| Many species, such as parrotfish and surgeonfish, prospered on the algae covering that invades stricken coral reefs. |
| Fish are fed in this area, so shoals of angelfish, surgeonfish, damsels and sergeant majors approach divers without fear. |
| Yellow Tang and surgeonfish sometimes employ scalpel-like fins against those who grab them. |
| Damselfish make up almost half, with angelfish, surgeonfish, wrasses, gobies, and butterfly fish accounting for another 25 to 30 percent. |
| The great clouds of yellow black and white banner angelfish, brilliant blue fusiliers, yellow tangs and smart surgeonfish are gone. |
| The powder blue surgeonfish from the Indo-Pacific Ocean is an uncommon variety. |
