5. Coral Trout is a protogynous
hermaphrodites. It starts as a
female and while it gets old it turns
to a male. It lives until about 16. It
is a voracious eating predators. The
most common type of fish eaten is
Damselfish and Spiny Chromis
Damselfish. It eats only during
daylight hours and most often at
dawn. It changes it’s color when
eating.
6. This is a chart of how big
the Coral Trout are at what
age.
7. Six of the seven species of the sea turtles in the world are
found on the Great Barrier Reef. There are Green, Leatherback,
Hawksbill, Loggerhead, Flatback and Olive Ridley. It lays it’s eggs
in the sand. It can lay eggs to 100 at a time and it returns back
to the place they hatched to lay their own. If the sand is cool it
produces male turtles and if the sand is warmer it produces
female turtles. The largest turtles are Leatherback, the heaviest
one weighted 916 kg.
Loggerhead turtle Green turtles
8. Large Red Bass is not usually eaten because of the causing
ciguatera poisoning. It lives over 50 years. It grow s slowly up to
70 to 80 cm.
9. Giant Clams
Giant clams grows
more than 1m. It is
simultaneous
hermaphrodites, the
same animal is the
female and the male at
the same time. The
largest pearl is also
found in the Giant clam
and it was sold for $10
million to New York.
10. Nudibranch
Nudibranch is a type of a snail. It only has it’s shell
when they are a tiny larvae. Adult Nudibranch has a multi-
colored mantle not shell. It has a bight colors to warn the
predators to stay away
11. Anemone Fish (clown fish)
Anemone fish able to
change sex during the
lifetime. It is the most
popular fish in the Great
Barrier Reef. It grows up to
9cm and weights up to
27.50g usually. The
interesting part is that the
male takes care of the
nest and the eggs until it
hatches.
12. Blue tang is
very active and it
loves to swim. It
is peaceful and
calm. The Blue
tang is also
known as the
Palette
Surgeonfish,
Pacific Blue Tang,
Hepatus and
Blue Tang
Regal Tang.
13. Olive Sea Snakes
Olive sea snakes has a paddle like
tail and the venom is quite toxic. It’s
average length is 1.2 meters, but it
can grow up to 2 meters. It’s fangs
are 7mm long. Young ones are in
dark color.
14. Parrot Fish
Parrot Fish has many colors mostly bright
ones. There is seven different Parrotfish. It
is very active during the day and it rest at
night. It has teeth too. It grows 7 to 24
inches in length.
15. Maori Wrasse full name is
Hump Headed Maori Wrasse.
It grows over 6 feet and
weights 180kgs for male and
it grows to 3 feet for
females. The females live up
to about 30 years of age, but
the males lives up to about
25 years of age. Now in the
Great Barrier Reef this fish
is protected.
16. Gray Reef Sharks
The Gray reef sharks can
grow up to 2.55 meters
maximum, most are 1.5
meters. The maximum age
it can live is up to 25. It
gives birth every 2 years.
The birth size is 45 to 60
cm. It swims fast. It is
active during day, but it is
more active at night. This
shark is very curious about
the scuba divers, especially
when they dive.
17.
18. Stingray Stingray lives 15 years to 25
years if they live in the wilds.
It grows up to 6.5 feet (2
meters) and it weights up to
350kg. It swims close to the
divers and snorkelers without
fear.
This is how
big it is when
you compare
with a
person.
