Marine Life with Brenda

Blueface angelfish Blueface angelfish ( Pomacanthus xanthometopon ) is a ray-finned fish found in freshwater areas of the Indo-Pacific within the Pomacanthidae family Because of its distinctive facial colouration it is commonly known as the blueface angelfish or the yellowface angelfish. In the eastern part of the tropical Indo-Pacific the yellowface angelfish is found on coral reefs. The range includes the Islands of Maldives, Burma, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Northern Australia and Micronesia. It has been observed periodically off the Florida coast. They enjoy living in lagoons, outer reef slopes and channels down to about 25 metres and can be found swimming around minding their business near caves and between rocks (considering their usual habitat, I think their favourite rock/metal band is Nickelback ).   

Giant grouper  The giant grouper swimmes in warm shallow waters, one of the biggest of all the grouper species. This is one of the largest bony fish swimming through coral reefs. The giant grouper typically swims alone, and likes to remain near coral reefs in the same place. It also swims in caves and shipwrecks close by. Author: Brenda Moita 

Pink sea fan  Pink sea fans ( Eunicella verrucosa ), the large seafan, pink sea fan or warty gorgonian, is a colonial Gorgonian "soft coral" species in the Gorgoniidae family. It is indigenous to the Atlantic Ocean and the western Mediterranean Sea.  This sea fan is a group of individual animals that share a strong shell, or polyps. We live affixed to rocky surfaces beneath the sea, often at right angles to the current to make the most of the moving food; as the anemone-like polyps use their stinging tentacles to capture plankton from the column of water.  Pink sea fans provide other marine life with a bed, including the unusual sea fan anemone, and a sea slug that regularly feeds on their host sea fan. Author: Brenda Moita