These researchers focused on clown fish, a group including thirty-some species distinguished by numbers of white stripes (zero to three) and by their colors, including yellow, orange, red, and black.

Clownfish might be counting their potential enemies' stripes. February 9, ... Perhaps these fish were looking at white bar patterns to identify the fish who most resembled themselves.

The clownfish is under threat, ... “If you come close to a clown fish, ... The orange-and-white striped species was made famous by the popular 2003 animated film “Finding Nemo.” ...

Common clownfish have three white stripes, which they "count" to identify other members of their species as potential threats, a new study suggests. Nick Hobgood under CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED Clownfish ...

CLOWNFISH can count to determine whether other fish are friend or foe, ... Common clownfish initially form two white stripes at around 11 days old, before gaining the third three days later.

Anemonefish often have orange and white stripes with black accents that give them a distinct harlequin appearance, hence their nickname—clown fish. Visually, ...

The new study on clownfish, however, suggests individual fish are shrinking over mere weeks in response to a heat wave, which, in the case of the Papua New Guinea event, pushed temperatures in the ...

Sea Life Sydney Aquarium welcomed these 50 baby black and white Ocellaris Clownfish last week and because of their special morph, being black instead of orange, they are affectionately known as ...

Finding Nemo, the story of a cute orange and white-striped baby fish who goes on an adventure down the east coast of Australia, put clownfish on the map. Clownfish like Nemo develop a distinct ...