Clownfish do a wiggle dance to increase seawater circulation to their sea anemone hosts, helping the sea creatures breathe, a new study suggests. The findings, published today (Feb. 27) in the ...

The clownfish helps lure unsuspecting fish toward the anemone with its bright colors. The fish are killed by the venom produced by the anemone’s stinging tentacles and eaten.

The team studied these clownfish and their host, the giant carpet anemone, Stichodactyla gigantea, in each study area, which ranged from 0 to 2 meters in water depth.

Clownfish do a wiggle dance to increase seawater circulation to their sea anemone hosts, helping the sea creatures breathe, a new study suggests. The findings, published today (Feb. 27) in the ...

The bleaching of corals is a well-known consequence of climate change. What is less widely known is that sea anemones suffer the same fate, and this reduces the fertility of the clownfish living ...

Orange clownfish, or Amphiprion percula, are shown in Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea. How quickly this fish develops its stripes depends on the sea anemone species it chooses to live in, a study has ...

Can clownfish count? These feisty anemone-dwellers might alter their behavior based on the number of white stripes on other clownfish. Laura Baisas Feb 1, 2024 2:00 PM EST ...

Turtles aren’t a sea anemone’s only nemesis, however. Warming waters, increasingly common because of climate change, can cause sea anemones to bleach just like coral reefs.

There, the researchers found 437 clownfish from six species living among 114 anemones of five species. Every anemone was occupied by clownfish, and half had two species of the fish.

Orange clownfish, or Amphiprion percula, are shown in Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea. How quickly this fish develops its stripes depends on the sea anemone species it chooses to live in, a study has ...