Clownfish

Clownfish, also known as anemonefish, belong to the Amphiprioninae subfamily of fish. Clownfish are protandrous hermaphrodites, which means that some of them transition to female later in life. They are among the most beautiful saltwater fish in the world, but what makes them so remarkable is that they are all born male. The Indian and Pacific waters are home to anemonefish. Since they enjoy the warm water, reefs, lagoons, and shallow seas are where you'll typically find them.

These fish have a symbiotic relationship with the sea anemone, which serves as their home in return for the clownfish removing the anemone's parasites. Male clownfish are responsible for protecting the young in their hierarchical communities. Finding Nemo, a well-known Pixar-Disney picture, made clownfish widely known. Ocellaris clownfish make up Nemo and Marlin's characters. Some clownfish are yellow, pink, red, or black; not all clownfish are orange and white.

Clownfish can consume undigested food from their host anemones since they are omnivorous, and the sea anemone receives nutrients from the feces of the anemonefish. With the exception of Amphiprion perideraion, which mostly consumes algae, anemonefish primarily consume small zooplankton from the water column, such as copepods and tunicate larvae, with a small amount of their diet coming from algae.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Pomacentridae