Johnston Atoll Species List Ryan Rash Birds X: indicates species that was observed but not Anatidae photographed Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) (DOR) Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) X Kingdom Ardeidae Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) Phylum Charadriidae Class Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva) Order Fregatidae Family Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor) Genus species Laridae Black Noddy (Anous minutus) Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus) Grey-Backed Tern (Onychoprion lunatus) Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) White (Fairy) Tern (Gygis alba) Phaethontidae Red-Tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) White-Tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus) Procellariidae Wedge-Tailed Shearwater (Puffinus pacificus) Scolopacidae Bristle-Thighed Curlew (Numenius tahitiensis) Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) Sanderling (Calidris alba) Wandering Tattler (Heteroscelus incanus) Strigidae Hawaiian Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus sandwichensis) Sulidae Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra) Red-Footed Booby (Sula sula) Fish Acanthuridae Achilles Tang (Acanthurus achilles) Achilles Tang x Goldrim Surgeonfish Hybrid (Acanthurus achilles x A. nigricans) Black Surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis) Blueline Surgeonfish (Acanthurus nigroris) Convict Tang (Acanthurus triostegus) Goldrim Surgeonfish (Acanthurus nigricans) Gold-Ring Surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus strigosus) Orangeband Surgeonfish (Acanthurus olivaceus) Orangespine Unicornfish (Naso lituratus) Ringtail Surgeonfish (Acanthurus blochii) Sailfin Tang (Zebrasoma veliferum) Yellow Tang (Zebrasoma flavescens) Apogonidae Iridescent Cardinalfish (Pristiapogon kallopterus) Aulostomidae Pacific Trumpetfish (Aulostomus chinensis) Balistidae Black Triggerfish (Melichthys niger) Lagoon Triggerfish (Rhinecanthus aculeatus) Lei Triggerfish (Sufflamen bursa) Pinktail Triggerfish (Melichthys vidua) Belonidae Keeltail Needlefish (Platybelone argalus) Blenniidae Bullethead Blenny (Blenniella gibbifrons) Scarface Blenny (Cirripectes vanderbilti) X Bothidae Peacock Flounder (Bothus mancus) Carangidae Amberjack (Seriola dumerili) Barred Trevally (Carangoides ferdau) Bigeye Trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus) Black Trevally (Caranx lugubris) Bluefin Trevally (Caranx melampygus) Leatherback (Double-Spotted Queenfish) (Scomberoides lysan) Yellow-spotted Trevally (Carangoides orthogrammus) Carcharhinidae Grey Reef Shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) Chaetodontidae Blacklip Butterflyfish (Chaetodon kleinii) Chevron Butterflyfish (Chaetodon trifascialis) Common Longnose Butterflyfish (Forcipiger flavissimus) Fourspot Butterflyfish (Chaetodon quadrimaculatus) Multiband Butterflyfish (Chaetodon multicinctus) Ornate Butterflyfish (Chaetodon ornatissimus) Oval Butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunulatus) Saddleback Butterflyfish (Chaetodon ephippium) Speckled Butterflyfish (Chaetodon citrinellus) Teardrop Butterflyfish (Chaetodon unimaculatus) Threadfin Butterflyfish (Chaetodon auriga) Cirrhitidae Stocky Hawkfish (Cirrhitus pinnulatus) Diodontidae Porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix) Exocoetidae