Great barrier reef fish

Massive cartilaginous fish such as manta rays , tiger sharks and whale sharks are living here. The most abundant fish are damselfish , wrasses, and tushfish. Have a look into the middle of the tank and see if you can spot a small but busy fish cleaning the other fish in the tank. A frequent visitor to the ‘cleaning station’ is Samson, our Giant Grouper , who loves to be pampered and even gets his gills and gums cleaned!

This includes everything from the larger sized groupers, snappers and bream to the smaller seahorses, butterfly fish and gobies. Damselfish , wrasses, and tusk fish are among the most abundant fish on the reef. This is the world’s largest coral reef system and it stretches over 2300kms. Great Barrier Reef fish with bony skeletons are classified as Osteichthyes.

There are about 15fish species and 4types of corals. The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queenslan Australia. Since coral reef fish are characterized by high biodiversity, parasites of coral reef fish show tremendous variety. Parasites of coral reef fish include nematodes , Platyhelminthes ( cestodes , digeneans , and monogeneans ), leeches , parasitic crustaceans such as isopods and copepods , and various microorganisms such as myxosporidia and microsporidia.

The reef contains an abundance of marine life and comprises of over 30individual reef systems and coral cays and literally hundreds of picturesque tropical islands with some of the worlds most beautiful sun-soake golden beaches.