For instance, neither parrotfish (Scarus spp.) nor their butterflyfish competitors have evolved effective defensive structures. Instead, they avoid predation by different adaptive behaviors.

Thus shielded, the clownfish, in effect, becomes an extension of the anemone—another layer of defense against anemone-eating fish, such as the butterflyfish. What's good for the clownfish is ...

The common longnose butterflyfish (pictured) is one of two longnose butterflyfish species found in Hawaii. Its Hawaiian name is lauwiliwili nukunuku ‘oi‘oi. -- Maui Ocean Center photo Growing ...

Local cyclist Tony Valente told KOIN 6 News that he was riding his bike past Siletz Bay at about 1:30 p.m. on Sunday when he spotted a bald eagle swimming in choppy water. Valente pulled over and ...

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Newborn fish are mistaking tiny bits of trash for food. If they die, there’ll be fewer big fish—and that could rattle the food chain. marine-plastic-ocean-fish-microplasticThe naturally oily ...

But very few ever make it to the Marquesas, a rugged, isolated island chain some 900 miles away. The lack of tourism, coupled ...

This is where small fish feast on imperfections left on the manta. In this particular reef, yellow butterfly fish and moon wrasse have been witnessed cleaning shark bites on manta rays.

Saddled butterflyfish (Chaetodon ephippium) seem to flutter, rather than swim, above the algae-covered coral they commonly graze on. Their gentle disposition disappears, however, in the presence ...

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