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Clownfish develop their characteristic white stripes at different speeds depending on the type of sea anemone in which they live, a study has found.
Made famous by Finding Nemo , the iconic reef-dwellers grow their stripes or bars as they undergo the metamorphosis that turns them from larvae to adults.
Experts surveyed clownfish in Papua New Guinea s Kimbe Bay, where they live either in the magnificent sea anemone or the more toxic giant carpet anemone.
They noticed that the juvenile clownfish that lived in the giant carpet anemone got their white bars faster than those calling the magnificent sea anemone home.