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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.
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 ...
They have a gold band around their eyes. Also known as spotted surgeonfish, yellow-eyed surgeonfish, and goldring surgeonfish; scientific name ctenochaetus strigosus. Maximum length: 5.5 inches
The surface of the coral can be considered a microbiome, an ecological community of micro-organisms. The zooxanthellae, bacteria and archaea present vary with the time of year and in the spring (but not the autumn) their composition is also affected by the health of the coral and whether it is suffering from yellow-band disease. [6]
Plectorhinchus lineatus, also known as the yellowbanded sweetlips, oblique-banded sweetlips, diagonal-banded sweetlips, Goldman's sweetlips, lined blubber-lips, lined sweetlips, many-lined sweetlips, striped sweetlips and yellowband sweetlips, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sweetlips belonging to the subfamily Plectorhinchinae, one of two subfamilies in the family Haemulidae, the ...
A recently released report revealed a heartwrenching discovery about Australia's Great Barrier Reef. The researchers at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies found that at least 93 ...
Inhabits coral areas in lagoons and reefs. Corallivorous (eats live coral) 15 cm. Aquarium fish. Moorish idol (Pavillon cocher) White to pale yellow body with two broad vertical black bands. Very pointed snout. Long and backward slanting dorsal fin. Black caudal fin. Found in lagoons over coral, and rocky areas (often very close to the shore ...