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The Phi Phi islands (a.k.a. Koh Phi Phi) are centrally located in the Andaman Sea and are within a National Marine Park. The only populated island is Koh Phi Phi Don. This tropical island is a great place to be when you want to see the marine life of the Andaman Sea. Staying on Phi Phi has an advantage over staying in Phuket: less travel time to many of the dive and snorkel sites.

In the marine park you can see many marine life animals. Very popular are hawksbill turtles, zebra sharks / leopard sharks and blacktip reef sharks. Expect to see different types of angelfish, clownfish, butterflyfish, fusiliers, groupers, lobsters, shrimps, snappers and trevallies. You might also see barracudas, the yellow boxfish, an octopus, the scribbled filefish, a giant moray, nudibranchs, the black spotted puffer, lionfish and the titan triggerfish.

From Phi Phi you can also do daytrips to some amaziing dive sites. The King Cruiser Wreck - Anemone Reef - Shark Point trip is highly recommended. Hin Daeng and Hin Muang in the south are a must see for every diver. The two underwater mountains are covered with coral and sponges and surrounded with loads of marine life animals. However the main attraction here are whale sharks and giant manta rays. In high season you have a realistic chance to see them here.

  1. Goldlined spinefoot

    Siganus guttatus

    Elias Levy (CC: BY)

  2. Giant manta

    Manta birostris

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  3. Live sharksucker

    Echeneis naucrates

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  4. Common lionfish

    Pterois miles

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  5. Bearded scorpionfish

    Scorpaenopsis barbata

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  6. Tiger tail seahorse

    Hippocampus comes

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  7. Columbrine sea krait

    Laticauda colubrina

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  8. Crown-of-thorns starfish (appearance 1)

    Acanthaster planci

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  1. Long-spine sea urchin

    Diadema setosum

    iliuta goean (C) All rights reserved

  2. Blacktail reef shark

    Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos

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  3. Blacktip reef shark

    Carcharhinus melanopterus

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  4. Whale shark

    Rhincodon typus

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  5. Whale shark

    Rhincodon typus

    kaschibo (C) All rights reserved

  6. Zebra shark

    Stegostoma fasciatum

    Narchuk (C) All rights reserved

  7. Harlequin shrimp

    Hymenocera picta

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  8. Banded coral shrimp

    Stenopus hispidus

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  1. Sexy shrimp

    Thor amboinensis

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  2. Checkered snapper

    Lutjanus decussatus

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  3. Bluestripe snapper

    Lutjanus kasmira

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  4. One-spot snapper

    Lutjanus monostigma

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  5. Black and white snapper (adult)

    Macolor niger

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  6. Barrel Sponge

    Xestospongia testudinaria

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  7. Ribbontail stingray

    Taeniura lymma

    Sergey Khachatryan (C) All rights reserved

  8. Powderblue surgeonfish

    Acanthurus leucosternon

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  1. Lined surgeonfish

    Acanthurus lineatus

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  2. Orange-lined triggerfish

    Balistapus undulatus

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  3. Clown triggerfish

    Balistoides conspicillum

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  4. Titan triggerfish

    Balistoides viridescens

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  5. Red-toothed triggerfish

    Odonus niger

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  6. Green sea turtle

    Chelonia mydas

    Isabella Kuehn (C) All rights reserved

  7. Hawksbill sea turtle

    Eretmochelys imbricata

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  8. Bignose unicornfish (subadult)

    Naso vlamingii

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Tags: Marine life, Fish, Coral, Fishcard, Fishslate, Scuba diving, Snorkeling, Underwaterphotography, Uwphotography, Reeflife, MyFishGallery.

Marine life tags: Whale shark, Giant Manta, Green Turtle, Titan triggerfish, Clown anemonefish (a.k.a. Clownfish, Nemo), Great barracuda, Yellow boxfish, Ribbontail stingray (a.k.a. Blue spotted stingray), Yellowmargin triggerfish, Orbicular batfish, Harlequin sweetlips, Christmas tree worm, Giant moray, Snowflake moray, Bearded scorpionfish, Black-blotched porcupinefish (a.k.a. Pufferfish), Nudibranchs, Yellowface angelfish, Copperband butterflyfish, Indo-pacific sergeant, Warty frogfish, Blackspotted puffer, Zebra shark / Leopard shark.

Locationtags: Koh Phi Phi, Andaman Sea, Thailand, Diving Koh Phi Phi, Diving Andaman Sea, Diving Thailand, Marine life Koh Phi Phi, Marine life Andaman Sea, Snorkeling Koh Phi Phi, Snorkeling Andaman Sea, Holiday Koh Phi Phi.