#anemonefish — Public Fediverse posts

Not every memorable dive moment is a big animal encounter. Sometimes it’s a family of Clark’s anemonefish weaving through an anemone on a reef in Fiji’s Koro Sea.
https://scubahanknyc.com/2022/12/23/a-family-of-clarks-anemonefish-in-fiji/

#FijiDiving #Clownfish #UnderwaterCinematography #anemonefish #nature #wildlife #fish

Not every memorable dive moment is a big animal encounter. Sometimes it’s a family of Clark’s anemonefish weaving through an anemone on a reef in Fiji’s Koro Sea.
https://scubahanknyc.com/2022/12/23/a-family-of-clarks-anemonefish-in-fiji/

#FijiDiving #Clownfish #UnderwaterCinematography #anemonefish #nature #wildlife #fish

Not every memorable dive moment is a big animal encounter. Sometimes it’s a family of Clark’s anemonefish weaving through an anemone on a reef in Fiji’s Koro Sea.
https://scubahanknyc.com/2022/12/23/a-family-of-clarks-anemonefish-in-fiji/

#FijiDiving #Clownfish #UnderwaterCinematography #anemonefish #nature #wildlife #fish

Not every memorable dive moment is a big animal encounter. Sometimes it’s a family of Clark’s anemonefish weaving through an anemone on a reef in Fiji’s Koro Sea.
https://scubahanknyc.com/2022/12/23/a-family-of-clarks-anemonefish-in-fiji/

#FijiDiving #Clownfish #UnderwaterCinematography #anemonefish #nature #wildlife #fish

Not every memorable dive moment is a big animal encounter. Sometimes it’s a family of Clark’s anemonefish weaving through an anemone on a reef in Fiji’s Koro Sea.
https://scubahanknyc.com/2022/12/23/a-family-of-clarks-anemonefish-in-fiji/

#FijiDiving #Clownfish #UnderwaterCinematography #anemonefish #nature #wildlife #fish

An anemone and its anemonefish partner: shelter, cleaning, and constant patrol. The fish’s mucus shield lets it slip between stinging tentacles—no chase, no touch, just reef life at work.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kyJoO59WMLE

#Anemone #Anemonefish #ScubaDiving #Underwater #ReefLife #MarineLife

Day 21 of #SciArtSeptember prompt is reef.

This is a handprinted linocut of two ocean creatures with a mutualistic symbiotic relationship: anemone and anemonefish. Specifically it's a rose bubble-tip anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor) and a clownfish (in the genus Amphiprion), also known as an anemonefish. Sea anemones protect anemonefish from predators, and serve as a safe nest. 🧵

#linocut #printmaking #sciart #anemone #anemonefish #invertebrate #clownfish #SundayFishSketch #mastoArt

Day 21 of #SciArtSeptember prompt is reef.

This is a handprinted linocut of two ocean creatures with a mutualistic symbiotic relationship: anemone and anemonefish. Specifically it's a rose bubble-tip anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor) and a clownfish (in the genus Amphiprion), also known as an anemonefish. Sea anemones protect anemonefish from predators, and serve as a safe nest. 🧵

#linocut #printmaking #sciart #anemone #anemonefish #invertebrate #clownfish #SundayFishSketch #mastoArt

Day 21 of #SciArtSeptember prompt is reef.

This is a handprinted linocut of two ocean creatures with a mutualistic symbiotic relationship: anemone and anemonefish. Specifically it's a rose bubble-tip anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor) and a clownfish (in the genus Amphiprion), also known as an anemonefish. Sea anemones protect anemonefish from predators, and serve as a safe nest. 🧵

#linocut #printmaking #sciart #anemone #anemonefish #invertebrate #clownfish #SundayFishSketch #mastoArt

Day 21 of #SciArtSeptember prompt is reef.

