Limestone rock and sand, deep blue ocean and waves, coral visible under the water close to the beach. The patterns made in the algae growing on coral by buffalo bream are visible.
According to scientists Berry and Playford (1992) the brown algae or sargassum seaweed which forms these outlines is in effect a hedge maintained by the buffalo bream, Kyphosus cornelii. Individual fish of both sexes defend contiguous, polygonal territories that cover large areas of shallow limestone shoreline platforms.
Limestone rock and sand, deep blue ocean and waves, coral visible under the water close to the beach. The patterns made in the algae growing on coral by buffalo bream are visible.
According to scientists Berry and Playford (1992) the brown algae or sargassum seaweed which forms these outlines is a hedge maintained by the buffalo bream, Kyphosus cornelii. Individual fish of both sexes defend contiguous, polygonal territories that cover large areas of shallow limestone shoreline platforms.