Tag: reef ecology


  • Night Divers Reveal New Symbiosis: Juvenile Fish Carry Stinging Anemones in Their Mouths

    Night Divers Reveal New Symbiosis: Juvenile Fish Carry Stinging Anemones in Their Mouths

    Unveiling a surprising underwater partnership In a striking discovery reported in the Journal of Fish Biology, researchers document a previously unknown relationship between juvenile fish and stinging sea anemones. Through blackwater photography — a night-time open-ocean technique that captures life in near-total darkness — divers photographed several species of young fish carrying larval anemones in…