This is a handprinted linocut of two ocean creatures with a mutualistic symbiotic relationship: anemone and anemonefish. Specifically it's a rose bubble-tip anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor) and a clownfish (in the genus Amphiprion), also known as an anemonefish. Sea anemones protect anemonefish from predators, and serve as a safe nest. 🧵

#linocut #printmaking #sciart #anemone #anemonefish #invertebrate #clownfish #SundayFishSketch #mastoArt

Day 21 of #SciArtSeptember prompt is reef.

This is a handprinted linocut of two ocean creatures with a mutualistic symbiotic relationship: anemone and anemonefish. Specifically it's a rose bubble-tip anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor) and a clownfish (in the genus Amphiprion), also known as an anemonefish. Sea anemones protect anemonefish from predators, and serve as a safe nest. 🧵

#linocut #printmaking #sciart #anemone #anemonefish #invertebrate #clownfish #SundayFishSketch #mastoArt

#Anemonefish, adorned with orange faces and white bands edged in black, shelter in their host. 🪸🐠

https://youtube.com/shorts/SdWjkihvom4?si=-b_lCS2qa5rX7GRP

#nature #wildlife #underwater #fish

the anemone from its predators and parasites and nitrogen excreted by the anemonefish increases the number of algae incorporated into the tissue of their hosts, which aids the anemone in tissue growth and regeneration. The fish even aerate their hosts with their movements and may lure anemone pray with their bright colours.

#pattern #surfaceDesign #linocut #printmaking #clownfish #anemone #anemonefish #sciart #mastoArt

Here’s my original linocut: https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/1749284320

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the anemone from its predators and parasites and nitrogen excreted by the anemonefish increases the number of algae incorporated into the tissue of their hosts, which aids the anemone in tissue growth and regeneration. The fish even aerate their hosts with their movements and may lure anemone pray with their bright colours.

#pattern #surfaceDesign #linocut #printmaking #clownfish #anemone #anemonefish #sciart #mastoArt

Here’s my original linocut: https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/1749284320

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the anemone from its predators and parasites and nitrogen excreted by the anemonefish increases the number of algae incorporated into the tissue of their hosts, which aids the anemone in tissue growth and regeneration. The fish even aerate their hosts with their movements and may lure anemone pray with their bright colours.

#pattern #surfaceDesign #linocut #printmaking #clownfish #anemone #anemonefish #sciart #mastoArt

Here’s my original linocut: https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/1749284320

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the anemone from its predators and parasites and nitrogen excreted by the anemonefish increases the number of algae incorporated into the tissue of their hosts, which aids the anemone in tissue growth and regeneration. The fish even aerate their hosts with their movements and may lure anemone pray with their bright colours.

#pattern #surfaceDesign #linocut #printmaking #clownfish #anemone #anemonefish #sciart #mastoArt

Here’s my original linocut: https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/1749284320

🧵2/2

the anemone from its predators and parasites and nitrogen excreted by the anemonefish increases the number of algae incorporated into the tissue of their hosts, which aids the anemone in tissue growth and regeneration. The fish even aerate their hosts with their movements and may lure anemone pray with their bright colours.

#pattern #surfaceDesign #linocut #printmaking #clownfish #anemone #anemonefish #sciart #mastoArt

Here’s my original linocut: https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/1749284320

🧵2/2

🌊 Dive into the vibrant world of the Spine-cheeked Anemonefish!

Living in perfect harmony with bubble-tip anemones, these colorful fish dance through stinging tentacles unscathed, showcasing nature’s ultimate BFFs! 🪸

#OceanMagic #MarineLife #Anemonefish

Solving a marine mystery: How #anemonefish avoid stings from their sea anemone hosts
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-marine-mystery-anemonefish-sea-anemone.html

Anemonefish use #SialicAcid metabolism as Trojan horse to avoid giant #SeaAnemone stinging: Natacha Roux et al. https://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12915-025-02144-8

"anemonefish have evolved to maintain very low levels of sialic acid in their skin mucus to avoid triggering the release of stinging cells in their sea anemone hosts."

