| Taxon |
Feeding Mode |
Size/length [cm] |
Ecological Role |
| A: Wrasse (Labridae) |
Carnivore |
Mainly 5-15 |
Mostly shalloe reef, incl. cleaner fishes |
| B: Grouper (Epinephelus, Cephalopholosis) |
Carnivore |
>30 |
High level predatore, mostly solitary, hiding in big holes, habit often deeper than 5m |
| C: Snapper (Lutjianidae) |
Carnivore |
>30 |
High level predatore, can form small schools, hiding in holes |
| D: Sweet Lip (Haemulidae) |
Carnivore |
10-40 |
Low- medium level predator, small groups, hide i. a. under table corals |
| E: Sugeon fish (Acanthuridae) |
Herbivore |
10-30 |
Grazing/ scraping of algae, often in schools |
| F: Parrot fish (Scaridae) |
Herbivore/ Carnivore |
10-40 |
Grazing/ scraping of algae and polyps from corals Some times in schools, bioeroder, hide in holes during nights |
| G: Butter fly fish (Chaetodontidae) |
Carnivore |
7-20 |
Feed on coral polyps and sometimes on small worms etc., small to large schools, hide in creef crevices during nights |
| H: Rabbit fish (Siganidae) |
Herbivore |
15-30 |
Algae feeder, solitary or in small schools , live between cora;l branches |
| I: Sea Urchin (Echinoidea) |
Herbivore |
<12 |
Important herbivorae-availability of algae |
| J: Gaint Clam (Tridacna) |
Mixotrophic |
<60 |
Reef building-Clam fishery |
| K: Sea Cucumber (Holothurioidea) |
Sediment/ detritus |
<60 |
Detritus feeder-availability of organic matter, fishery |
| L: Crown-pf-Thron (Acanthaster planci) |
Corallivore |
<50 |
Corollivorae-epidemics lead to great coral loss |
