Fish rank as the most diverse group of vertebrates in the world. Scientists recognize over 37,000 distinct species, with many more waiting to be discovered. Most fish fall into the ray-finned group of ...

And the coral-eating fish feces contained roughly twice as many beneficial bacteria and fewer disease-causing microbes than the grazer feces. This complements previous research by the team, ...

South Florida researchers trying to prevent predatory fish from devouring laboratory-grown coral are grasping at biodegradable straws in an effort to restore what some call the rainforest of the sea.

Coral-eating fish are thought to weaken coral reefs because they consume coral tissue, whereas grazer fish are assumed to have positive effects because they eat algae that compete with corals.

Researchers are working to prove that coral-eating fish spread corals’ symbiotic algae in their feces. If they’re right, it could open new opportunities for helping struggling reefs cope. By ...

Scientists have discovered that the feces of coral-biting fish is brimming with beneficial symbionts. If scientists could get stressed-out coral to take them on board, essentially a 'poop ...

A coral-eating butterflyfish on a Moorea reef in July 2019. The feces of some algae-eating fish could be deadly to coral reefs while coral-eating fish could benefit reefs, according to a new study ...

The analyses showed that in the case of algae and detritus-eating fish, fresh feces caused 4.2 times greater lesions on corals, compared to those from sterilized feces.

AN OUTBREAK of crown-of-thorns seastar (Cots), a coral-eating predator, is devastating coral reefs in seven barangays in ...

"So eating animals that are associated with light?" posits Mooney. ... It will take a few more years to see if, as the coral gets re-established, more fish return as well.