KPCOFGS for Garibaldi
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordate
Class:Actinopterygiii
Order:Perciformess
Family:Pomacentridae
Genus:Itypsypops
Species:Hypsypops rubicundus

VIVID COLORATION

• The type of adaptation is offense.
• It helps it survive by defending itself
• aquariumofpacific.org

MALE MAKES NEST

• Defense
• Chases off predators
• Whozoo.org

TERRITORY

• Behavioral
• The male guards the nest until the eggs hatch
• Wikipedia.org

GARIBALDI CAN BE EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE

• Defense
• Protecting its young
• Whozoo.org

MALE GARIBALDI BUILDS NESTS AND TAKES CARE OF YOUNG

• Behavior
• The male fights off
• Whozoo.org

OFFENSE

• Its offense
• Takes offense when an aquarist gets too close.
• Montereybayaquarium.org

Digestive
Jaws allow fish to eat a wide variety of food including plants and other organisms.
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Circulatory
Fish have a closed circulatory system with a heart that pumps around the body.
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Respiratory
Fish gills: Extracting oxygen from the water.
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Skeletal
Most fish are active swimmers and the shape of their skeleton reflects the shape of their body
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Muscular
The muscles of fish are layered rather than bundled as in the other vertebrates.
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Nervous
These are connected to the two lobes of the cerebrum by stalks.
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Reproduce
Most fish reproduce using external fertillisation
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Reproductive
The male garibaldi constructs and keeps meticulous a close cropped nest of red algae.
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Physical
Garibaldi fish is a virtual farmers of their lek areas.
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Behavioral
People can keep more than one system of Garibaldi.
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Prey
The garibaldi's prey is the local blue shark. It was recorded as a prey item in the stomach.
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Location
The location of the Garibaldi fish is in the kelp forest.

INTERESTING FACTS

• The California State Legislature has designated the garibaldi as the state marine fish.
• The Garibaldi, a damselfish, is one of the most colorful fish in Southern California waters.
• Cabrillomarineaquarium.org