Sentences with phrase «threespot damselfish»

As a result, with increasing distance from refugia, species diversity in damselfish falls significantly faster than for the other two families.

Damselfish are less effective colonizers than butterflyfish and wrasse.

The action of damselfish swimming between coral branches helps the algae inside corals to increase their photosynthesis

«Damselfish populations appear to have grown recently as their predators have been overfished, which is one plausible explanation as to why long - spined urchin populations have failed to recover.»

Threespot Damselfish populations have exploded in recent years due to overfishing of predatory fish such as groupers and snappers.

«These damselfish pick up urchins and move them off the coral with their mouths,» said Cramer, a postdoctoral scholar at Scripps and lead author of the study.

A new study suggests that an aggressive reef competitor — the Threespot Damselfish — may have impeded the recovery of Caribbean long - spined sea urchin populations after a mysterious disease outbreak caused a massive die - off of these animals over three decades ago.

Blue - green damselfish have a very small range, unable to go more than 60 feet in radius from their coral reef home.

Hiding among the rocks off the coast of Papua New Guinea, this crocodilefish proved dangerous when it lunged directly at the camera lens in pursuit of a blue chromis, a type of damselfish.

«Predator numbers were severely depleted in heavily fished areas, while smaller prey fish such as damselfish, and herbivores such as parrotfish, had increased greatly in number having been released from predation.»

«We collected wild damselfish with or without access to cleaner wrasse and tested their ability to solve a feeding test in the lab.»

Damselfish exposed to high levels of carbon dioxide have difficulty discerning rapid light flickers

Previously - common fish species in the area like the black - and - white striped humbug damselfish and green chromis had almost «completely» disappeared, said Marshall.

A study from scientists at James Cook University shows increased carbon dioxide levels impaired the senses of spiny damselfish, which live in the Great Barrier Reef.

Norwgian researchers made a surprising discovery when they followed the mating habits of damselfish on the Great Barrier Reef.

Coral reef - dwelling fish like the orange clownfish — star of Finding Nemo — and seven colorful damselfish are imperiled by ocean acidification and warming.

Larval development of Pomacentrus amboinensis (Perciformes: Pomacentridae), the Ambon damselfish.

We used a genome - wide approach to evaluate the heritability of this variation in sensitivity of the spiny damselfish, Acanthochromis polyacanthus.

Look for the orange Garibaldi damselfish, kelp bass and the swell shark!

Under the surface of the waves, you'll find a veritable aquarium: king angelfish, cortez sea chubs, giant damselfish, rainbow wrasse, octopus, pufferfish and sea cucumbers.

This multicoloured wall of soft coral is home to Damselfish, Chromis, Sweetlips and Clown Fish.

All sorts of fish find shelter around the structure including stone - and scorpion fish, a resident school of drummers, damselfish and sometimes you might spot a frogfish.

Dusky damselfish, rock beauties, french angelfish, hogfish, spiny lobster and hermit crabs wait to have their portraits taken.

Beneath the waves curious animals such as Australian weedy sea dragons, garibaldi damselfish and Japanese spider crabs hang among rocky ledges and kelp forests.

Here harlequin bass, trumpetfish, French grunts, dusky damselfish, porkfish, blue chromis, schoolmasters, stoplight parrotfish and squirrelfish commonly dart among the coral cover.

Sergeant major and yellowtail damselfish dart in and out of the star, brain and staghorn corals.

Here, you can swim like a damselfish to coral reefs just off the beach, and wave hello to smiling seahorses and starfish, as swaying fans tickle your belly beneath the gentle waves.

The Angelfish, Damselfish, Needlefish, Wrasses, Gobies, Groupers, Parrotfish, Bar Jack, Balloonfish, Cayman Seahorse, Cubera Snapper, Great Barracuda, Red Lionfish, and Silversides are just a few of the notable fish that make their home in the Caribbean Sea.

