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Coral fish

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Cor´al fish`
1.(Zool.) Any bright-colored fish of the genera Chætodon, Pomacentrus, Apogon, and related genera, which live among reef corals.


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More than 200 fish species, most of which are coral fish, and about 40 coral genera live in the bay.
We have already seen episodes of mass die-off of corals as a result of warmer waters associated with global warming, the problem for specialist coral fish is that when the corals die, the fish have nowhere else to go," the centre's Philip Munday said.
The brightly-coloured tanks, named after the Finding Nemo animation film, now have coral towers with plenty of nooks and crannies for a new species of coral fish to explore.
 
 
 
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