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Yellow-band disease is a bacterial infection that spreads over coral, causing the discolored bands of pale-yellow or white lesions along the surface of an infected coral colony. The lesions are the locations where the bacteria have killed the coral's symbiotic photosynthetic algae , called zooxanthellae which are a major energy source for the ...
A total of seven diseases are known to afflict C. natans, and it is one of only twenty-two coral species worldwide in which this count is higher than three. It is one of the Caribbean corals most afflicted by black band disease, and along with Montastraea spp., suffers from yellow-band disease.
Copperband butterflyfish can grow to 8 inches (20 cm) but in a home aquarium are usually half that size. [citation needed] They do well at a normal reef temperature range of 75 to 84 °F (24 to 29 °C), with a tank size of at least 75 gallons and plenty of live rock to graze on.
Black band disease impacts a variety of coral species, and is caused by cyanobacteria that degenerates the tissues of the coral skeleton. [4] [6] [11] Brown band disease is brought about by infections caused by protozoa. It can be identified through a brown band that separates healthy portions of coral skeleton from unhealthy sections of the ...
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Orbicella faveolata, commonly known as mountainous star coral, is a colonial stony coral in the family Merulinidae. Orbicella faveolata is native to the coral coast of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico and is listed as "endangered" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. O. faveolata was formerly known as Montastraea ...
The gold-band fusilier (Pterocaesio chrysozona) also known as the yellow-band fusilier or black-tipped fusilier, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a fusilier belonging to the family Caesionidae. It is widespread around reefs in the Indo-West Pacific region.
Yellowtail snapper have a distinct yellow lateral band beginning at the snout that gets wider towards the forked tail, which is completely yellow. The rest of the fish is an olive to bluish black color with yellow spots above the lateral band. [8] [9] The dorsal fin is yellow while the anal and pelvic fins are whitish. [10] by bony spines. The ...