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Why do clown fish and sea anemone pair up? What is this relationship called?

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This interaction is called commensalism. Here the clown fish lives in the tentacles of sea-anemone. The fish gets protected from predators which stay away from stinging tentacles. However anemone does not get any benefit from clown fish.
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