X-Nico

unusual facts about reef fish



Sex allocation

Sequential hermaphrodites, or sex changers, function as one sex early in their life, and then switch to the other (e.g. some reef fish such as angelfish, and some invertebrates such as Pandalid shrimps).


see also

Geography of Guam

: Commercial fishing (mostly servicing and unloading of longline fleets and commercial vessels), recreational fishing of Indo-Pacific Blue Marlin (Makaira mazara), Wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri), Mahi-mahi (Coryphaena hippurus), Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares), and deepwater reef fish, tourism (especially from Japan but increasingly from China and South Korea).

Lembata

In 2011, the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) found 2 rare coral reef fish in the sea of Lamalera, they were Yellow-fin fairy wrasse (Cirrhilabrus flavidorsalis) and Swallowtail hawkfish (Cyprinocirrhites polyactis), which only exist in waters surrounding Indonesia and the Philippines.

Namotu

Anglers can fish for a variety of tropical fish such as Giant Trevally, Yellowfin Tuna, Red Bass, Coral Trout, Spanish Mackerel, Barracuda, Skip Jacks, and an assortment of reef fish as well.

SS Dunraven

In part due to the shallow depth an abundance of reef fish can be found around it, Glassfish, Groupers, Jackfish, Scorpionfish and Crocodilefish can all be seen around the ruptures in the hull.

Zhongzhou Reef

Shellfish species such as Harpago chiragra and Cassis cornuta can be found on the reef, and the surrounding waters contain various common tropical fish and coral reef fish.