The Coral Triangle is Earth’s single greatest repository of marine life

Colourful seas: The region known as the Coral Triangle is one of the greatest centres of biodiversity on Earth. It harbours species such as the pinjalo snapper. – Photos by Eric Madeja

When it comes to abundance of species, nowhere else comes close to the waters between the Pacific and Indian oceans.

NESTLED between the Pacific and Indian oceans is a marine region deemed to be the richest biologically, in the world. Home to three-quarters of the world’s coral species and over a third of its coral reef fish species, it is the underwater equivalent of the Amazon jungle.