Saddled butterflyfish (Chaetodon ephippium ... (Scorpaenopsis oxycephala), closely resembles the reef's rocky, algae- and coral-encrusted bottom, where it lies in wait for crustaceans and small ...

At the Maui Ocean Center, a few common longnose butterflyfish peacefully swim alongside other reef fishes in the Living Reef exhibits. When we look at a coral reef, whether at the aquarium or in ...

A new study has found that nearly half the coral trout caught on the Great Barrier Reef come from marine reserves—where ...

search for reef fish, butterflyfish, pufferfish, anemones and their resident clownfish, parrotfish and the signature smile of a moray eel. Many Bora Bora visitors say the Coral Gardens were the ...

In 2024, the Great Barrier Reef experienced one of the worst ... "For fish that rely on reefs for food or shelter, such as butterflyfish and coral trout, yields will shrink as their populations ...

Read about different competitive relationships on the reef. The bottlenose ... for benthic algae. Butterflyfish typically swim in pairs near a particular clump of coral. If threatened, they ...