- A
coral reef is an
underwater ecosystem characterized by
reef-building corals.
Reefs are
formed of
colonies of
coral polyps held
together by
calcium carbonate...
- The
Great Barrier Reef is the world's
largest coral reef system,
composed of over 2,900
individual reefs and 900
islands stretching for over 2,300 kilometres...
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Coral reef fish are fish
which live
amongst or in
close relation to
coral reefs.
Coral reefs form
complex ecosystems with
tremendous biodiversity. Among...
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found at
reefs in the Indo-Pacific and is the
state fish of Hawaii. The triggerfish's
teeth and top lip are blue and the
teeth are set
close together...
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Great Barrier Reef's components are
actually fringing reefs. Of the
close to 3,400
individual reefs, 760 are
fringing reefs.
Fringing reefs are the most...
- The
Belize Barrier Reef is a
series of
coral reefs straddling the
coast of Belize,
roughly 300
metres (980 ft) offs**** in the
north and 40 kilometres...
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Florida Reef (also
known as the
Great Florida Reef,
Florida reefs,
Florida Reef Tract and
Florida Keys
Reef Tract) is the only
living coral barrier reef in...
- The
blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) is a
species of
requiem shark, in the
family Carcharhinidae,
which can be
easily identified by the...
- in 1997 to
include Elizabeth Reef and
Middleton Reef nearly 800 km
further south. The two
latter reefs are much
closer to Lord Howe Island, New South...
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Great Barrier Reef as
opposed to other,
closer,
reef tourism destinations is the region's re****tion as
being "the most
pristine coral reef on the planet"...