In 2011, the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) found 2 rare coral reef fish in the sea of Lamalera, they were Yellow-fin fairy wrasse (Cirrhilabrus flavidorsalis) and Swallowtail hawkfish (Cyprinocirrhites polyactis), which only exist in waters surrounding Indonesia and the Philippines.
Swallowtail butterfly | Swallowtail | swallowtail butterfly | Swallowtail hawkfish | swallowtail | Plate from Felder's work ''Reise Fregatte Novara'' illustrating the Swallowtail butterfly | Macleay's Swallowtail |