Cinnamon Clownfish

Description:

Spotted in Palau Islands, Micronesia. The soft coral and this scene was perched atop the mast of a sunken Japanese freighter...the Iro Mari. The wreck is 470 ft long, weighing 14,050 tons, She sank on March 31, 1944 and rests upright on a silt and sand bottom 130ft blow the surface. It was striking to see such quiet tranquil beauty atop a scene of devastation during the war in the Pacific occurring over 70 years ago. No matter what happens, ultimately nature rebounds.

Habitat:

This was spotted in Micronesia, in the island chain of Palau. South Pacific. Clownfish live in coral reefs associated with anemones as outlined above.

Notes:

As taken from the below link from Wikipedia: The anemone-clownfish association is a symbiotic relationship. The sea anemone protects the clownfish from predators, as well as providing food through the scraps left from the anemone's meals and occasional dead anemone tentacles. 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. The nitrogen excreted from clownfish increases the amount of algae incorporated into the tissue of their hosts, which aids the anemone in tissue growth and regeneration. It has been theorized that the clownfish use their bright coloring to lure small fish to the anemone, and that the activity of the clownfish results in greater water circulation around the sea anemone.