Pacific Flying Fish (Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus) Fistulariidae Blue-Spotted Cornetfish (Fistularia commersoni) Holocentridae Big-Scale Soldierfish (Myripristus berndti) Brick Soldierfish (Myripristus amaena) Saber (Longjaw) Squirrelfish (Sargocentron spiniferum) Spotfin Squirrelfish (Neoniphon sammara) Kuhliidae Hawaiian Flagtail (Kuhlia xenura) Kyphosidae Brassy Chub (Kyphosus vaigiensis) Gray Chub (Kyphosus sandwicensis) Highfin Chub (Kyphosus cinerascens) Labridae Belted Wrasse (Stethojulis balteata) Bird Wrasse (Gomphosus varius) Christmas Wrasse (Thalassoma trilobatum) Eightline Wrasse (Pseudocheilinus octotaenia) Five-Stripe Wrasse (Thalassoma quinquevittatum) Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides phthirophagus) Hawaiian Hogfish (Bodianus albotaeniatus) Ringtail Wrasse (Oxycheilinus unifasciatus) Rockmover Wrasse (Novaculichthys taeniourus) Saddle Wrasse (Thalassoma duperrey) Slingjaw Wrasse (Epibulus insidiator) Surge Wrasse (Thalassoma purpureum) X Yellowtail Coris (Coris gaimard) Lutjanidae Forktail Snapper (Smalltooth Jobfish) (Aphareus furca) Green Jobfish (Aprion virescens) Molidae Sharptail Mola (Masturus lanceolatus) (DOR) Monacanthidae Barred Filefish (Cantherhines dumerilii) Orangetail Filefish (Pervagor aspricaudus) Mugilidae Sharpnose Mullet (Neomyxus leuciscus) Mullidae Blue Goatfish (Parupeneus cyclostomus) Island Goatfish (Parupeneus insularis) Manybar Goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus) Sidespot Goatfish (Parupeneus pleurostigma) Square-Spot Goatfish (Mulloidichthys flavolineatus) Yellowfin Goatfish (Mulloidichthys vanicolensis) Muraenidae Giant Moray (Gymnothorax javanicus) Peppered Moray (Gymnothorax pictus) Whitemouth Moray (Gymnothorax meleagris) Myliobatidae Spotted Eagle Ray (Aetobatus narinari) Ophichthidae Magnificent Snake Eel (Myrichthys magnificus) Ostraciidae Spotted Boxfish (Ostracion meleagris) Whitley’s Boxfish (Ostracion whitleyi) Pomacentridae Blackspot Sergeant Major (Abudefduf sordidus) Bluefin Chromis (Chromis acares) X Blue-Eye Damselfish (Plectroglyphidodon johnstonianus) Bright Eye Damselfish (Plectroglyphidodon imparipennis) Domino Damselfish (Dascyllus albisella) Indo-Pacific Sergeant Major (Abudefduf vaigiensis) Phoenix Island Damselfish (Plectroglyphidodon phoenixensis) X Scaridae Bullethead Parrotfish (Chlorurus spilurus) Redlip Parrotfish (Scarus rubroviolaceus) Palenose Parrotfish (Scarus psittacus) Spectacled Parrotfish (Chlorurus perspicillatus) Star-Eye Parrotfish (Calotomus carolinus) Scorpaenidae Devil Scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis diabolus) X Sphyraenidae Great Barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) Synodontidae Clouded Lizardfish (Saurida nebulosa) Reef Lizardfish (Synodus variegatus) Tetraodontidae Hawaiian Whitespotted Toby (Canthigaster jactator) Spotted Puffer (Arothron meleagris) Zanclidae Moorish Idol (Zanclus cornutus) Herpetofauna Cheloniidae Pacific Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Gekkonidae Asian House Gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) Mourning Gecko (Lepidodactylus lugubris) Invertebrates & Friends Animalia Annelida Amphinomidae Iridescent Fireworm (Eurythoe complanata) Arthropoda Arachnida Araneae Araneidae Hentz Orb-Weaver (Neoscona crucifera) Oxyopidae Lynx Spider (Oxyopus sp.) Pholcidae Cellar Spider (Unknown sp.) Scytodidae Spitting