Under clear water, a pattern a little like terrazzo tile is 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.
Under clear water, a pattern a little like terrazzo tile is 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.