Main food of coral reef fishes |
Fishes mostly have a varied menu which can be change with age. In this overview fishes are ordered by their main food source(s). |
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| Large fish feeders |
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| Sharks (Order Carcharhiniformes) | Groupers (Serranidae) | Snappers (Lutjanidae) | Jacks and pomanos (Carangidae) | Barracudas (Sphyraenidae) |
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| Small fishfeeders |
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| Snappers (Chaetodontidae) | Small Groupers (Serranidae) | Jacks and pomanos (Carangidae) | Scorpionfishes (Scorpaenidae) |
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| Coral feeders |
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| Parrotfishes (Scaridae) | Butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae) | Triggerfishes (Balistidae) | Puffers (Tetraodontidae) | Filefish (Monacanthidae) |
| Graze corals for algae and invertebrates | True coral(polyps) feeders |
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| Benthic invertebrate feeders |
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| Butterflyshes (Chaetodontidae) | Grunts (Haemulidae) | Small snappers (Chaetodontidae) | Scorpionfishes (Scorpaenidae) |
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| Herbivores (grazing benthic algae) |
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| Surgeonfishes (Acanthuridae) | Wrasses (Labridae) | Damselfishes (Pomacentridae) | Blennies (Blenniidae) | Gobies (Gobiidae) | Rabbitfishes (Siganidae)
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