With no escape, the predators – a group of yellow saddle goatfish – close in on their prey. The goatfish are one of the few examples of fish that hunt in groups, and their strategy has just ...

Yellow saddle goatfish (Parupeneus cyclostomus) do more than school together as they dart over Indo-Pacific coral reefs. Like wolves, the goatfish take different roles in a pursuit. One or two ...

Check it: their reach is worldwide, east-side, west-side, there’s nowhere to hide. Dash-and-Dot Goatfish, Philippines. Photo from APASEEM.org Goatfishes are found worldwide in shallow, warm waters, ...

Now we can add a species of fish to the list of collaborative hunters–the yellow saddle goatfish (Parupeneus cyclostomus), which lives in the shallow waters of the Red Sea. A group of ...

Kumu is Hawai‘i’s only endemic shallow-water goat fish. It occurs no where else in the world other then here in Hawai‘i, and it was once one of the most common fish on the reef. You often se ...

Fortunately, they have partners in crime – shoals of yellow goatfish and trevally who seek similar prey. The big fish scare the prey into the cracks where the sea snakes can catch them.

WAILUKU, MAUI (HawaiiNewsNow) - New rules are being considered that would place fishing limits on two popular fish in waters around the island of Maui. The proposed rules were developed over a ...

The Oceanic Institute of Hawaii Pacific University has received a federal grant of nearly $300,000 for its innovative work rejuvenating the Hawaiian goatfish in Hawaii’s nearshore waters.

They found goldfish, gold-saddle goatfish and blacktip groupers took on different roles. Goatfish decided where the group patrolled to find prey, while the octopuses decided when it was time to ...