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a-z of creatures - Creature View

Blue Runner
Caranx crysos

A fast swimming shoaling fish, part of the same group of fish as the tuna. Grows to 70cm.

Blue Runners are found along the coastlines of the Atlantic Ocean, mostly in the inland waters of the east coast of North America and on the West coast of Africa.

They are known to be aggressive and will eat smaller fish and invertebrates.

Other creatures found in the Great Barrier Reef display include:

Creature Name	Scientific Name
Atlantic Pork Fish	Anisotremus virginicus	View more...
Blacktip Reef Shark	Carcharhinus melanopterus	View more...
Blue, Yellow Tail Damsel	Chrysiptera parasema	View more...
Cownose Stingray	Rhinoptera bonasus	View more...
Emperor Angelfish	Pomacanthus imperator	View more...
Giant moray	Gymnothorax javanicus	View more...
Golden Trevally	Gnathanodon speciosus	View more...
Nurse Shark	Ginglymostoma cirratum	View more...
Semicircle Angelfish	Pomacanthus semicirculatus	View more...
Sergeant Major	Abudefduf saxatilis	View more...

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