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| damselfish |
any of a group of brightly colored marine fish from the family Pomacentridae, living esp. among coral reefs. |
| Great Barrier Reef |
the largest coral reef system in the world, located in the Coral Sea off the northeastern coast of Australia. |
| lagoon |
a shallow, saltwater area by the sea but separated from it by sandbars or by coral reefs or islands. [1/3 definitions] |
| Silurian |
of, relating to, or designating the geological period between the Ordovician and Devonian of the Paleozoic Era, from approximately 440 million to 400 million years ago, when coral reefs began forming and land plants and air-breathing animals appeared. [1/2 definitions] |
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