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Fish Din: Reef clamor attracts young fish settlers

By Susan Milius

- More than 2 years ago

When it comes to real estate on a coral reef, young fish may be looking for noise, noise, noise.

SOUNDS LIKE HOME. Coral reefs snap, crackle, and click with the calls of various residents, and prospective young settlers appear to home in on those sounds. PhotoDisc

Most reef fish spend the first stage of their lives as specks in open water away from any reef.