Pomacentridae+Standing

Patrick Family: This Family Pomacentridae of clown fish are like all clownfish, they can go were poisonous polyps are and be protected. The also have the orange and black body and normal fins. Four animals in this family are the Maroon clownfish, the false percula clownfish, and the Damsel flown fish. There are only three fish in this family. These are facts about a clown fishes family.

Movement: How a clown fish moves is it swims at the bottom of the ocean hiding in reefs and uses its fins to propel itself. The fins move back and forth in the water like a paddle to create a current and push itself. The rapid push and pull movement is a quick way to escape predators. This is how a clownfish moves. Diet: Clownfish are not the largest of creatures in the sea, and that’s why clownfish mostly feast on algae, small crustations, and most mollusks. The clown fishes mouth is not that big so it eats small things. How clownfish eat is they are omnivores that eat with small teeth that grind the food up. Breeding: How long until a clownfish are born from when the eggs are born is about six to ten days to hatch. It has to be about six months before a clownfish can breed. When a mother clownfish has babies she has hundreds or even thousands at a time. All though all the offspring don’t survive they are laid in poisonous polyps so predators will not feast on them. The usual growth for an adult clownfish is ten point eight inches. Classification: Kingdom: Phylum: Animelia Class: Chordata Order: Actinopterygil

Family: Pomacentridae Genus: Amphiprion Species: Ocellaris Differences between male and female are that male clown fish are always larger. This was the…

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