10 Interesting Clown Fish Facts

In this post I will give you more information related to the clown fish facts. Clown fish is so popular after the hit of the movie Finding Nemo. Have you watched the movie? That’s really great. I believe that it will touch your heart.  But you should not believe all of the ideas about clown fish on the movie for some of them are not correct. You may need to know the truth about clown fish by reading the article below.

1.Clown fish is not mammal

If you think that a clown fish is a mammal, that’s thought is totally incorrect. Clown fish usually will lay their thousands eggs at once. Most of them the eggs can survive. They will lay the eggs when the moon is full. The eggs will hatch at dusk. The eggs will be protected by male clown fish.

Clown fish facts: Yellow-Percula-Clown

2.Aggressive fish

Based on the clown fish facts, you may need to know that a clown fish actually is a forceful animal. The representation of the clown fish in the movie Finding Nemo as the calm and patient animal is not true.

Clown fish facts: anemone

3.Physical appearance of clown fish

If someone asks you to imagine a clown fish, you may think about a striped animal with has a white and orange color which looks like a clown. However, there are some clown fish which have black and white stripes named as Ocellaris clownfish.

Clown fish facts: Black and White clown fish

4.Male clown fish

All of the clownfish hatching from the eggs are born to be male. Based on the clown fish facts, I can say that they will turn themselves into female clown fish as soon as the female clown fish dies. What wonderful clown fish facts!

Clown fish facts: yellow clown fish

5.Sea anemones

Clownfish will love to live around the sea anemones. The relationship between them is called as the symbiotic mutualism. The clown fish will benefit the anemones since it will eat the dead tentacle of the anemones. The clown fish is useful to help the anemones accelerate the circulation. As a return, the anemones will protect them from any animal attack by using the poisonous tentacles.

Clown fish facts: sea anemone

6.Percula clown fish species

The next point of the clownfish facts is interesting. You may need to see the percula clown fish. This species will dance when it firstly meets the sea anemones. I do not know why this species does such a funny action.

Clown fish facts: Clown Fish with Anemone

7.Color of clownfish

Clownfish has some colors. You may think that it is only available in orange and white stripes. That’s incorrect for some other species features the blue and white, black and white and yellow and white.

Clown fish facts: Cute Clown Fish

8.Clown fish names

Clownfish has different names on each country. The Russian people call the clown fish with the term obyknovennaya rybka-kloun. The Japanese people love to name it as kakure-kumanomi. In Denmark, a clown fish is called as klovnfisk.

Clown fish facts: Clown Fish eggs

9.Omnivore

Based on the clown fish facts, you may learn that a clown fish is not an herbivore. It is considered as an omnivore. Some of its foods include the meat left by the sea anemones and algae. If you want to keep a clown fish in the aquarium, you can maintain this fish in easy ways for it can survive without the presence of sea anemones.

Clown fish facts: Black Percula Clown Fish

10.Habitat of clown fish

A clown fish can be found mostly in warm sea. Its habitat is on the Pacific and Indian Ocean. It loves to stay on the coral reef. The life span on this animal can reach ranging from 6 up to 8 years. This nemo usually has the size from 3 up to 5 inches. It will be great for you to have a clown fish as the collection in the house.

Clown fish facts: Orange clown fish