clownfish

Socially, clownfish like to hang out in sea anemones where two large breeders, a male and a female, are in charge of a group of smaller male clownfish who don't reproduce.

一般而言，小丑鱼喜爱成群结队穿梭于海葵之间，除了领头的一对成年雄性和雌性小丑鱼负责生育外，其余均为不能生育的年幼雄鱼。

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A male tomato clownfish ( Amphiprion frenatus) tends his field of developing eggs like a gardener, scooping away ones with dead embryos.

一只雄性小丑鱼像个辛劳的园丁一样将死去的胚胎拨走整理自己的地盘以为孵蛋。

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One day Ho happened to notice a large number of clownfish eggs in one of the tanks, and leapt at the chance to study clownfish reproduction.

有一天何源兴突然发现一个水族展示缸内的小丑鱼大量产卵，他顺势开始进行繁殖研究。

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Check out the sticker at the bottom of Andy's toy chest for a very familiar clownfish.

在安迪玩具箱底部有我们非常熟悉的“小丑鱼”的贴纸。

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And it turns out acidic seawater also makes clownfish and damselfish suicidally bold and reckless, according to a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

而根据《美国国家科学院院刊》上的一篇报道，酸性海水还会导致小丑鱼和小热带鱼（小雀鲷）变得胆大妄为，从而自寻死路。

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For example, it can impair orientation and sense of smell in young clownfish, making them more vulnerable to predators.

例如，它能削弱幼年小丑鱼的方向感和嗅觉，让它们更容易受到捕食者的攻击。

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A clownfish, a small and defenceless resident of the reef.

小丑鱼是礁岩上娇小又不设防的栖息。

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The Saving Nemo fund has been breeding clownfish in nurseries since 2005 in an effort to ensure wild populations do not suffer.

自从2005年以来，拯救尼莫基金就在努力人工饲养小丑鱼，减少野外种群受到的威胁。

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The earlier film led to the huge popularity of clownfish in pet shops, and a corresponding drop in their numbers in their traditional habitat on coral reefs.

这部电影令宠物店的小丑鱼大受欢迎，从而导致其传统栖息地珊瑚礁附近内的相应种群数量下降。

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Clownfish live in symbiosis with poisonous sea anemones, which protect them and make them difficult to catch.

由于小丑鱼与有毒性的海葵共生，有此保护伞，活捉困难度高。

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