Clown Fish

Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris) is known to the public by nemo fish or clown fish. it is one of the marine ornamental fish that have high economic value in the international market. the unique color and shape of clownfish is the main attraction of the ornamental fishhobbyists to maintain and collect them.

Clown Fish (Amphiprion ocellaris)

clownfish is one of 34 species from the family Pomacentridae. clownfish very popuolaras ornamental fish in aquarium because the beauty of the color of his body is bright orange with a combination of three ornate white lines on the head, body and base of the tail, agile movement, have a petite body posture and not malignant. The amount of demand that relies on the natural catchment is not offset by the results of cultivation, resulting in uncontrolled exploitation and cause Clownfish categorized as protected and biota in the list / Appendix 1.

Classification of Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris)

Kingdom    :    Animalia

Filum    :    Chordata

Kelas    :    Actinopterygii

Ordo    :    Perciformes

Famili    :    Pomacentridae

Genus    :    Amphiprion

Spesies    :    Amphiprion ocellaris

Marine ornamental fish clownfish (amphiprion ocellaris) or often called anemone fish is sea water ornamental fish that have high economic value. many people keep as ornamental fish in the aquarium. some of the reason that the fish is in demand as a display in the aquarium, it is because of the beauty of the body color clownfih possess basic body color black, red, bright orange, size small, agile movement and includes fish benign. there are 3 white stripes on the head, the middle of the body and the base of the tail. white line section has a body style that is different from the other two white lines. the outer side of the white line silhouettes decorated black

 

relatively large scales with a unique dorsal fins. color pattern in fish is often used as the basic for the identification, in addition to the teeth, head and body shape. the most interesting characteristic of clownfish is the body decorated with bright color according to the place of his life, the branches of the coral sea anemone. poisonous capsules on branches will make fish that touch it will wound or dead. however clownfish never injured by anemones, even those hiding behind those branches that make it safe from predarors

Clownfish can survive for a while to the sting tentacles before lame way wallows quickly on ornamental fish tnetacles can clownfish mucus smeared his entire body with anti-sting tentacles.  within an hour, a clownfish will be covering the entire body with the mucus anti sting. clownfish will soon lose immunity when separated from the anemone for a few hours. and to be immune return have to adapt and take as mentioned above. each type of clownfish have specific criteria in selecting anemone

anemone tentacles lined with mucus that has specific content to protect itself from stings by tentacles. mucus is utilized by clownfish to protect the body of the anemone tentacles sting. symbiotic mutualism between clownfish (amphiprion ocellaris) and sea plants from radianthus group, as only fish of genus amphiprion capable of living together and mutual benefit so-called anemonefish

Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris)