clownfish

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clownfish (plural clownfish or clownfishes)

Any of colorful fish of the genera Amphiprion and Premnas in the subfamily Amphiprioninae, native to the Pacific and Indian Oceans, notable for their mutual relationship with sea anemones.

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A flake staple is usually sufficient, but for best color and health supplement with frozen and live foods when possible. citation Clownfish A false percula Clownfish, more technically known as Anemonefish, are the classic aquarium fish. Source: Internet

A special mucus on the clownfish protects it from the stinging tentacles. Source: Internet

Service-service relationships Ocellaris clownfish and Ritter's sea anemones is a mutual service-service symbiosis, the fish driving off butterfly fish and the anemone's tentacles protecting the fish from predators. Source: Internet

Male saddleback clownfish must use their ingenuity to find a hard substrate upon which the females can lay their eggs." Source: Internet

Nongenetic Clownfish are initially male; the largest fish in a group becomes female For many species, sex is not determined by inherited traits, but instead by environmental factors experienced during development or later in life. Source: Internet

But the clownfish becomes their friend. Source: Internet

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