Talk:Clownfish

message: I came across this article looking for some info on starting an aquarium. I have no issue with the information presented, but I believe that this article could be improved with some organizational improvements.  The top section of this article is too long, and contains too much.  Only general info should be left here. The table of contents should be moved up in the article.  The information on clownfish habitat, diet, etc. should be moved to it's own section of the article with links from the table of contents.  This would make the article easier to use, as people could jump the the relevant sections easily instead of having to read most of the article to get the info from a large block of text. Pharaoh02 (talk) 16:57, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Organization

message: I am a biological scientist working with sex changing fish.  I also have some experience raising clownfish.  I really like this wikipedia article.  I added some information and removed a word in a sentence which said that the fish ate the "undigested excrement" from the anemone.  If its undigested, it is probably not excrement! I believe the writer meant undigested food particles that the anemone released.  I will add more when I have a bit more time.  I want to include a bit more about the clownfish behavior and its reproduction in captivity.  I also think that this article should link to an article about marine ornamental aquaculture, which has yet to be written.--Reefpicker (talk) 21:39, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Cool😎 193.210.165.119 (talk) 07:19, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Reproduction and Sex Change

message: The text about anemonefishes and clownfishes is a very good beginning but are currently (19 December 2005) not up to any particularly high standard. E.g. the text about how anemonefishes are protected from the host is biased and only mentions one out of several hypotheses. A popular summary of many recent findings within biology and ecology is not present. The whole page about anemonefishes needs a major revision. I will get back with some suggestions when I can find some time. Dr. Mike Arvedlund (michaelarvedlund@hotmail.com).
: Hi Mike, A quick google search seems to indicate that you know a lot more about this subject than most of us. In case you don't know, you can - and are greatly encouraged - directly edit the article. You may want to register first, but it is not required. Janderk 17:23, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I have read many hypotheses and will have to dig through some of the papers to cite some of the research. I agree with Dr. Arvedlund. The consensus from what I remember was either an immunity to specific host anemones or anemones in general, rather than the theory about the protection of mucous secreted after stimulation from the nematocysts of the anemone. Esoxid (talk) 04:32, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Anemonefish protection

message: The binomial names of tomato clownfish and red saddleback anemonefish fish did not match the consensus of net sources. I have fixed them. The fire clownfish seems to be the same as cinnamon clownfish; if so, the articles should be merged.Jorge Stolfi/Jorge Stolfi 13:21, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with the fire clownfish and the cinammon clownfish merge.  The cinnamon clownfish says on the first line, also known as the fire clownfish...Sidious1701 03:25, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Tomato clownfish, red saddleback anemonefish, fire clownfish

message: Is this true: "Clownfish are not found in the Atlantic Ocean."? Manuel Anastácio 23:34, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Atlantic

message: I was under the impression that the proper name for these fish was anemonefish as a subfamily and that two of these species were named clownfish. Specifically, clown anemone fish and false clown anemone fish. The orange one with white stripes with a black shading being the clown anemone fish, and the same orange and white stripes without the black shading being the false clown anemone fish (The one made famous by Nemo).  Is there a general consensus that all anemonefish are now known as clownfish as a subfamily? Jnpet 05:13, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: My interest in this has caused me to look into this further and I find different sources seem to vary considerably in naming fish.  From what I understand, Wikipedia is going with http://www.fishbase.org/search.php as the authority on the official English names. At any rate, will look into this further and may do some editing accordingly to this article.  Jnpet 07:43, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Common names can be very regional in usage, so it is good practice to use scientific names when writing about them. For example, Jnpet was talking about the common clown or false clown (Amphiprion occelaris) and the Percula (A. percula). There are 28 species of anenome fish, and they are all referred to as clownfish in common usage. The common clown and percula are virtually impossible to distinguish in a picture. The melanistic markings (the black) can appear in either species. In the wild they have different host anenomes but that is not true in the aquarium. They swim a bit differently, and I have seen percula larger than I have seen common clowns, so if you have seen a bunch of clownfish you can generally tell, but not always. Counting the spines on the dorsal fins or DNA tests help, but are impracticle (and the spines are not always conclusive). Nature made two species that are twins. I am quite fond of clowns and plan to update this article soon to be more accurate.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.3.8.253 (talk) 15:28, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree using fishbase as a good source, but http://www.itis.gov is the source used by the US Park Service for verified data. Fishbase is good because it will list the different available taxonomic names that other countries might use, as well as common names. Esoxid (talk) 04:38, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Fishbase is far from being entirely up-to-date (as numerous discussions on the talk of various fish-related articles will reveal), but in most cases ITIS is further behind and use more "questionable" names and taxonomy. Nevertheless, this is only indirectly relevant to the question of clownfish/anemonefish. Both names are used widely for all but a few of the members of this group, and both names should therefore be included in the intro of this article (as also described in the guppy/millionfish example in section Article titles on WP:FISH. Should someone wish to change the individual names in the species-list in this article, I would suggest they add a quality WP:V reference (the current list follows Fishbase, as also indicated by its reference). Otherwise, such a list can rapidly become a total mess. 212.10.77.239 (talk) 05:12, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Clownfish or anemonefish

message: This is a really impresive photo from an excellent Spanish photographer I posted on the es.Wikipedia. If it can be used here, please, do. Thanks. --Leahtwosaints (talk) 01:54, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: lol ok --190.158.215.220 (talk) 16:20, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Another photo 

message: This article seems to be the target of consistent attempts at "improving" by copy-pasting info from the countless websites on clownfish spawned by Saving Nemo. On what basis does an article get the semi-protected status?  (talk) 19:50, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Copy-paste from other websites

message: A clownfish appeared in a 1989 Maybelline television commercial featuring Lynda Carter.
--Cut & pasted here until a ref can be found. Thanks, Bananasoldier (talk) 06:01, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I notice a similar assertion on article Paracanthurus. William Avery (talk) 09:56, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

text: Meh. A mere glimpse that is hardly notable. Don't blink or you might miss it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be2CvBbEqj4  (About 13s in) William Avery (talk) 13:56, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

text: Also, predictably enough, on Yellow longnose butterflyfish William Avery (talk) 14:10, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Uncited material 

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message: Hi  Shouldn't clarkii be lower cased and '? I assume it's a name for a species and also for a species complex. Not Clarkii. Invasive Spices (talk) 21:47, 3 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: *I don't know either. I just looked at clarkii and Clarkii and thought they should all be the same, probably. Invasive Spices (talk) 18:10, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  lower case, as clarkii is a specific name it should be lower case. Quetzal1964 (talk) 22:14, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: ''clarkii'' species complex

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thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: SSC199 TY2

message: Hi 122.179.98.64 (talk) 08:55, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Information about clown  fish