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Clownfish
Sea Anemone
Butterflyfish
Clownfish live sea anemones’
tentacles. These tentacles sting
fish that try to eat the
clownfish, keeping the
clownfish safe!
The clownfish protects the sea
anemone from being eaten
by the Butterfly Fish. It gets
some food the clownfish drops
while eating.
The Butterfly Fish eats sea
anemones.
Cleaner Shrimp
The cleaner shrimp uses
the anemone for
protection.
Cleaner Shrimp
The cleaner shrimp eats
particles (sometimes
parasites) off the
Angelfish and other fish.
Angelfish
The angelfish is kept free
of parasites by the
cleaner shrimp.
Anemone
Sea Anemone
Anemone
Provides a safe place for
cleaner shrimp to live.
Anemones are food for many
fish including the Butterfly Fish.
Anemones use the
coral to live on.
Isopod
Fish
The isopod uses fish for
nutrients.
Any reef fish may
become the host to
isopods, which use them
for nutrients.
Coral Reef
Corals provide “housing”
for many creatures
including anemones.
Coral
Many coral survive because
they have zooxanthellae.
Zooxanthellae turn sunlight
into food for themselves and
for coral. Zooxanthellae
need sunlight so reef corals
need to be near the surface
in clear water.
Zooxanthellae
Tiny plant cells called
zooxanthellae live within most
types of coral polyps. The
coral polyps provide the cells
with a protected environment
and the nutrients they need to
carry out photosynthesis.
Coral Reefs
Grouper
People hunt fish in reefs,
they collect small fish for
aquariums and they break
off pieces of coral for
collections.
Groupers are eaten by
sharks.
Sea Grouper
Groupers eat other fish
including Butterfly fish.
Reef Shark
Sharks near a reef eat
large fish like groupers.
Butterfly Fish
People
Butterfly Fish as juveniles are
food for many larger fish such
as grouper.
Humans hunt fish in reefs, they
collect small fish for aquariums
and they break off pieces of
coral for collections.