Bahamas Exam with 100% Correct Answers

Wrasse - elongated, "cigar-shaped" body Teeth for crabs and shrimp Ex. Hogfish Ex. Slippery dick Juvenile females and adult males Triggerfish - laterally compressed with a long first dorsal fin Balistiform swimming Trigger spine on top Moving territory (above) Eats spiny lobster Pufferfish - oval bodies that inflate (suck in H2O) Diodontidae (2 teeth) Trumpetfish - elongated bodies Very camouflaged Chang color rapidly Needlefish - reflective Long & skinny Teeth along their needle nose jaw Barracuda - stalker fish 1-4 feet Silvery Attracted to shiny objects Lionfish - red Red devil Protrusible mouth Many venomous spines Hang upside down Moray eels - nuclear hunters (hunt with other species) Hide out in rocks Ex. Spotted, goldentail, green Corals - 3.5 billion years old Algae and cyanobacteria push toward the sun and build rock structures under sediment 1. Fringing 2. Patch 3. Atoll 4. Barrier