David Hall's Encounters in the Sea Photography

Clownfish (Anemonefish)

Clownfish, also known as anemonefish, are colorful, tropical members of the damselfish family. All are "obligate symbionts" with large sea anemones - they can survive and reproduce only when living under the protection of their host anemone. Clownfish gain "immunity" to an anemone’s powerful sting, by gradually exposing more of their bodies to the tentacles, until they have acquired a protective coating of the anemone’s own mucus. Typically, an anemone plays host to a single pair of adult fish, and a variable number of juveniles.

Skunk Anemonefish Thailand	Pink Clownfish Philippines	Pink Clownfish Indonesia
Clown Anemonefish Papua New Guinea	False Clown Anemonefish Indonesia	Red and Black Clownfish Fiji
Two-band Anemonefish Red Sea	Orange-fin Clownfish Fiji	Two-band Anemonefish Red Sea
Spine-cheek Anemonefish New Guinea	Spine-cheek Anemonefish, New Guinea	Clown Anemonefish, New Guinea
Pink Clownfish Australia	False Clown Anemonefish Indonesia	Maldives Anemonefish Maldives
Tomato Clownfish, Philippines	Skunk Anemonefish Thailand	Pink Clownfish Papua New Guinea
Red and Black Anemonefish, New Guinea	Saddleback Clownfish Papua New Guinea	Barrier Reef Clownfish Australia
Clark's Anemonefish Solomon Islands	Seychelles Anemonefish Seychelles	Red Saddleback Clownfish Thailand