Solving a marine mystery: How #anemonefish avoid stings from their sea anemone hosts
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-marine-mystery-anemonefish-sea-anemone.html

Anemonefish use #SialicAcid metabolism as Trojan horse to avoid giant #SeaAnemone stinging: Natacha Roux et al. https://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12915-025-02144-8

"anemonefish have evolved to maintain very low levels of sialic acid in their skin mucus to avoid triggering the release of stinging cells in their sea anemone hosts."

Clownfish - Gili islands, Lombok, Indonesia
#gili #giliislands #lombok #diving #scuba #giliair #gilimeno #trawangan #pets #ocean #sealife #marinelife #padi #clownfish #nemo #Amphiprion #anemonefish

Ocellaris clownfish - Gili islands, Lombok, Indonesia
#gili #giliislands #lombok #diving #scuba #giliair #gilimeno #trawangan #pets #ocean #sealife #marinelife #padi #clownfish #nemo #Amphiprion #anemonefish

Ocellaris clownfish - Gili islands, Lombok, Indonesia
#gili #giliislands #lombok #diving #scuba #giliair #gilimeno #trawangan #pets #ocean #sealife #marinelife #padi #clownfish #nemo #Amphiprion #anemonefish

I printed my rose bubble tip anemone a little anemonefish friend. There two animals have a mutualistic symbiotic relationship and benefit one another!

#linocut #printmaking #sciart #InsertAnInvert2024 #anemone #clownfish #anemonefish #invertebrate #wip #MastoArt

I printed my rose bubble tip anemone a little anemonefish friend. There two animals have a mutualistic symbiotic relationship and benefit one another!

#linocut #printmaking #sciart #InsertAnInvert2024 #anemone #clownfish #anemonefish #invertebrate #wip #MastoArt

Wordless Wednesday – Clownfishes

Clownfish, also called anemonefish, are small damselfish from the subfamily Amphiprioninae. They live in warm Indo-Pacific waters. This includes much of Indonesia. They are strongly associated with coral reefs and shallow lagoons. They live either in or very close to their host sea anemones. Species such as the common clown anemonefish are usually located at coral-rich reef slopes. They are found between about 1 and 15 metres. They also inhabit sheltered reef tops.

The partnership between clownfish and their host anemones is mutualistic. The anemone’s stinging tentacles offer the fish protection from many predators. Meanwhile, the clownfish defend their host against certain invertebrates. They also help keep water circulating through the tentacles. Indonesia sits within the Coral Triangle. This area is sometimes called the “Amazon of the sea.” It supports an exceptional variety of coral and anemone species. This environment is an ideal habitat for multiple clownfish species.

On a typical Indonesian reef, you might see a single anemone colony. It is guarded by a dominant female clownfish. You will also spot a smaller breeding male and several juveniles. Their constant darting in and out of the tentacles makes them fun to watch. It also highlights how tightly their survival is tied to the health of both the anemone and the surrounding reef.

Most clownfish–anemone pairs are found in relatively shallow water, often between about 1 and 15 metres. Different species have slightly different depth ranges. However, divers in Indonesia typically encounter them on reef tops, lagoon reefs, and upper reef slopes. These areas receive strong sunlight, and coral growth is dense. These depths are ideal for long, relaxed dives, making clownfish accessible to divers with a wide range of experience levels.

Clownfish live on their host anemones year-round, so you can see them in every season. However, many famous Coral Triangle destinations in Indonesia, such as Raja Ampat, highlight the drier months. These months are roughly October to April. They have especially favourable diving conditions. Water temperatures are around 27–30°C. Visibility can reach 15–30 metres or more depending on the site. Local weather patterns vary. Planning a trip in these calmer months generally improves your chances of clear water. You will also experience comfortable surface conditions while you search the shallows for clownfish and their anemones.

