Fish on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef are losing their colour as coral reefs degrade and die during bleaching events, a new study shows.
Researchers in Queensland have found a link between dull-coloured fish and corals that have undergone coral bleaching and turned white.
In particular, the abundance of yellow and green fish has dropped steadily by about three quarters over the past 27 years, they found.
Currently, experts don’t know the exact reason for the link between dull coloured fish