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 ...

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 ...

Coral reefs are some of the world's most diverse ecosystems. Despite making up less than 1% of the world's oceans, one ...

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 ...