Parrotfish of the Great Barrier Reef

Rainbows under the Sea
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-96428-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 258 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm

The array of colours found on the Scarini tribe (family: Labridae), commonly known as the Parrotfish, is truly astounding and is showcased to breathtaking effect in this book. Photographer and artist Michelle Brayshaw reveals the array of colour changes which these fish display through ontological (slow) and physiological (fast) processes. The obvious differences occur in the three phases of their lives, but it is the subtle changes in colour that can be the most bizarre, occurring while feeding, mating, courting, cleaning, camouflaging themselves to their backgrounds or the fish around them, experiencing mood swings, fighting, playing and, most excitingly of all, when they are transitioning from female to male. This feat is not unique to the Parrotfish, but no other animals do it with such glamour and colour.

Through hundreds of hours of observational research, this book highlights the light play and physiological and ontological colour changes of the Scarini found on the Great Barrier Reef in stunning photographic accuracy. It also includes comprehensive information about why Parrotfish are so important for the health and resilience of the reef,f instilling in the reader a deeper sense of the treasures found there and reminding us of the interconnected nature of our existence.

Zielgruppe

General and Professional Reference

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brayshaw, Michelle

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Tierethologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Biodiversität
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Schwimmen, Tauchen
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbeltiere (Vertebrata) Fische (Ichthyologie)
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Meeresbiologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Marine Geologie, Ozeanographie (Meereskunde)
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Meeres- und Süßwasserökologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgements. About the Author. Introduction. 1 Bolbometopon muricatum: Bumphead Parrotfish. 2 Calatomus carolina: Stareye Parrotfish. 3 Cetoscarus ocellatus: Two-Colour Parrotfish. 4 Chlorurus bleekeri: Bleeker’s Parrotfish. 5 Chlorurus japanesis: Japanese Parrotfish. 6 Chlorurus microrhinos: Steephead Parrotfish. 7 Chlorurus spilurus: Bullethead Parrotfish. 8 Hipposcarus longiceps: Pacific Longnose Parrotfish. 9 Scarus altipinnis: Filament-Finned Parrotfish. 10 Scarus chameleon: Chameleon Parrotfish. 11 Scarus dimidiatus: Blue-Bridled Parrotfish. 12 Scarus flavipectoralis: Yellowfin Parrotfish. 13 Scarus frenatus: Bridled Parrotfish. 14 Scarus ghobban: Blue-Bar Parrotfish. 15 Scarus globiceps: Globehead Parrotfish. 16 Scarus niger: Swarthy Parrotfish. 17 Scarus oviceps: Dark-Cap Parrotfish. 18 Scarus psittacus: Palenose Parrotfish. 19 Scarus quoyi: Quoy’s Parrotfish. 20 Scarus rivulatus: Surf Parrotfish. 21 Scarus rubroviolaceus: Ember Parrotfish. 22 Scarus schlegeli: Schlegel’s Parrotfish. 23 Scarus spinus: Yellowhead Parrotfish. Plates of Ontological Changes in Ten Species. References Cited and Further Reading. With Thanks To. Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Michelle is presently completing a hybrid Science/Visual Art, Masters of Research, at Central Queensland University. She has been an educator for 34 years and a secondary Visual Art teacher for 28 years, in Queensland, Australia. Michelle holds Post Graduate qualifications in Creative Arts and has numerous qualifications in Arts Disciplines. She has participated in various exhibitions and sold her work in outlets throughout Queensland. In 2015, Michelle published her first photographic underwater book with New Holland Publishers.

She says of her latest work: “I have developed a deep love and passion for our beautiful region and consider myself blessed that I live with The Great Barrier Reef at my doorstep. My work creates that magical and ephemeral moment in time which is intended to bring with it,  memories and associated smells, sounds and feelings giving the audience insight and prompting reaction for the survival of one of our most beautiful environments and what I believe are the most important and beautiful of all its inhabitants, the Scarini tribe.”