo maʻemaʻe he mea maʻalahi ia i nā'auwaʻa o nā mokupuniʻo Tahitian.
- Nā kukuna Manta: ʻOiai he mau mea maʻamauʻole ka mea i hanaʻia,ʻo kēia mau kānakaʻoluʻolu me nā'ēheu'ēheu e like me ka laulā he 12 kapuaʻi e'ākaho puni i nā pae pupuhi ma Bora Bora a me Fakarava.
- Moray eels : Ke nānā neiʻoe i kahi prehistoric, uaʻikeʻia kēia mau mea nunui e like me ka poʻe e like me keʻano o ka nahenahe (hiki i kā lākouʻai ke hoʻokuʻu aku i kahi manamana lima) a ponoʻole keʻaeʻia e nā meaʻano likeʻole a me nā snorkelers.
- Māiʻole :ʻO ka lōʻihi, ka momona a me ke kālā, e hele ana kēia iʻa nile-nosed i loko o ke kai kūʻono.
- 'Apopa: ʻAʻole pahaʻoe eʻike i kekahi o kēia mauʻeleleʻewaluʻewalu, keʻole kāu alakaʻi e hoʻonele i kahi kahi e hūnā ai ma waena o nā pōhaku aiʻole ke koʻa ma ke kahawai a me ka moana - e hoʻomākaukauʻia no ka'ō'ō o ka'īnikaʻeleʻele.
- ʻO nā iʻa nui:ʻO kēia iʻa nui,'ahuʻula, he mosaic o ka'ōmaʻomaʻo keʻokeʻo, he uliuli, he melemele, heʻalani, heʻulaʻula a me ka'ōniʻomaʻa, a heʻike maʻalahi lākou i ka snorkel ma luna o nā Tahiti.
- ʻO Puffer iʻa: i ka wā e hoʻoweliweliʻia ai, e hoʻoluliluliʻia kēia kinoʻeleʻele a me keʻokeʻo i ko lākou mau kino e like me ka volleyball-me nā'ōniʻi liʻiliʻi loa.
- Kūkō Mono: Me nāʻano paʻu o ka huaʻai ma hope iho i kapaʻia ai lākou,ʻo kēia mau mea ola i ola ma ke kahawai,ʻaʻole lākou e hōʻeha i nā mea'ē aʻe, koe wale nā algae a lākou eʻai ai.
- ʻO ke kai i ka pōhaku : Loaʻa ka pīhoihoi i nā pōhaku a'ōpala i nā kai ākea a puniʻo Tahiti, e paleʻia kēia mau manuʻeleʻele ma muli o ko lākou mau kola ke kumu e nui ai kaʻeha i ka wā e paʻiʻia ai kaʻili.
- Snapper: Loaʻa iāʻoe kēia iʻa maʻamau i nā kula nui ma ka luʻuʻana - a me ka nui o nā menusina meaʻai meaʻai, i hoʻoulu pinepineʻia i loko o ka hakina Tahitian vanilla.
- Hoʻopiliʻia: E hoʻohanaʻia pahaʻoe i kaʻano gula-ʻanoʻano gula, akā, ma Tahiti, e hele mai ana kēia mau mea nohoʻelima i lalo i ke aka o ka uliuliʻulaʻula i kaʻalaniʻalani.
- ʻO nā iʻa nui : ʻO kēiaʻano iʻaʻano nui-nuiʻekolu i hōʻea mai i loko o nāʻano pale (likeʻole) (he hina, keʻokeʻo, he melelena, a me ka blue) ka Picasso triggerfish a hiki ke hoʻonāukiuki.
- Wrasse :ʻO kēiaʻano mai ka mini (Scott's fairy wrasse) i ka momona (Napoleon wrasse) a me ke aloha e hele aku i waho o nā kola.