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One of the few public beaches on an island that’s the preserve of luxury beachfront resorts, Matira is technically two beaches, with one on each side of Bora Bora’s southernmost tip. A turquoise lagoon laps the sand while palm trees offer shade.

349
Identifications

284
Observations

188
Species

36
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Thalasseus bergii (M.H.K.Lichtenstein, 1823)

Chlorurus spilurus

Actinopterygii

Egretta sacra (Gmelin, 1789)

Pomacentrus pavo

Scleractinia

Geopelia striata (Linnaeus, 1766)

Anous stolidus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Acanthurus triostegus

10.

Fregata ariel (G.R.Gray, 1845)

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tushingham

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bertyvanhensbergen

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Eric Knight

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knightericm

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muir

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obsr1665246

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Matt Muir

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obsr220791

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bppking

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Top Species

Thalasseus bergii (M.H.K.Lichtenstein, 1823)

Chlorurus spilurus

Actinopterygii

Egretta sacra (Gmelin, 1789)

Pomacentrus pavo

Scleractinia

Geopelia striata (Linnaeus, 1766)

Anous stolidus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Acanthurus triostegus

10.

Fregata ariel (G.R.Gray, 1845)

11.

Chaetodon auriga Forsskål, 1775

12.

Gallus gallus (Linnaeus, 1758)

13.

Gygis alba (Sparrman, 1786)

14.

Abudefduf sexfasciatus

15.

Enteropneusta

16.

Pateobatis fai (Jordan & Seale, 1906)

17.

Hemidactylus frenatus

18.

Lonchura castaneothorax (Gould, 1837)

19.

Cheilinus chlorourus

20.

Padina sanctae-crucis

21.

Echinometra mathaei

22.

Rhinecanthus aculeatus

23.

Canthigaster solandri (Richardson, 1845)

24.

Anthozoa

25.

Pocillopora damicornis

26.

Chaetodon lunulatus

27.

Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758)

28.

Labridae

29.

Tringa incana (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)

30.

Ocypode pallidula

31.

Cordia subcordata Lam.

32.

Alpinia purpurata (Vieill.) K.Schum.

33.

Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758

34.

Lutjanus fulvus (Forster, 1801)

35.

Chaetodon ephippium Cuvier, 1831

36.

Chaetodon lunula (Lacepède, 1802)

37.

Centropyge flavissima (Cuvier, 1831)

38.

Stromboidea

39.

Bothus pantherinus

40.

Pachodynerus nasidens (Latreille, 1812)

41.

Mulloidichthys vanicolensis

42.

Mulloidichthys flavolineatus (Lacepède, 1801)

43.

Octopus cyanea

44.

Tillandsia usneoides

45.

Labroides bicolor

46.

Pomacentrus pavo (Bloch, 1787)

47.

Barbatia foliata

48.

Labroides dimidiatus

49.

Caranx sexfasciatus

50.

Callechelys marmorata

51.

Fragum

52.

Physalia physalis

53.

Porifera

54.

Protaetia fusca (Herbst, 1790)

55.

Fregata minor (Gmelin, 1789)

56.

Tripneustes gratilla

57.

Chromis viridis

58.

Cheilinus chlorourus (Bloch, 1791)

59.

Echinometra mathaei (Blainville, 1825)

60.

Polistes olivaceus

61.

Alpinia purpurata

62.

Calcinus latens (J.W.Randall, 1840)

63.

Caranx

64.

Dascyllus trimaculatus

65.

Fistularia commersonii

66.

Codakia punctata

67.

Dascyllus aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758)

68.

Hemiramphidae

69.

Abudefduf sordidus (Forsskål, 1775)

70.

Canthigaster solandri

71.

Acanthurus nigrofuscus

72.

Calophyllum inophyllum

73.

Pocillopora acuta

74.

Lepidodactylus lugubris

75.

Abudefduf septemfasciatus (Cuvier, 1830)

76.

Terebra subulata

77.

Gonocephalum adpressiforme Kaszab, 1951

78.

Fistularia commersonii Rüppell, 1838

79.

Gymnothorax javanicus

80.

Terminalia catappa

81.

Scarus oviceps

82.

Ornithuroscincus noctua

83.

Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus (Wiegmann, 1836)

84.

Oopsis

85.

Buccinoidea

86.

Gibberulus albus

87.

Geopelia striata

88.

Coenobita

89.

Fragum fragum

90.

Callechelys marmorata (Bleeker, 1854)

91.

Chalinidae

92.

Grammistes sexlineatus (Thunberg, 1792)

93.

Chelonaplysilla

94.

Holothuria atra

95.

Ralfsiales

96.

Pholcidae

97.

Kalanchoe

98.

Emilia fosbergii

99.

Stachytarpheta

100.

