like the name already betrays, the small, nimble corals or reef-perches live mainly at coral-reefs in tropical seas. Some few types occur also in restrained coast-waters.
Shape The kleinmäuligen fish are compressed at the side. Shortly and more or less high-re-y. A series of types is very contrastingly colored. The partially splendid colors and band-patterns probably primarily are entitled to a signal-function at the coral-reef opposite Artgenossen. The teeth are weak, for it however very pointed. At each side of the mouth is found. The comb-shed is comparatively big. We know approximately 150 types.
Way of life The active fish always are in movement. they claim small precincts. Suspiciously, they guard "its" place to defend the precinct courageously in the coral-sticks, anytime ready. If a superior opponent visits, so they vanish in a flash in a column, about short time again carefully later herauszuspähen. The food is very diverse. Most types are omnivores.
Types A whole number of coral-perches is nursed in the aquarium. The anemones or clown-fish (type Amphiprion, until 12 cm), who die an extremely astonishing life-community with different types of Aktinien (sea-anemones like disco-grandma and Stoichactis), certainly are the most known.
Two species-rich types, whose representatives populate the coral-sticks usually gather-wisely, are the types of the sergeant-fish (Abudefduf) and the Demoisellen (Pomacentrus). The blue Demoiselle (Abudefduf cyaneus) and this are Demoiselle (Pomacentrus amboinensis) familiar yellow.
it is black-silver very widespread roved, until 18 cm long Abudefduf saxatilis, the two page of the Atlantic and parts of the Pacific ocean live in.
The Prussia-fish (type Dascyllus) got its name after the usually black-and-white color-combination - the formerly Prussian colors -. It is known also from them that they can live at least in company of sea-anemones as young-fish.
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