| 1. | A fringing reef is a reef that is attached to an island.
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| 2. | Barrier reefs have at least some deep portions; fringing reefs do not.
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| 3. | Astove Island's fringing reef is just about ( 300 ft ) wide.
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| 4. | Redlip blennies can be found in coral crests and shallow fringing reefs.
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| 5. | It has a fringing reef which is above water at low tide.
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| 6. | Of the close to 3400 individual reefs, 760 are actually fringing reefs.
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| 7. | Fringing reefs and seagrass beds are found in the surrounding waters.
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| 8. | There are six different major ways in which fringing reefs grow and develop.
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| 9. | Reef types include fringing reef, barrier reefs, as well as atolls.
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| 10. | Many of the Great Barrier Reef's components are actually fringing reefs.
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