Behavior & Ecology
10 entries in the Diagonal butterflyfish compendium.
Labroides dimidiatusA tiny blue-and-white barber whose daily work keeps an entire reef healthy.Euphausia superbaA six-centimetre crustacean that feeds the largest animals on Earth.Amphiprion ocellarisA tiny orange sentinel that turns anemone venom into a fortress.Ciona intestinalisA glass-bodied filter feeder that keeps its chordate soul in a tadpole larva.Zebrasoma flavescensA blazing-yellow scalpel-wielding grazer that keeps Indo-Pacific reefs from drowning in algae.Pomacentrus moluccensisA tiny territorial sentinel patrolling the sunlit edges of Moluccan coral.Hippocampus kudaA dark sentinel of the seagrass, guarding its young in a father's pouch.Manta alfrediA gentle giant of the reef, sweeping the water column in silent, sweeping arcs.Chelonia mydasA slow, ancient grazer stitching together the living architecture of the world's coastal seas.Holacanthus tricolorThree bold bands of black slice through Caribbean reef light, marking a territorial grazer's home turf.
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