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The Clownfish

The Clownfish. A presentation by Taylor Cartwright and Caleb Brown. 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. HABITAT AND LOCATION. Where I live. I am….

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The Clownfish

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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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