Coral Reef Fish (IMAGE)

Wildlife Conservation Society

Coral Reef Fish

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A school of blackspotted rubberlips (Plectorhinchus gaterinus) in the waters off Madagascar. A new study appearing in the journal Marine Ecology Progress Series has found that conserving fish diversity in Madagascar's coral reef systems may depend on maintaining fish biomass above critical levels, according to scientists from WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) and ES Caribbean.

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T. McClanahan/WCS

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