Clownfish are small but territorial, especially around their host anemones and any eggs they are guarding. Divers and snorkellers sometimes report that larger individuals will swim out to confront them. These fish may deliver a quick nip if they feel their anemone is being threatened. These bites are more startling than harmful for most people. They serve as a reminder to keep a respectful distance. Avoid poking the anemone and limit the time spent hovering directly above a single colony. Observing from slightly off to the side usually results in better behaviour, better photos, and less stress for the fish.

Scientists reveal new lineages of giant sea anemones in Japan and their surprising associations with anemonefish
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-scientists-reveal-lineages-giant-sea.html

Anemonefish are better taxonomists than humans https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(23)00990-9

"The scientists discovered that #anemonefish are better at distinguishing different populations of giant #SeaAnemones than humans. Through one or more sensory organs, these #fish identify a particular species of giant sea anemone to make their home and avoid other species."

Scientists reveal new lineages of giant sea anemones in Japan and their surprising associations with anemonefish
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-scientists-reveal-lineages-giant-sea.html

Anemonefish are better taxonomists than humans https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(23)00990-9

"The scientists discovered that #anemonefish are better at distinguishing different populations of giant #SeaAnemones than humans. Through one or more sensory organs, these #fish identify a particular species of giant sea anemone to make their home and avoid other species."

#Clownfish “count” white stripes to determine if an invader is friend or foe https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/02/clownfish-count-white-stripes-to-determine-if-an-invader-is-friend-or-foe/ by @JenLucPiquant

Counting Nemo: #anemonefish #Amphiprion ocellaris identify species by number of white bars. By Kina Hayashi et al. https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article-abstract/227/2/jeb246357/342628/Counting-Nemo-anemonefish-Amphiprion-ocellaris?redirectedFrom=fulltext

"They attacked similar #fish with three stripes more often than those with one or two stripes."

#Clownfish “count” white stripes to determine if an invader is friend or foe https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/02/clownfish-count-white-stripes-to-determine-if-an-invader-is-friend-or-foe/ by @JenLucPiquant

Counting Nemo: #anemonefish #Amphiprion ocellaris identify species by number of white bars. By Kina Hayashi et al. https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article-abstract/227/2/jeb246357/342628/Counting-Nemo-anemonefish-Amphiprion-ocellaris?redirectedFrom=fulltext

"They attacked similar #fish with three stripes more often than those with one or two stripes."

Finding Nemo. A new study shows that #anemonefish larvae exhibit physiological & transcriptomic changes associated with swimming, O2 uptake & #hypoxia tolerance, potentially aiding dispersal of the pelagic larval phase #PLOSBiology #marinebiology https://plos.io/3pAU9qg

Finding Nemo. A new study shows that #anemonefish larvae exhibit physiological & transcriptomic changes associated with swimming, O2 uptake & #hypoxia tolerance, potentially aiding dispersal of the pelagic larval phase #PLOSBiology #marinebiology https://plos.io/3pAU9qg

Very much enjoyed making this one...

https://youtu.be/6WFWEldyMdI

Angsana Ihuru in the North Male Atoll boasts one of the finest snorkelling house reefs to be found anywhere. Easily accessible from the beach, the 360 degree reef encircles the island and teems with marine life.

All footage was taken in a single snorkel around the island on a beautifully calm day. Keep your eyes peeled for surgeonfish, butterfly fish, parrotfish, regal angelfish, longfin bannerfish, reef sharks, eagle ray, giant clams, oriental sweetlips, lobster, starfish, hawksbill turtle, clown anemonefish, octopus, jackfish, barracuda, and titan triggerfish!

#travelwithangelfish #luxurytravel #maldives #snorkelling #snorkel #snorkeling #scuba #coralreef #shark #reefshark #blacktipreefshark #parrotfish #surgeonfish #butterflyfish #regalangelfish #angelfish #bannerfish #eagleray #giantclam #orientalsweetlips #lobster #starfish #hawksbillturtle #turtle #seaturtle #clownfish #anemonefish #octopus #jackfish #trevally #barracuda #triggerfish #titantriggerfish #coral #coralrestoration