Fish clownfish sea anemones 2. Getting a clownfish to live in a host anemone. Clownfish have evolved an ingenious though slimy way to use stinging anemones for their. Clown fish also provide the sea anemone with its excrement which makes up a large portion of the sea anemone diet alone. Both need the other to survive.
These fish will gently touch every part of their bodies to the anemones tentacles until it no longer affects them. Clownfish and anemonefish are fish from the subfamily amphiprioninae in the family pomacentridae. Clownfish are a type of bony fish while sea anemones are cnidariansboth clownfish and sea anemone are predatory animals. Also the clown fish aid the sea anemone by using their bright colored gills to lure fish and other organisms into the sea anemone so the anemone can capture the lured prey.
Clownfish rely on anemones for protection from predators while anemones rely on clownfish for food. In most cases the fish will eventually find the anemone and once they do youll have a glimpse at one of the most beautiful relationships in the. In the wild they all form symbiotic relationships with sea anemones. Clownfish do not get harmed when they touch sea anemones.
Clownfish are one of the only species that can survive the deadly sting of the sea anemone. Mutualism is a symbiotic relationship where both parties receive benefits. By making the anemone their home clownfish become immune to its sting. In their natural habitats clownfish and anemones have a symbiotic relationship.
Clownfish have evolved an ingenious though slimy way to use stinging anemones for their own protection. Being very territorial the clownfish drives away polyp eating fish thus providing protection to the sea anemone. The clownfish feeds on small creatures that could harm the sea anemone while the sea anemone protects the clownfish from predators. You dont want to just drop the fish on top of the anemone you want him to discover it.
Clownfish and sea anemone maintain a mutualistic relationship between them. About twenty eight species are recognized one in the genus premnas while the remaining are in the genus amphiprion. More clownfish have evolved an ingenious though slimy way to use stinging anemones for their own protection. But again i would use this as a last resort.