Spider (Scytodes lugubris) Salticidae Gray Wall Jumper (Menemerus bivittatus) Theridiidae Brown Widow (Latrodectus geometricus) Scorpiones Buthidae Lesser Brown Scorpion (Isometrus maculatus) Chilopoda Scolopendridae Red-Headed Centipede (Scolopendra morsitans) Hexanauplia Lepadidae Goose Barnacle (Lepas indica) Insecta Blattodea Blaberidae Surinam Cockroach (Pycnoscelus surinamensis) Blattidae American Cockroach (Periplaneta americana) Harlequin Roach (Neostylopyga rhombifolia) Ectobiidae German Cockroach (Blattella germanica) Coleoptera Bostrichidae Horned Powderpost Beetle (Amphicerus cornutus) Cerambycidae Long-Horned Beetle (Ceresium unicolor) Coccinellidae Ashy Gray Lady Beetle (Olla v-nigrum) Variable Lady Beetle (Coelophora inaequalis) Scarabaeidae Mango Flower Beetle (Protaetia fusca) Dermaptera Anisolabididae Ring-Legged Earwig (Euborellia annulipes) Diptera Unknown Fly spp. Calliphoridae Common Green Bottle Fly (Lucilia sericata) Hippoboscidae Frigate Bird Fly (Olfersia spinifera) Sarcophagidae Flesh Fly (Sarcophaga sp.) Hemiptera Pentatomidae Four-Humped Stink Bug (Brochymena quadripustulata) Southern Green Stink Bug (Nezara viridula) Psyllidae Leucaena Psyllid (Heteropsylla cubana) Hymenoptera Apidae Hawaiian Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa sonorina) Chrysididae Cuckoo Wasp (Chrysis angolensis) Formicidae Black Crazy Ant (Paratrechina longicornis) Black House Ant (Ochetellus glaber) Flower Ant (Monomorium floricola) Ghost Ant (Tapinoma melanocephalum) Guinea Ant (Tetramorium bicarinatum) Little Yellow Ant (Plagiolepis alluaudi) Monomorium indicum Monomorium sechellense Singapore Ant (Monomorium destructor) Tetramorium simillimum Tropical Fire Ant (Solenopsis geminata) Sphecidae Oriental Mud-Dauber Wasp (Chalybion bengalense) Vespidae Golden Paper Wasp (Polistes aurifer) Lepidoptera Erebidae Black Witch Moth (Ascalapha odorata) Castor Semi-Looper (Achaea janata) Geometridae Dot-Lined Angle (Macaria abydata) Pterophoridae Spiderling Plume Moth (Megalorhipida leucodactylus) Mantodea Mantidae Giant Asian Mantis (Hierodula patellifera) Orthoptera Caelifera Unknown Grasshopper sp. X Ensifera Copiphorini Unknown Conehead sp. X Gryllidae Tropical House Cricket (Gryllodes sigillatus) Malacostraca Alpheidae Snapping Shrimp sp. Calappidae Common Box Crab (Calappa hepatica) Diogenidae Jeweled Anemone Crab (Dardanus gemmatus) Left-Handed Hermit Crab (Calcinus laevimanus) Pale Anemone Crab (Dardanus deformis) White-Spotted Hermit Crab (Dardanus megistos) Grapsidae Long-Legged Rock Crab (Grapsus longitarsus) ? (Not 100% on ID) Scaly Rock Crab (Plagusia squamosa) (found hitching a ride on a raft) Thin-Shelled Rock Crab (Grapsus tenuicrustatus) Ocypodidae Horn-Eyed Ghost Crab (Ocypode ceratophthalmus) Pallid Ghost Crab (Ocypode pallidula) Palaemonidae Pearl Oyster Shrimp (Conchodytes meleagrinae) Palinuridae Tufted Spiny Lobster (Panulirus penicillatus) (Found molt floating near shore) Xanthidae Round Crab sp. Chordata Ascidiidae White Didemnid (Didemnum sp.) Yellow Sea Squirt (Phallusia julinea) Cnidaria Anthozoa Acroporidae Blue Rice Coral (Montipora flabellata) Bud Acropora (Acropora gemmifera) Finger Coral (Acropora cerealis) Rice Coral (Montipora capitata) Table Coral (Acropora cytherea) Agariciidae Corrugated Coral (Pavona varians) Porkchop Coral (Pavona duerdeni) Fungiidae Oval Mushroom Coral (Fungia scutaria) Hormathiidae Outer-Hermit Sea