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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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marine species,
including fish, mollusks, worms, crustaceans, echinoderms, sponges,
tunicates and
other cnidarians.
Coral reefs flourish in
ocean waters...
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Coral bleaching is the
process when
corals become white due to loss of
symbiotic algae and
photosynthetic pigments. This loss of
pigment can be caused...
- 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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Precious coral, or red
coral, is the
common name
given to a
genus of
marine corals, Corallium. The
distinguishing characteristic of
precious corals is their...
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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...
- more than 76% of the world's shallow-water reef-building
coral species, 37% of its reef
fish species, 50% of its
razor clam species, six out of seven...
- Fire
corals (Millepora) are a
genus of
colonial marine organisms that
exhibit physical characteristics similar to that of
coral. The name
coral is somewhat...
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behind as a reef
grows and
corals below die off,
rather than the
living habitat and
refuge that deep sea
corals provide for
fish and invertebrates. Mounds...
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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...
