Anemone with common clownfish - a photo on Flickriver

            The common clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris), also known as the false percula clownfish or ocellaris clownfish, is a marine fish belonging to the family Pomacentridae which includes clownfishes and damselfishes.
Common clownfish are known to grow about 110 mm long.
This species is found in the Eastern Indian Ocean and in the western Pacific Ocean. Common clownfish typically lives in small groups on outer reef slopes or in sheltered lagoons at a maximal depth of 18 meters.
Common clownfish are reliant on sea anemone for shelter (they have a symbiotic relationship with the sea anemone). 
Sea anemone are protection for the fish and their nests. This is because when common clownfish are in the open waters, they have a higher risk of predation. It is postulated that the fanning behavior of the fish and removal of parasites promotes the health of sea anemones which contain common clownfish. In addition, the anemone provides protection for the fish with its tentacles, however, the fish’s mucus protection prevents it from being stung by the tentacles. The presence of the clownfish can be interpreted as a lure to attract potential anemone's preys close to the tentacles. And the clownfish can also defend the anemone against some reef fishes which could eat the tentacles

De driebandanemoonvis (Amphiprion ocellaris) is een tropische zoutwatervis die voorkomt bij koraalriffen en boven zandgrond van 1 tot 18 meter diepte. De vis komt voor in de Indische Oceaan, Rode Zee en het westelijk deel van de Stille Oceaan en staat ook bekend onder de namen harlekijnvisje en clownvis, en natuurlijk Nemo uit de populaire Walt Disney-film 'Finding Nemo'.
Gemiddeld worden de vrouwtjes 11 cm groot en de mannetjes 8 cm.
De driebandanemoonvis leeft in een symbiotische relatie met zeeanemonen. Ze helpen en beschermen elkaar.
Hoewel de meeste vissen wanneer ze in contact komen met een anemoon verlamd worden door de tentakels met netelcellen, wordt de anemoonvis niet gestoken door de anemoon. De vis hult zich in een slijmlaag die als anemoon wordt herkend en is zo immuun tegen het gif. De vis voedt zich met parasieten die de anemoon bedreigen, voedselresten van de anemoon en kreeftjes. 
Daarnaast beschermt het anemoonvisje de anemoon tegen natuurlijke vijanden, zoals vlindervissen, door ze te verjagen als ze te dichtbij komen. Soms wordt ook gezegd dat de anemoonvis andere vissen de anemoon in lokt zodat deze gevangen worden door de anemoon.
De opname van deze door de film Finding Nemo populaire vis is in een privé-aquarium gemaakt.
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Taken on: October 1, 2016

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