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Clownfish and Sea Anemones are found on coral reefs only in the south and west Pacific Ocean. They have a close relationship called "symbiosis." This means that both benefit from each other; clownfish get protection from predators while living in the stinging tentacles of anemones and anemones gets scraps of food dropped by clownfish as they eat. Clownfish in the wild cannot live without their host anemone. Clownfish

Anemones tentacles are lined with stinging cells that paralyze fish, so you may be wondering how clownfish are able to live amongst the tentacles. Clownfish are protected by a layer of mucous with special chemical properties that keeps anemones’ tentacles from stinging them.

Clownfish are also unusual in the fact that they all start life as males. As they mature, some of them change their sex and become breeding females. (While many reef fish can change sex, most change from female to male.) Eggs are laid near or under the anemone and are tended and protected by the male. Anemones tentacles are lined with stinging cells that paralyze fish.

Clownfish societies revolve around small communities, two to five individuals (one mating pair with young) living in a single anemone ruled by a single female, which is the largest fish. Females have been known to nip at divers that venture too close to their babies.


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