0 a small fish that is usually red, orange, or yellow with white stripes, and lives in warm or tropical seas --
The cinnamon clownfish is a dark red to orange with a mahogany saddle on its back.
In return, the clownfish defends the anemone from its predators, and parasites.
The anemone also picks up nutrients from the clownfish's excrement, and functions as a safe nest site.
They are guarded by fiercely territorial clownfish, who are also immune to the anemone toxins.
The territorial fish protects the anemone from anemone-eating fish, and in turn the stinging tentacles of the anemone protect the clownfish from its predators.
The associative relationship that binds the clownfish and the sea anemone is called mutualism.
Animal species found include manta rays, lionfish, sea turtles, clownfish, and sharks.
It was built to look like a clownfish.
