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DESCRIPTION: Humphead wrasse are enormous reef fish, having been measured as long as seven ... RANGE: Humphead wrasse are found throughout the Indo-Pacific Oceans, from the Red Sea and the coast of ...
Abstract Fish reproducing in group-spawning aggregations face intense ... Using the conclusions of this analysis, I extrapolate trends likely to continue in the Indo-Pacific region, where aggregation ...
of the world’s coral reef fish species (6,000), and 56% of the coral reef fishes in the Indo-Pacific region (4,050). 8% (235 species) of the coral reef fishes in the Coral Triangle are endemic or ...
The infamous box jellyfish developed its frighteningly powerful venom to instantly stun or kill prey, like fish and shrimp ... Australia and throughout the Indo-Pacific. They are pale blue ...
A new study suggests that the removal of predatory fish such as sharks ... of live coral cover across the Indo-Pacific." ...
While we know crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) outbreaks can decimate coral reefs across the Indo-Pacific, the boom-and ... in addition to reef fish and triton shells. "Using our newly developed ...
Julio San Martín Chicas, program coordinator with the NGO Coral Reef Alliance, told Mongabay that lionfish (Pterois volitans and P. miles), a group of venomous fish native to the Indo-Pacific ...
a $12.5 million space designed to model the elaborate Indo-Pacific reef system that displays 20 blacktip reef sharks along with 60 distinct species of fish, including zebra sharks, clown ...