#InternationalBiodiversityDay reads
IOB
Constraints on the #Ecomorphological Convergence of #Zooplanktivorous #Butterflyfishes
Hodge et al
doi.org/10.1093/iob/...
ICB
#Biodiversity on Oceanic #Islands: Its Origin and #Extinction
PAULAY
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

Reposted from our partner Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park:

🐠 #Butterflyfishes are some of the most beautiful and important fish species on the reefs at #KAHO.
🧪 Today, scientists recognize some of these fish as “indicator species,” helping assess the long-term health of coral reefs

Here's some butterflyfish species, old friends from elsewhere in the Indo-Pacific, seen on southern Great Barrier Reef in March/April: Threadfin (Chaetodon auriga), Chevron (C. trifascialis), Melon (C. trifasciatus), Vagabond (C. vagabundus). #butterflyfishes #Queensland 3/18