Aetobatus ocellatus

101.

Anous stolidus

102.

Coenobita rugosus

103.

Anous minutus F.Boie, 1844

104.

Coptosoma Laporte, 1833

105.

Chaetodon reticulatus Cuvier, 1831

106.

Pocillopora

107.

Canis familiaris

108.

Coryphoideae

109.

Platybelone argalus

110.

Colpomenia sinuosa

111.

Scorpaenopsis diabolus

112.

Caesalpinia pulcherrima

113.

Plumeria obtusa

114.

Guettarda speciosa

115.

Cycas revoluta

116.

Egretta sacra

117.

Microsorum grossum

118.

Corythoichthys conspicillatus

119.

Stegastes albifasciatus

120.

Arothron meleagris

121.

Mollusca

122.

Coccoloba uvifera

123.

Abudefduf sordidus

124.

Ellochelon vaigiensis

125.

Phaeophyceae

126.

Valonia

127.

Scarus psittacus

128.

Julidinae

129.

Chaetodon auriga

130.

Heliconia psittacorum

131.

Nephrolepis

132.

Tabernaemontana divaricata

133.

Chaetodon

134.

Halichoeres trimaculatus

135.

Dracaena reflexa Lam.

136.

Rochia nilotica

137.

Pisistrata

138.

Littoraria coccinea

139.

Premna serratifolia

140.

Haliclona

141.

Phycitini

142.

Didemnidae

143.

Bougainvillea

144.

Gastropoda

145.

Monotaxis grandoculis (Forsskål, 1775)

146.

Stoeberhinus testaceus Butler, 1881

147.

Siganus spinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

148.

Pteropterus radiata (Cuvier, 1829)

149.

Tripneustes gratilla (Linnaeus, 1758)

150.

Ananca bicolor (Fairmaire, 1849)

151.

Physalia utriculus (Gmelin, 1788)

152.

Euphorbia hypericifolia L.

153.

Halichoeres trimaculatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)

154.

Etisus dentatus (Herbst, 1785)

155.

Menemerus bivittatus (Dufour, 1831)

156.

Dardanus scutellatus (H.Milne-Edwards, 1848)

157.

Chaetodon ulietensis Cuvier, 1831

158.

Sternochetus mangiferae (J.C.Fabricius, 1775)

159.

Chaetodon trichrous Günther, 1874

160.

Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin

161.

Arothron stellatus (Anonymous, 1798)

162.

Chaetodon citrinellus Cuvier, 1831

163.

Plumeria pudica Jacq.

164.

Arothron meleagris (Anonymous, 1798)

165.

Chaetodon vagabundus Linnaeus, 1758

166.

Aetobatus ocellatus (Kuhl, 1823)

167.

Rhinecanthus aculeatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

168.

Acanthurus pyroferus Kittlitz, 1834

169.

Echinothrix calamaris (Pallas, 1774)

170.

Ellochelon vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)

171.

Bryopsidales

172.

Pateobatis fai

173.

Amblygobius phalaena

174.

Cosmophasis lami

175.

Samla bicolor

176.

Emoia

177.

Littoraria scabra

178.

Pristiapogon kallopterus

179.

Evolvulus glomeratus

180.

Plumeria rubra

181.

Polistes olivaceus (Deg., 1773)

182.

Carica papaya L.

183.

Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg

184.

Spondias dulcis

185.

Tristellateia australasiae

186.

Cordia subcordata

187.

Ficus pumila

188.

Gardenia taitensis

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tushingham

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bertyvanhensbergen

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Eric Knight

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knightericm

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muir

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balazsbuzas

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obsr1665246

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Matt Muir

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obsr220791

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10.

bppking

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qbowen

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12.

mathayo

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hammockbythebeach

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fmorrison123

{:id=>"10334273", :score=>120.0, :observations_count=>6, :species_count=>6, :percentage=>"1.18"}

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obsr294601

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16.

marianne35

{:id=>"327013", :score=>100.0, :observations_count=>1, :species_count=>1, :percentage=>"0.98"}

17.

kateremsen

{:id=>"2983878", :score=>100.0, :observations_count=>1, :species_count=>1, :percentage=>"0.98"}

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shanewellnitz

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orkneyemma

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phillygrl786

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rikkesandgaard

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22.

gbruels

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23.

mfancett

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24.

francois70

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Darren and Claudia

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26.

clalaurie

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27.

obsr3819514

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28.

grantfam01

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29.

ngeorges

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30.

Elena

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31.

claire_jean

{:id=>"8382853", :score=>20.0, :observations_count=>1, :species_count=>1, :percentage=>"0.20"}

32.

lisajohnston

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33.

werewolf_jones

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34.

karymar

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Chris Commisso

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toftgarj

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