The parrotfish that remain live in much smaller communities.

幸存鹉鱼只得生活在更小群落里。

This is where parrotfish come in.

这就鹉鱼上场时刻了。

You hear the sound of the parrotfish, like the noise of the waves.

可以到鹉鱼声音，就像海浪似。

Can you guess what parrotfish and beaches have to do with each other?

能猜到嘴鱼和沙滩有何必然干系吗？

There is nobody talking. You hear the sound of the parrotfish, like the noise of the waves.

在水下。没有人说。到嘴鱼声音，就像海浪声音。

Eating rocks is just one way parrotfish help manage seaweed.

吃石头只鹉鱼打理海藻一种方式。

But unlike their neighbors, parrotfish can completely remove even the tiniest scraps of seaweed from the ocean floor.

但它和它邻居不一，鹉鱼能够从海床上完全移除海藻，甚至其最小残渣。

Through a dynamic system of social networks, parrotfish can convey information to other coral-dwelling fish.

通过一个动态社交网，鹉鱼能向其他珊瑚居民传递信息。

Then the parrotfish has to get rid of all of the crushed limestone—and there's only one way to do that.

然后嘴鱼要处理掉所有碎石灰石，而它们只有一种处理方式。

The lionfish's menu includes herbivores that eat algae, like parrotfish or surgeonfish.

狮子鱼食物包括以藻类为食食草动物，例如嘴鱼和刺尾鱼。

Hundreds of butterflyfish, parrotfish, and seahorses darted around her.

数百条蝴蝶鱼、嘴鱼和海马在她周围游来游去。

Now that groupers and snappers are woefully overfished, fishermen are targeting parrotfish.

现在石斑鱼和鲷鱼被严重过度捕捞，渔民们开始瞄准嘴鱼。

Named for their vibrant scales and beak-like teeth, these parrotfish are devouring a particularly crunchy breakfast: rocks.

以他们鲜明鳞片与喙状齿闻名，这群鹉鱼在忙着吃一种特别脆早餐：石头。

In many coral reefs, overfishing has reduced the number of parrotfish, as well as other seaweed eaters, such as surgeonfish and rabbitfish.

很多珊瑚礁中，过度捕捞减少了鹉鱼数量，以及其他吃海藻鱼，例如，刺尾鱼和蓝子鱼。

(Laughter) So this is a confession of my love for parrotfish in all their flamboyant, algae-eating, sand-pooping, sex-changing glory.

（笑声） 所以这我对嘴鱼爱表白，因为它们华丽、吃藻类、排沙、改变性别荣耀。

And parrotfish exemplify some of the beauty of diverse reproductive strategies.

嘴鱼体现了多种繁殖策略一些优点。

Fortunately, continued research into reef species like the quirky and critical parrotfish can inform new strategies for preserving these essential ecosystems.

幸运，对珊瑚礁物种（如古怪而关键嘴鱼）持续研究可以为保护这些重要生态系统新策略提供信息。

[Jo] Yeah, it sounds kind of slimy; not something I want to sleep in. But parrotfish like it really well.

但嘴鱼真很喜欢它。

Parrotfish are a distinctive family of fish species with a tough, bony beak so strong that they can bite through rock and coral!

嘴鱼一类独特硬骨鱼，骨喙强度足以它们咬碎岩石和珊瑚。

Because I don't know how to give an honest talk about my beloved parrotfish and coral reefs that has a happy ending.

因为我不知道如何诚实地谈论我心爱嘴鱼和珊瑚礁美好结局。