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Clownfish swimming through the sea anemone. Image bycongerdesign via Pixabay. Nemo and Marlin are ocellaris clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris), and Pixar got many aspects of their biology correct. The ...
The fish in the clip are saddleback clownfish (Amphiprion polymnus), also known as saddleback anemonefish. They are found in waters ranging from the Philippines to Indonesia and New Guinea, and can ...
As the marine world heats up, clownfish are showing an unsuspected talent for adapting to increasingly extreme conditions. Faced with heat waves exacerbated by climate change, these little fish, ...
Study reveals clownfish shrink and regrow to survive coral bleaching, with implications for marine ecosystems and human industries.
Orange clownfish in a bleached anemone during the 2023 heatwave in Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea. Morgan Bennett-Smith If you shrink, I shrink We found that there is a social component to shrinking ...
Clownfish Shrink in Size With Their Breeding Partners to Survive Heat Stress Learn how these tiny clownfish, famous for their role in the “Finding Nemo” films, survive the trouble of heatwaves.
How do clownfish survive a heat wave? By shrinking themselves down Researchers believe marine heatwaves could be impacting fish growth patterns—and Nemo’s only getting smaller.
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The tomato anemonefish (Amphiprion frenatus) in a bubble tip sea anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor) at Minna Island, Okinawa. Credit: Marleen Klann Molecular cloaking mechanism unveils the iconic ...
Anemonefish symbiotically feed their hosts, sea anemones, with various foods, positively influencing their growth and reproductive success.