Clownfish like Amphiprion ocellaris (pictured in in Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea) are known to make their homes amid the tentacles of sea anemones. A new study suggests that another species of ...
Who knew Nemo was so clever? Actually the star of the "Finding Nemo" film was based on False Percula Clownfish. So-called True anemonefish, or clownfish, shown here off the coast of Indonesia, look ...
The secret’s in the snot. Chemical changes in the mucus that coats a clownfish’s body can blunt the sting of its symbiotic anemone partner. To investigate, she and her colleagues raised orange ...
Several anemonefish or clownfish share one anemone, with the largest fish being a female. This is a trio of common clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris). Dauin, Philippines. (Credit: Klaus Stiefel / CC ...
Doubilet has been photographing underwater since age 12. So, with 50 years of practice, one might say he has perfected the art of bringing far-flung, deep-sea environments to the page. The photos in ...
Clownfish are instantly recognizable by their white stripes, which appear as they mature from larvae into adults. But how these distinctive patterns form has long remained a mystery. Now, a new study ...
KASARGOD: The ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (NBFGR) has developed designer clownfish through cross-breeding of two clownfish species, for the first time in the country through ...