In the wild, clownfish use anemones for their individual love shacks, with one pair per anemone. Most clownfish live in shallower water, within 30 feet of the water surface.

Clownfish and Anemones. You can see in the clip that the clownfish has laid her eggs under a sea anemone. This particular one is called Haddon’s carpet anemone (Stichodactyla haddoni).

The partnership between clownfish and sea anemones is one of the most iconic in the animal world. Unlike in Pixar’s film Finding Nemo, clownfish seldom stray far from their anemone.

The team studied these clownfish and their host, the giant carpet anemone, Stichodactyla gigantea, in each study area, which ranged from 0 to 2 meters in water depth.

Clownfish do a wiggle dance to increase seawater circulation to their sea anemone hosts, helping the sea creatures breathe, a new study suggests. The findings, published today (Feb. 27) in the ...

Clownfish do a wiggle dance to increase seawater circulation to their sea anemone hosts, helping the sea creatures breathe, a new study suggests. The findings, published today (Feb. 27) in the ...

Orange clownfish, or Amphiprion percula, are shown in Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea. How quickly this fish develops its stripes depends on the sea anemone species it chooses to live in, a study has ...

These feisty anemone-dwellers might alter their behavior based on the number of white stripes on other clownfish. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY ...

Clownfish are so behaviorally linked to one or a few particular anemone species for a home, that it limits their ability to acclimate if an entire reef bleaches,” explained Dixson, an assistant ...

Clownfish and Anemones. Clownfish are immune to anemone venom. ©Alex Stemmers/Shutterstock.com. You can see in the clip that the clownfish has laid her eggs under a sea anemone.