THE GREAT BARRIER REEF

Water temperature:
30 degrees Celsius during the summer and 24 degrees Celsius in the winter

The Great Barrier Reef is up to 50 meters deep

Water column:
Epipelagic

The Great Barrier Reef is a chain of coral reefs about 2300 km long located in the Pacific Ocean

Tides,currents, and surge all affect the water clarity inside the Great Barrier Reef

Black-backed butterfly fish: they are dull colored, most have patterns with striking backgrounds of blue, red, orange, or yellow. Many have dark bands across their eyes and round, eye like dots on their flanks to confuse predators as to which end to strike and in which direction they're likely to flee.

THESE FISH ADDAPT TO TROPICAL REGIONS LIKE THE GREAT BARRIER REEF

Hippocampus seahorse: they have a upright position, horse like head set at right angles to the body make it resemble a knight in a chess set. They have a tail which it uses to hold onto seaweed and coral. They are used for aquarium trade.

HIPPOCAMPUS SEAHORSES ARE FOUND IN SHALLOW TROPICAL WATERS

The Great Barrier Reef is the ideal ecosystem for both hippocampus sea horses and blackback butterfly fish because they both have to be in tropical waters and there both found in pacific waters which is where the Great Barrier Reef is located

SOURCES

• Australianmuseum.net.au
• Padi.com
• Barrierreefaustralia.com
• Animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu