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Many reef fish have also evolved cryptic coloration to confuse predators. [2] Reef fish have also evolved complex adaptive behaviours. Small reef fish get protection from predators by hiding in reef crevices or by shoaling and schooling. Many reef fish confine themselves to one small neighbourhood where every hiding place is known and can be ...
Wild habitat: Indo-Pacific: Maldives to the Phoenix Islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to the southern Great Barrier Reef; throughout Micronesia. 10. Lawnmower blenny
Amphiprion akindynos, the Barrier Reef anemonefish, is a species of anemonefish that is principally found in the Great Barrier Reef of Australia, but also in nearby locations in the Western Pacific. The species name 'akindynos' is Greek, meaning 'safe' or 'without danger' in reference to the safety afforded amongst the tentacles of its host ...
Common name Image Taxonomy Reef safe Description Max size Ambon chromis: Chromis amboinensis: Yes [49]: 192 8 cm (3.1 in) Barrier reef chromis: Chromis nitida: Yes: 10 cm (3.9 in) Black and gold chromis: Neoglyphidodon nigroris: Yes: Mostly silver, but with a large patch of yellow around the caudal fin and a distinct black line on the operculum.
A humphead wrasse at the water's surface on the Great Barrier Reef. The humphead wrasse is listed as endangered on the IUCN Red list and in Appendix II of CITES. [11] Its numbers have declined due to multiple threats, including: Intensive, species-specific removal by the live reef food-fish trade throughout its core range in Southeast Asia
Clownfish with Pacific coral reef anemones at the Seattle Aquarium. Anemonefish are specialized coral reef fish that live within host anemones and are found in warmer waters in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, off northwest Australia, southeast Asia, and Japan. Native range of the Percula Clownfish. Data from AquaMaps.
(Great Barrier Reef, Coral sea, New Caledonia, New Guinea and southern Japan) [2] Yellow tailed emperor, Lethrinus atkinsoni Seale, 1909 (Indonesia to Taumotus, north to Japan) [2] Bi-eye bream, Monotaxis grandoculis (Forsskal, 1775) (East Africa and the Red Sea to southeastern Oceania and Hawaiian Islands) [2] Family Nemipteridae – coral breams
Reef stonefish in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Synanceia verrucosa, the reef stonefish or simply stonefish, is a species of venomous, marine ray-finned fish, belonging to the subfamily Synanceiinae which is classified as being within the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes and their relatives.