amnhnyc:Here’s one species of clownfish you may not know: the pink skunk clownfish (Amphiprion perid
amnhnyc:Here’s one species of clownfish you may not know: the pink skunk clownfish (Amphiprion perideraion)! Did you know? There are nearly 30 species of clownfish! Also known as the pink anemonefish, it can be found in parts of the Indo-Pacific where, like other clownfish species, it has an affinity for anemones. The anemone’s poisonous tentacles offer protection to the clownfish (the clownfish protects itself from its hosts’ stings with a layer of mucus). In turn, the fish aggressively defends its host from other fish and cleans off parasites.Photo: Jenny Huang, CC BY 2.0, flickrhttps://www.instagram.com/p/CMTmU4qAP08/?igshid=urz91h7sinh6 -- source link
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