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8 Clown Fish Facts For Kids

navajocodetalkersadmin on December 10, 2014 - 3:00 pm in Fun Facts for Kids

1. There are over 28 species of Clown Fish! The most familiar Clown Fish made popular by the animated feature film Finding Nemo is Percula Clown Fish. They come in a full rainbow of colors that range from yellow to maroon.

2. They range in size from 2-5 inches and all have white stripes regardless what their base color is.

Where Do They Live?

3. Clown fish live on the bottom of the oceans in the warm water of the Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and Red Sea. They live with other fish but primarily are found in small school around Anemone. Anemone are animals that live on the bottom of the ocean that look like flowers but actually have poisonous tentacles that sting and paralyze fish so that they can eat them.

The Relationship With Anemone

4. The Clown Fish lives among the Anemone and does a dance of sorts so that the tentacles of the Anemone grazes them barely stinging them so that they can build up an immunity to the venom of the Anemone.

5. This relationship exists for only one reason! The Clown fish depend on the Anemone to eat! The Anemone lures the other species of fish in and stings it so it can eat the fish and the Clown Fish depend on the little bits of fish that the Anemone wastes.

6. The Clown Fish do a service for the Anemone as well. They eat parasites that can cause illness in the Anemone so it works out for each animal. The Clown fish can live without the Anemone and the Anemone can live without the Clown fish but it just works out better for each if the other is present.

7. If the fish is bred in captivity and there is an Anemone in the fish tank they will gravitate to the Anemone and live in the Anemone.

The Dance

8. The Clown Fish gets their name from being a bit comical. They do a dance to taunt the Anemone into barely stinging them. Their color markings and the “dance” combined makes them very entertaining hence the name!

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