CLOWN FISH

SIZE, LIFE SPAN, BEHAVIOR

• Size-3-4 inches (10cm)
• 3-6 years
• Peaceful
• Don't mix they will fight

CLOWN FISH

• 28 species
• There are different colors like black and white, orange and white and more.

REGIONS THEY LIVE IN

• live in the warmer waters of the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean.
• They are also found in northwest Australia, southeast Asia, Japan and the Indo-Malaysian region.

WHAT THEY LIVE IN

• Clownfish live at the bottom of the sea in sheltered reefs or in shallow lagoons, usually in pairs.
• They live in anemones.
• Anemones have poisonous tentacles.
• Tentacles protect clownfish from predators

WHAT DO CLOWNFISH EAT

• They eat the leftovers from fish on the anemone and algae. The leftovers include copepods, isopods and zooplankton.

REPRDUCTION

• All clownfish are born males. They have the ability to change sex. When the change sex they can't change back.
• Lay up to 2000 each time they spawn.
• Hatch 7 to 10 days
• The dad cleans the eggs with mouth.
• When the female dies the most dominant male becomes female.

FUN FACTS

• The clown fish is most known for being in the Disney Pixar movie Finding Nemo.
• They are protected by the poison from the anemones by a layer of mucus on their body.
• They are poor swimmers