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Fairy Basslets &
Groupers & Soapfish
Fairy Basslets, Groupers & Soapfish
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Fairy Basslets, Groupers & Soapfish are represented by some 350 species worldwide. Groupers are imporant to fisheries, and some are threatened by massive over-fishing. Massive shoals of Fairy Basslets provide a spectacular display of colour along steep drop-offs.
Reefs that have been heavily bombed and/or destroyed by cyanide fishing lack this group of fish.
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Note: this seach is a little slow the first time run, but then is fast. It is private and not tracked!
Fairy Basslets
The huge aggregations of very colourful fairly basslets (Pseudanthias) feeding on zooplankton mid-water close to steep drop-offs is an impressive site. When the current drops, they often retreat closer to the reef where mature males put on a colourful mating display for their harem of females. If a leading male gets snapped up by a predator, he is replaced by a leading female who changes sex over about two weeks!
Splitfins are closely related to Fairy Basslets, and also form dense aggregations along drop-offs with strong currents.
Groupers
Groupers are active predators sitting close to, or at the top of the food chain. Giant groupers can reach over two meters. Meeting one of these that is larger than yourself in a wreck is an experiance that is not easily forgotten. Luckily, they are not aggressive towards humans.
The various species are still fairly abundant, though subject to intense fishing pressure due to their excellent eating quality. Giant Groupers in the Caribbean and Red Coral Groupers in SE Asia are heavily targetted.
As active hunters, they will dash out from hiding to snap up their prey. One group of Epinephelus tauvinus in Triton Bay regularly sit in huge black coral bushes, and wait for the strong currents to sweep their prey into the black coral.
Soapfish
Soapfish get their name from the bad-tasting, slimy mucous that coats their body. The yellow and black-barred Diploprion bifasciatum is the most commonly seen member of this group.
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Fairy Basslets
Fairy Basslets
The huge aggregations of very colourful Fairy Basslets (Pseudanthias) feeding on zooplankton mid-water close to steep drop-offs is an impressive site. When the current drops, they often retreat closer to the reef where mature males put on a colourful mating display for their harem of females. If a leading male gets snapped up by a predator, he is replaced by a leading female who changes sex over about two weeks!
Splitfins are closely related to Fairy Basslets, and also form dense aggregations along drop-offs with strong currents.
Groupers
Groupers
Groupers are active predators sitting close to, or at the top of the food chain. Giant groupers can reach over two meters. Meeting one of these that is larger than yourself in a wreck is an experiance that is not easily forgotten. Luckily, they are not aggressive towards humans.
The various species are still fairly abundant, though subject to intense fishing pressure due to their excellent eating quality. Giant Groupers in the Caribbean and Red Coral Groupers in SE Asia are heavily targetted.
As active hunters, they will dash out from hiding to snap up their prey. One group of Epinephelus tauvinus in Triton Bay regularly sit in huge black coral bushes, and wait for the strong currents to sweep their prey into the black coral.
Soapfish
Soapfish
Soapfish get their name from the bad-tasting, slimy mucous that coats their body. The yellow and black-barred Diploprion bifasciatum is the most commonly seen member of this group.
