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 sight of a clownfish wriggling through the stinging tentacles of its anemone is a familiar and seemingly well-understood one to most people—the stinging anemone provides a protective home ...

Sea anemones normally kill and eat fish. But clownfish, like the one in the movie Finding Nemo, can nestle into anemones without getting stung and consumed; the anemones actually protect the clownfish ...

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.

Moreover, clownfish can’t be stung by anemone tentacles, so one might consider this to be a match made in heaven. "Clownfish – like Nemo from Finding Nemo – and anemones are a great example of this ...

Each clownfish species uses the host anemone species to varying degrees. "Clownfish are all habitat specialists in that they live exclusively in anemones, but some are more specialized than others.

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 ...

video: B-roll of clownfish, anemones and the researchers, who are at the aquarium in some shots and in the lab in others. Postdoctoral researcher Zoe Pratte is in the colorful lab coat.

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 ...