Tag: reef ecology
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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…