This fish lives among the tentacles of sea anemones, which kill their prey with numerous stinging cells which eject a poison if touched, however lightly. Yet the anemone fish can safely swim among the tentacles, feeding from scraps from the anemone’s kill. The small, brightly-coloured Amphiprion are found singly or in small schools.
Details
- Series: 1966 Decimal Definitive Series
- Subject: Anemone Fish
- Designer: Eileen Mayo
- Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia
- Process: Photogravure
- Cylinders:
- Paper: Wiggins Teape off-white – chalk coated with Helecon
- Watermark: None
- Perf: 13.25 x 13.75 (comb)
- Sheet: Printed in two panes of 50 stamps (R5 x 10) divided by horizontal gutter.
- Quantity: 74,045,900
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