Why do fish like coral reefs?
Fish, like any creature, are drawn to habitats that fulfill their basic needs to enhance survival and ensure continuation of their line. Coral reefs may not look like a comfortable habitat to us but to the fish and other creatures that live there, they are the perfect environment.ShelterHard coral has a skeleton made of limestone. The structure provides a basis for other organisms to take hold and flourish. Corals provide shelter and hiding places for many different species of fish.BiodiversityCoral reefs are complex structures made of slow-growing and multilayered organisms. Healthy environments in nature are home to and flourish with biodiversity that offers food and shelter to a myriad of marine life, each type depending on another for survival. Coral reefs are one of the most biodiverse environments, the rain forest of the marine world. The Nature Conservancy states they are the biggest living structure in the world.LocationLocation contributes greatly to the variety of types of co