Reef fishes
This reading profile brings together 2 source-linked articles that reference reef fishes.
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- Field guideClownfish that shrink to survive heatwavesFish usually grow or die; they do not get shorter. Yet when researchers measured 134 wild clown anemonefish monthly through a marine heatwave in Kimbe Bay, three-quarters of them shrank at least once, and shrinking raised their odds of surviving the heat by as much as 78 percent, especially when both members of a breeding pair shrank together.
- Field guideObserving cleaning symbiosesWatch for a repeatable station, client posing, cleaner inspection, body regions visited, bout duration, jolts or chases, and partner turnover; describe the interaction before assigning a benefit to both species.