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Underwater shot of the vivid coral reef at sunny day

$The genus Acropora has the largest number of species of all the hard corals, and they are among the important building blocks of a reef. Larger colonies are more commonly seen on undisturbed and remote reefs. Many species grow into branching forms that give rise to common names like \$

The Red Sea is a rich and diverse ecosystem. More than 1200 species of fish have been recorded in the Red Sea, and around 10% of these are found nowhere else. This also includes 42 species of deepwater fish. The rich diversity is in part due to the 2,000 km (1,240 mi) of coral reef extending along its coastline; these fringing reefs are 5000–7000 years old and are largely formed of stony acropora and porites corals. The reefs form platforms and sometimes lagoons along the coast and occasional other features such as cylinders (such as the Blue Hole (Red Sea) at Dahab). These coastal reefs are also visited by pelagic species of Red Sea fish, including some of the 44 species of shark.

Caribbean coral reef off the coast of the island of Roatan, Honduras

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Corals in the form of tentacles on a reef.

Coral reefs in the Red Sea, Yanbu, Saudi Arabia

Aerial view Great Barrier Reef from sky out of air plane in Australia

Waigeo island, Raja Ampat, West Papoua, Indonesia

Underwater Diving - Tropical Scene With Sea Life In The Reef

While the upper plateau of the famous Blue Corner reef at a depth of 10m hardly has any large corals (the storms are too strong at this exposed point), larger coral formations can survive at 17m. They offer shelter to several fish species. Blotcheye Solderfishes Myripristis berndti occurs in the Indo-Pacific and the Eastern Pacific in a depth range from 3 to 160m, feeds mainly on plankton such as crab larvae. Max. length 30cm, common 22cm. Common Bluestripe Snapper Lutjanus kasmira occurs throughout most of the Indo-Pacific region in a depth range from 2-265m, common length 25cm, max. 40cm. In daytime, this species forms nearly stationary schools and feeds individually by night on crustaceans and fishes. Blue Corner, Palau 7°8'3.65 N 134°13'10.52 E at 17m depth.

A single large bright orange Sinuous sea fan (Eunicella tricoronata) standing out against the dark background

Anthopleura xanthogrammica, or the giant green anemone, is a species of intertidal sea anemone of the family Actiniidae. Other names for this anemone include green surf anemone, giant green sea anemone, green anemone, giant tidepool anemone, anemone, and rough anemone. Salt Point State Park, California.

Sea life Orange coral from scuba diver point of view

Pygmy pink seahorse in Coral, Lembeh, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Image of the stunning gorgonian sea fan and the butterflyfish at the Big Drop Off (Ngemelis Wall) in Palau, Micronesia

Coral reef and tropical fishes. The underwater world of the Philippines. Philippines. 360 panorama VR

The underwater life of Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Texas

A female scuba diver looking at a large Palmate sea fan (Leptogoria palma) with a colony of Tubular hydroids (Tubularia warreni) growing on it underwater

Soft coral reef system in the pacific ocean

Underwater photo from a scuba dive in the Red Sea

$Look into the light, and the sky is white, not blue: the same phenomenon also occurs under water! \nThe rock overhang is fully encrusted with hydroids, ascidians, sponges and corals. Featherstars are sitting on top of the Acropora sp. table coral and on top at the left side, there is a Dwarf Hawkfish Cirrhitichthys falco. \nOrange Cup Coral Tubastraea coccinea occurs in tropical and subtropical Western Atlantic and Indo-Pacific in a depth range from 1-37m. \nAs the underside of the rock overhang is facing away from the sun, these specimen are feeding in full daytime. \nTriton Bay, West Papua Province, Indonesia\n3°54'50.604 S 134°6'0.828 E at 4m depth$

Small fish live and hide amongst the underwater coral gardens of the Great Barrier Reef

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