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 ...

The 3D formation of a typical reef is made of hard corals ... Animals that eat live coral, such as butterfly fish and certain marine snails, will likely vanish. Plenty of other fish and crabs ...

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 ...