Clownfish grows to 7-14 cm in length and lives in coral reefs of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Despite its name, however, it is more about adrenaline than humour. His species has made a pact with the dangerous anemone. 🐟🐠 He spends most of his time around his anemone, constantly guarding it. from other clowns that might dislodge him, and from larger fish that might bite off the anemone's tentacles. When threatened, it will hide between the stinging tentacles in a flash. ✨🤩 | OK Divers

Scientists at #OIST's Marine Science Station have hatched their first ever fish larvae! False Percula #Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris) are Okinawan, and are being studied by the Marine Climate Change Unit to learn how summer heatwaves affect tropical fish. Video: Erina Kawai #OIST マリンサイエンスステーションで飼育中の魚として初の産卵と孵化が見られました！ これは沖縄のサンゴ礁に生息する #カクレクマノミ の稚魚で、孵化から4日目の姿。 海洋気候変動ユニットでは海洋熱波の熱帯魚に対する影響について研究しています。 提供：OIST海洋気候変動ユニット 河合絵里奈 | OIST Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology