The relationship between clown fish and sea anemone

Clown fish, also known as sea anemone fish, is commonly known as the subfamily Sparidae fish. it is named because there are one or two white stripes on the face like clowns in Beijing Opera, and has a close symbiotic relationship with sea anemones. they inhabit coral reefs and reefs, and young fish often symbiosis with large sea anemones, sea urchins or small corals. Let's take a look at the relationship between clown fish and sea anemones.

The relationship between clown fish and sea anemone

Clown fish and sea anemones are symbiotic. The clown fish has special mucus on its body surface, which can protect it from the influence of sea anemones and live safely and freely. Because of the protection of the sea anemone, the clown fish can be protected from other big fish. At the same time, the leftover food of the sea anemone can also be supplied to the clown fish, and the clown fish can also use the tentacles of the sea anemone to build nests and lay eggs. For sea anemones, the free entry and exit of clown fish can attract other fish, increase the chance of predation, and remove the necrotic tissue and parasites of sea anemones, at the same time, because the swimming of clown fish can reduce the deposition of debris into sea anemones. Clown fish can also remove parasites or mold from their bodies by rubbing between the tentacles of sea anemones.

Reproductive characteristics of clown fish

Clownfish are not the only hermaphrodites, but they are one of the few species in which males can become females and females cannot become males. Each clown fish population has a dominant female and several adult males, who are hermaphroditic in adolescence. If the dominant female dies, one of the adult males will undergo hormonal changes and become the new female in the population. During the spawning period, male and female fish have the domain behavior of protecting nests and eggs. One end of their eggs will be fixed to a stone and hatched for a week or so. After the young fish float in the water layer for a period of time, they will inhabit symbiotic organisms such as sea anemones.

What kinds of clown fish do you have?

1. Prince clown fish: Prince clown fish are distributed in the reef areas of the South China Sea, the Philippines and the Western Pacific Ocean, with a length of 10 cm and 12 cm and an oval shape. The body color is orange, and there are three silver-white bands on the side of the body, which are located behind the eyes, the center of the dorsal fin and the caudal handle, in which the leucorrhea in the center of the dorsal fin forms a triangle on the side of the body, and each fin has a black edge. The bait is rich shrimp, seaweed, chopped fish, pellet feed and so on.

2. Red clown fish: the distribution of red clown fish includes the waters from the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest of Palau, north to southern Japan, and south to Java in Indonesia. The adult fish is black and its head, chest, abdomen and body fins are all red. There is a wide leucorrhea with white margin at the back of the eye, extending downward to the laryngeal isthmus. The adult fish has a uniform orange-yellow body with a white vertical band behind the eyes.

3. Black double-belt clown fish: black double-belt clown fish is distributed in coral reefs in the Indian Ocean, with a length of 10 cm to 15 cm and an oval shape. The whole body is purple-black, and there are three silver-white vertical bands on the side behind the eyes, the middle of the dorsal fin and the tail handle, the mouth is silver-white, and there is a black belt through the eyes. The water quality requires clarification. The bait includes harvest shrimp, fish and insects, chopped fish and shrimp meat, sea water fish pellet feed, and so on. They like to hide in the tentacles of flower-like sea anemones.

4. Red clown fish: red clown fish is distributed in the coral reefs of the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean, with a length of 10 cm to 15 cm and an oval shape. The whole body is purple-black, each fin is purple-red, and there are three silver-white bands on the side behind the eyes, the middle of the dorsal fin and the tail handle, which is very beautiful. The bait includes algae in seawater, animal plankton, pellet feed for marine fish and so on.

5. Red double-belt clown fish: red double-belt clown fish is distributed in coral reefs in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean, Taiwan, South China Sea and the Philippines, with a length of 10 cm and 12 cm and an oval shape. The whole body is bright red, with two silver bands on the side behind the eyes and in the middle of the dorsal fin. The body color of double-belt clown fish is varied, such as bright red, purplish red, purple-black and so on. The bait includes marine fish pellet feed, chopped fish meat, seaweed and so on. The water quality requires clarification and likes to hide in colorful sea anemones.

6. Coffee clown fish: coffee clown fish are distributed in the coral reefs of the Philippines, Taiwan and the Pacific Ocean, with a length of 5cm and an oval shape. The whole body is light brown, and there is a white band behind the eyes, just like a silver ring around the neck. The mouth is silvery white, from the mouth along the back to the caudal stalk and the dorsal fin. Bait has algae, fish and insects, harvest shrimp, marine fish pellet feed and so on, like to live in sea anemones or corals.