Anemonefishes (
Amphiprion;
Fig.14.35) have an interesting relationship with several kinds of sea anemone. Theanemones inhabited by anemonefisheshave a powerful sting and are capable of killing the fish. The fish have a protectivemucus, however, that keeps the anemonefrom stinging. It is not known whetherthe mucus is produced by the fish them-selves, by the anemone, or by both. When anemonefishes are newly intro-duced to an anemone, they typically rubagainst and nip the anemone’s tentacles. They may be coating themselves with the anemone’s mucus. To understand why this is an advantage, you have to re-member that anemones have no eyes and