For its diminutive size, the 0.3-square-kilometer (0.11-square-mile) reef supports abundant populations of orange clown fish and vagabond butterfly fish, two species separated by both appearance ...

Reef fish make poorer decisions amid bleached corals that leave them less able to avoid unnecessary fights, ... Experts made over 3,700 observations of 38 species of butterflyfish on reefs ...

a team of researchers studied how a mass bleaching event affected 38 species of butterfly fish. The colourfully patterned reef fish are the first to feel the effect of bleaching because they eat ...

a team of researchers studied how a mass bleaching event affected 38 species of butterflyfish. The colorfully patterned reef fish are the first to feel the effect of bleaching because they eat ...

Fish populations in Great Barrier Reef collapse after devastating coral bleaching events. ... Butterflyfish, which feed on corals, faced the steepest declines.

Nearly half of all coral trout (also known as coral grouper) caught on the Great Barrier Reef come from protected marine areas. These safe havens allow fish to grow larger and produce more babies ...