Plant-eating fish act as living lawn mowers that keep coral reefs healthy by pruning algae overgrowth, according to a new study by Scripps Institution of Oceanography, which found that protecting ...

Trash Fish You Can Eat. Six species that are easy to catch and surprisingly tasty. By Capt. John Page Williams October 6, 2022; ... It actually qualifies as a reef fish, though its preferred reefs are ...

ARC Centre of Excellence in Coral Reef Studies. (2011, March 11). Weed-eating fish 'key to reef survival'. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2011 / 03 ...

Lionfish can eat up 79% of juvenile fish in a reef in just five weeks. Because the lionfish have venomous spines, they have few natural predators — particularly in the Atlantic and Caribbean.

As one newsletter put it, “If we can’t beat them, let’s eat them." ... Because of that, ciguatera poisoning is usually caused by large reef fish such as amberjack. So far, ...

Until recently, fish that eat coral—corallivores—were thought to weaken reef structures, while fish that consume algae and detritus—grazers—were thought to keep reefs healthy. But ...

Don't eat the reef fish!. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2017 / 09 / 170921090248.htm. University of British Columbia. "Going diving in the tropics?

Normally, there are fish munching on the algae on the degraded part of the reef, keeping it in check. When fishing shifts that balance, the algae can take over and destroy the corals. That means less ...

This lowers the nutrient content in the seaweed that herbivorous fish eat. On the islands without any rats, the farming damselfish aggressively defend their small patches reef to protect their ...