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Red Sea anemone fish (clown fish)

 

Amphiprion bicinctus
Location: Sha'ab Abu Nuhas, Red Sea
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The fish protects itself from the anemone's sting by rubbing against the mucus-coated tentacles and building up an immunity. The adults even rub the anemone's tentacles over their eggs to give the hatchlings a head start.

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