Many people tend to think of clownfish, with their distinctive white bars against an orange, red, or black background, as a friendly sort of fish, perhaps influenced to some extent by the popular ...
Not clowning around: Clown fish can count each other’s stripes and will fight enemies they recognize
Even before the Disney Pixar vehicle "Finding Nemo" turned a pair of clown fish into popular ocean-dwelling protagonists, these distinctive orange and white fish were adored for their charismatic ...
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 ...
Most anemonefishes are striped and the direction of their stripes — vertical or horizontal — correlate with their levels of territorial aggression A new study reveals that anemonefishes display ...
This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. For clownfish, life ...
Clown anemonefish have territorial tendencies. Unlike the freewheeling, fun-loving protagonist of Finding Nemo, real life clown anemonefish are extremely hostile – even toward human divers. "I have ...
Ready to dive into a sea of bubbling laughter? You don't have to be a fisherman or ocean lover to appreciate these 50 fish jokes for kids and adults that are sure to make you smile from gill to gill.
To survive warming oceans, clownfish cope by shrinking in size. Scientists observed that some of the orange-striped fish shrank their bodies during a heat wave off the coast of Papa New Guinea. Fish ...
A video of a clownfish jumping out of its tank and onto the floor has gone viral on TikTok. The footage of the colorful fish shared by TikTok user @amydoessomestuff evoked memories of Finding Nemo, ...
Emily Fobert receives funding for this research from The Fisheries Society of the British Isles and from an Endeavour Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. She is affiliated with the conservation ...
Artificial lighting is killing young clownfish living closest to shore. They also found that these clownfish grew 44% more slowly than clownfish living under natural lighting conditions. Young ...
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