Two-banded anemone fish, Amphiprion bicinctus, in his home anemone.
Defense behavior of a Red Sea Anemonefish, Amphiprion sp. The fish is trying to defend its host anemone. The fish uses the stinging anemone as a protective home against predators. Anemonefish, often also referred to as Clownfish, usually live in couples, in which the female is the bigger one. These fish breed throughout the whole year, where eggs are usually attached to rocks nearby or within the anemone. Clownfish show a strong defending behavior to protect their host anemone and generally always stay in a very close distance to it.
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Keywords: actinopterygii, aggressive, amphiprion, amphiprioninae, anemone, bicinctus, clown, colourful, defense, diving, face, fins, fish, fishes, green, indo-pacific, lip, marine, ocean, orange, reef, scuba, sea, stripe, symbiosis, teeth, tooth, underwater, vertebrate, white
