Where do clownfish live in the wild?

Clownfish are native to the warm waters of the Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea and East Africa across Southeast Asia to northern Australia and parts of the western Pacific. They spend much of their lives in close association with sea anemones on coral reefs, where a special mucus helps protect them from the anemone’s stinging cells. Different clownfish species occupy different reef regions, but most live in shallow, sheltered tropical seas. Their relationship with anemones is one of the best-known examples of marine mutualism.