Researchers have found that reef fish from the Arabian Gulf, the world's hottest sea, exhibit a higher tolerance to temperature fluctuations compared to those from more thermally stable coral reefs.

The coral reef food chain is powered by some of the ocean’s smallest vertebrates — tiny fish that are gobbled up so quickly they’ve been easy to overlook.

As oceans warm, coral reef fish might prefer to move rather than adapt Date: October 5, 2016 Source: University of Texas at Austin Summary: Scientists have new evidence that coral-reef fish -- who ...

Dr Sam Purkis from the National Coral Reef Institute in Florida, US, led the research. He explained that, in most cases, reefs did not form on a template. "They are their own template," he said.