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Contrast between coral reef and open
water fishes Most reef
fishes have body
shapes that are
different from open
water fishes. Open
water fish are usually...
- has 76% of all
known coral species in the world. As a
habitat for 52% of Indo-Pacific reef
fishes and 37% of the world's reef
fishes, it
contains the greatest...
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coral reef is an
underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building
corals.
Reefs are
formed of
colonies of
coral polyps held
together by
calcium carbonate...
- fire
coral colonies are
extensively damaged when
harvesting the
yellowtail damselfish, as the
corals are
often deliberately smashed and
fishes hiding...
- form of the
coral polyp which, when mature,
settles to form a new colony.
Although some
corals are able to
catch plankton and
small fish using stinging...
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leopard coral grouper (Plectropomus leopardus), also
known as the
common coral trout,
leopard coral trout, blue-dotted
coral grouper or
spotted coral grouper...
- Pauly,
Daniel (eds.). "Family Pomacentridae".
FishBase.
January 2007 version. Smith, J.L.B. 1960.
Coral fishes of the
family Pomacentridae from the Western...
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Daniel (eds.). "Cryptotomus roseus".
FishBase.
September 2015 version. Lieske, E., and Myers, R. (1999).
Coral Reef
Fishes. 2nd edition.
Princeton University...
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called the "quintessential reef
fish", and make up a
sizeable portion of the
colourful fishes seen
swarming in
coral reef photography.
Anthias are mostly...
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Labroides found on
coral reefs in the
Indian Ocean and
Pacific Ocean.
These small fish maintain so-called "cleaning stations"
where other fish,
known as hosts...
