Fauna of the United States Virgin Islands for instance parrotfish, hogfish, surgeon fish, butterflyfish, squirrelfish, damselfish, fairy basslet, hawkfish, spotted drum, porcupinefish, barracuda, blue chromis, snapper, Creole wrasse, hamlet, French grunt, filefish, goby, wahoo, Atlantic blue marlin, and hundreds of others. The U.S.V.I is home to 386 square miles of coral reefs, which is more than twice the archipelago’s total landmass and is a critical habitat for hundreds of tropical fish species and coral species. The coral reefs also provide habitat for mollusks, sea urchins, sea fans, sea anemones and sponges. Some of the coral species found here are the elkhorn coral, brain coral, pillar coral, staghorn
Pacific leaping blenny members of "A. arnoldorum" are able to thrive on land due to their ability to twist their tails axially at 90 degrees, to propel their bodies. Hsieh noted that the twisting of the tail was a behaviourism unique to "A. arnoldorum" and species in the genus "Andamia"; the two genera were subsequently considered terrestrial. Pacific leaping blenny The Pacific leaping blenny ("Alticus arnoldorum"), also known as the leaping rockskipper, is a species of combtooth blenny (family Blenniidae) in the genus "Alticus". The blennies are oviparous, and form distinct pairs when mating. Males can reach a maximum total length of 8