WATERY WEDNESDAY # 9

WATERY WEDNESDAY # 9

What’s happening everyone? Well what’s happening here is Water Wednesday and we’ve found a comical fish who calls the coral reef its home! Ok, this fish really isn’t that funny, but it is named after clowns and they’re usually funny, unless you’re scared of them like Ellie is! Let’s meet this fun fish…

MEET THE CLOWN TRIGGERFISH!

Range/Habitat: Pacific-Indian Oceans/Coral reefs

Diet: Carnivore: mollusks, crustaceans

Length/Weight: up to 20”/up to 4 ½ lbs

Conservation Status: Common

Fun Facts:

• Clown triggerfish are very colorful. They have black and yellow bodies with white spots on them! Their colorful appearance is why they were named after clowns.
• They have strong and sharp teeth for crushing the shells of their prey.
• Clown triggerfish can wedge in cracks and crevices of the reef when threatened by predators.
• They usually do not use their tail fins to swim. They use their dorsal (top) and anal (bottom) fins to swim!
• Clown triggerfish are very territorial.
• Both male and female clown triggerfish protect the nest of eggs until they hatch.

These crazy looking Clown triggerfish sure are cool! Ellie thinks they’re much less scary than actual clownsJ! If you could create your very own fish, what colors would you use?