intro to the clownfish

Clown fish have been well recognised now as the famous fish called Nemo. clown fish are small reef fishes and live in warm waters such as the pacific ocean and the Indian ocean, they are called clown fish because of their bright colours, they are normally a yellow,orange light red or black colour with a band of white around their body. people have mistaken clown fish to be fun fish but they are actually quite aggressive and territorial. clown fish are most likely to live in the tentacles of a sea anemone, they live in the anemone to protect themselves and their young from larger predators because the anemone stings the other fish, the clown fish is thought to be able to withstand the sting of the anemone because it constantly swims around the tentacles and builds a layer of slime over its body. since the clown fish lives in the anemone then bigger fish will try to eat the clown fish but the anemone will just sting it and sometimes kill it and digest it.