Madagascar Clown

Madagascar Clowns are a beautiful species that will grow to be about 5” in size. They are very dark in coloration with two white bars. Their snout, belly and fins are a bright yellow color. They will very likely choose a host anemone fairly quickly (just avoid condylactis). In one of the neatest displays of symbiotic behavior that you can see in a home aquarium, the anemone provides food and a cleaning service for the anemone, which in turn protects the clownfish. Clownfish are known to change their sex to increase their chance of reproduction and genetic diversity in the wild. A school of clowns are built on a hierachy with the female on top, so the largest clown in a school is always the female. If the female dies then the most dominant male will change their sex to take her place.