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1 The Clownfish A presentation by Taylor Cartwright and Caleb Brown

2 I… Have an orange color, and show white bars or patches. Can reach a length of 18 centimeters, while the smallest barely can reach 10 centimeters.

3 HABITAT AND LOCATION Where I live.

4 I am… Native to warmer waters, like that of the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans. At the bottom of shallow seas or lagoons in sheltered reefs. NOT located in the Atlantic ocean.

5 DIET What I eat.

6 I … Am omnivorous and can feed on undigested food from my host anemones primarily feed on small zooplankton from the water column, such as copepods and tunicate larvae, with a small portion of algae. may also consume the tentacles of their host anemone.

7 SURVIVAL What eats …me.

8 I AM… prey for a number of fish such as:  sharks  stingrays  other larger bony fishes. While my eggs are susceptible to predators, they are attached to a substrate that is protected by the anemone's stinging tentacles.

9 REPRODUCTION... How I make more of me.

10 My Reproduction ​ there are only two individuals that reproduce within my group. The non-breeding individuals progressively decrease in size further down the hierarchy. ​ ​ We are hermaphrodites which means that we develop into males first and then potentially into females later. ​ ​ The warm tropical waters where I live allows for year-round spawning.

11 FUN FACTS

12 Ironically, Finding Nemo, a movie about the anguish of a captured clownfish, caused home-aquarium demand for them to triple

13 Bibliography http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/clown-anemonefish/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphiprioninae


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