Swarms of damselfish were everywhere as well as shrimpfish, white - eyed morays and some quite large groupers, plus schools of fusiliers.

More commonly you'll see fairy basslets, pufferfish, hawkfish and damselfish.

Some of the brilliantly - colored tropical fish that you may see include angelfish, grunts, blue tangs, butterfly fish, damselfish, drums, filefish, parrotfish, scorpion fish, trunk fish, honeycomb cowfish, grouper, snapper, squirrel fish, wrasses, goatfish, trigger fish, blue - spotted cornets, trumpet fish, lizard fish, tile fish, harlequin fish, jacks, and more.

Smaller delights include clownfish, nudibranchs, long - nose hawkfish, pyramid butterflyfish, blackspot angelfish and fairy basslets and damselfish particularly near the tip.

Fish: Stone fish, Scorpion fish, Drummers, Damselfish, Frogfish, Glassfish, Chubs, Jaw fish Other Marine life: Turtles, Bicycles

Fish: Cuttlefish, Moray Eels, Clownfish, Glassfish, Six - banded Angelfish, Lionfish, variety of Triggerfish, Sweetlips, Damselfish

Throughout this dive you will see large numbers of anthias, damselfish and sergeant majors (Adubefduf vaigiensis).

We then visit Negeri and Bualo on the southern coast of Manado Tua where we meet nudbranchs, an anemone shrimp, leaf scorpionfish, damselfish, along with different species of anemonefish, a red fire goby and a Christmas tree worm.

Through the 12 dives we did (max of 17 possible), the following were encountered: spotted eagle ray, barracudas (one was 3.5 ft), angel fish (many varieties), parrot fish (many varieties), jacks, snappers (many varieties), sergeant majors, wrasse (many varieties), rock beauties, butterfly fish, damselfish, blue chromis, trunkfish, moray eels (couple of varieties), blue tangs, doctor fish, flying fish (on the Blue Hole trip), grunts, graysby, basslets, puffers, gobies, file fish, turtles, flounders, lobster, banded coral shrimp, lettuce leaf slug».

These include stone - and scorpion fish and a resident school of drummers But also damselfish and sometimes you might spot a frogfish.

Threespot and dusky damselfish will charge you if you get too close to their algal gardens along the reef top.

Acropora table corals, pillar and leathery corals act as home to large shoals of anthias and smaller shoals of chromis, butterfly fish, razor fish, damselfish and anemones with clownfish.

You're also likely to see eagle rays, barracuda and lots of tropical fish, such as sergeant majors, damselfish, grunts, butterfly fish, angelfish and yellowtail snappers.

Tiny cleaner wrasse along with angelfish, damselfish and tangs nibble at the Honu while they hover over the coral heads.

The fame of this dive site comes from the density and diversity of the hard coral growth that populates its shallow waters, offering shelter for a considerable quantity of smaller fishes, like damselfishes, parrotfishes, wrasses, anthians and more.

The diversity and density of both hard and soft coral species was astonishing and hosted different species of reef fishes like Parrotfish, Wrasses, Anthias, Damselfish of a vast array of colors.

Marine life is mostly smaller reef life, including morays, lionfish, scorpionfish, damselfish, garden eels, small barracudas — it's a very busy environment.

You'll also spot lots of tropical fish such as sergeant majors, parrotfish, damselfish, grunts, butterfly fish, angelfish and yellowtail snappers.

Creole wrasse Stoplight parrotfish Bicolor damselfish French grunt Sergeant major Fairy basslet

Besides that, also spotted were a Day Octopus, Ribbon Eel, besides a considerable amount of smaller fishes (anthis, damselfishes, etc) cruising close to the coral formations.

On an underwater expedition here you can look for damselfish, moray eels, and angelfish.

Instead, the fishermen are acting after watching environmental conservation groups petition to add many more species to the endangered list in recent years, like dozens of corals, seven different damselfish and a rare dolphin called a false killer whale, said Philip Fernandez, the coalition's president.