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Did you Know? List of Facts about Clown Fish
Facts are statements which are held to be true and often contrasted with opinions and beliefs. Our unusual and interesting facts about Clown Fish, trivia and information, including some useful statistics about animals will fascinate everyone from kids and children to adults.

Interesting Facts about Clown Fish are as follows:

  • Fact 1: Clown fish have a mutual symbiotic relationship with the sea anemone; unlike other fish that are paralysed by the anemones poisonous tentacles, the clownfish makes its home amongst the anemones tentacles

  • Fact 2: Clownfish belong to the Damselfish family
  • Fact 3: All Clownfish begin life as males; if the dominant female of the group dies then one of the males will develop into a female
  • Fact 4: Clown fish wait for the sea anemone to paralyse its prey and then eat what the sea anemone leaves behind!
  • Fact 5: There are 28 different species of Clown Fish
  • Fact 6: Despite their ‘clown’ name and image the clown fish is an aggressive fish and very territorial
  • Fact 7: The most popular species of Clown fish is the Percula clown fish known to most people as the ‘Nemo’ fish; made popular by the 2003 Disney Movie ‘Finding Nemo’
  • Fact 8: Clown fish are monogamous and mate for life. If the female dies, the male will change sex and become female. She will then mate with one of her own offspring!
  • Fact 9: Clown fish keep the sea anemone clean and removes parasites from its tentacles
  • Fact 10: Once the female lays her eggs, the male clown fish will protect them until they hatch
  • Fact 11: The female clownfish is always larger than the male
  • Fact 12: They are called ‘clown’ due to their coloring and large black and white bands of color
  • Fact 13: The female clownfish can lay up to 1000 eggs at a time and they hatch in about seven days
  • Fact 14: Clownfish have many predators and due to their distinctive coloring are unable to disguise or camouflage themselves; the sea anemone provides safety and a source of food
  • Fact 15: Clown fish are poor swimmers and never venture far from their host anemone

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