the Coral Sea Islands
The Coral Sea Islands are a territory of Australia and perhaps the only home of a marine fish, the Tiger Blenny Ecsenius tigris (eol) as well as Sally's Eviota Eviota readerae (p. 5 of Australian Museum pdf file), the Coral Sea Sailfin Anthias Rabaulichthys squirei (Reef Builders), a wrasse Pseudocoris aequalis (FishBase), and the Elizabeth Reef Jawfish Opistognathus elizabethensis (p. 9 of Australian Museum pdf file).
Endemic invertebrates include a pseudoscorpion Nannochelifer paralius
(American
Arachnological Society pdf file), an undescribed springtail that probably represents a new genus related to Dicranocentrus (p. 37 of Environment Australia pdf file), and an undescribed millipede of the genus Lophoturus (p. 48 of Environment Australia pdf file).
More information on the natural history of the Coral Sea Islands can be
found in the Coringa-Herald National Nature Reserve and Lihou Reef
National Nature Reserve Management Plan (Environment
Australia) and in the Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Marine National Nature Reserve Management Plan (Environment
Australia).