Main description:

Contains basic and up-to-date information on an emerging fish model

Allows non-specialist readers to grasp the relevance of a wide research area

Provides accurate and easy to access information on each of the 30 species

Includes guidance for establishing a breeding colony

Documents that Anemonefishes are useful model organisms for ecological, developmental and climate research

Contents:

Introduction: Anemonefish: New models organisms for marine science

Vincent Laudet and Timothy Ravasi

Evolution, biogeography and genetics

A phylogenetic context: The diversification of damselfishes (Pomacentridae)
Bruno Frederich

Anemonefish Genomes
Nicolas Salamin, Celia Schunter, Alison Monroe, Taewoo Ryu and Timothy Ravasi

Biogeography and genetic barriers in Amphiprion anemonefishes
Song He, Benoit Pujol, Serge Planes and Michael L. Berumen

Genomic evidence of hybridization during the evolution of anemonefishes
Anna Marcionetti, Sarah Schmid and Nicolas Salamin

The use of modern genetic tools in anemonefishes
Laurie John Lee Mitchell, Sakuto Yamanaka, Masato Kinoshita and Fabio Cortesi

Life history and development

The post-embryonic period of anemonefishes
Natacha Roux, David Lecchini and Vincent Laudet

Color patterns in anemonefish: development, role, and diversity
Pauline Salis, Marleen Klann and Vincent Laudet

Age and longevity
Mirko Mutalipassi, Eva Terzibasi Tozzini and Alessandro Cellerino

The visual ecology of Anemonefishes
Fabio Cortesi, Valerio Tettamanti and Fanny de Busserolles

Sound communication
Eric Parmentier and David Lecchini

Neuroendocrinology of life history and stress in anemonefishes
Melanie Dussenne, Alexander Goikoetxea, Benjamin Geffroy and Laurence Besseau.

Reproduction and social behavior

Sex change from male to female: Active feminization of the brain, behavior and gonads in anemonefish
Laura Casas, Coltan Gable Parker and Justin S. Rhodes.

Anemonefish behaviour and reproduction
Riccardo Beldade, Giacomo Bernardi and Suzanne C. Mills

Social evolution in anemonefishes: Formation, maintenance, and transformation of social groups
Peter Buston, Rebecca Branconi and Theresa Rueger

Parental care: patterns, proximate and ultimate causes, and consequences
Tina A. Barbasch, Ross DeAngelis, Justin Rhodes and Peter M. Buston

Ecology

Habitat selection of anemonefish
Kina Hayashi and James Davis Reimer

3D analysis of coral reef informs anemonefish habitat
Akihisa Hattori

Cohabitation and competition in anemonefishes: patterns and consequences
Maya Srinivasan and Geoffrey P Jones

No place like home: can omics uncover the secret behind the sea anemone and anemonefish symbiotic relationship?
Cassie M. Hoepner, Emily K. Fobert, Catherine A. Abbot and Karen Burke da Silva

Larval dispersal in anemonefish populations: Self-recruitment, connectivity and metapopulation dynamics
Geoffrey P. Jones, Hugo B. Harrison, Michael L. Berumen, Serge Planes and Simon R. Thorrold

Human impact and conservation

The impact of popular film on the conservation of iconic species: Anemonefishes in the aquarium trade
Carmen R. B. da Silva, Cassie M. Hoepner, Manon Mercader, Vincent Laudet and Karen Burke da Silva

Anemonefish Husbandry
Jennifer M. Donelson, Pascal Romans, Sakuto Yamanaka, Masato Kinoshita and Natacha Roux

Resilience and adaptation to local and global environmental change
Celia Schunter, Jennifer M. Donelson, Philip Munday and Timothy Ravasi

Anemonefishes as models in ecotoxicology
Simon Pouil, Marc Besson and Marc Metian

Saving Nemo: extinction risk, conservation status and effective management strategies for anemonefishes

Geoffrey P. Jones, Maya Srinivasan, Gemma F. Galbraith, Michael L. Berumen and Serge Planes

Conclusion: Perspectives for anemonefish research

Tim Ravasi, Geoffrey P. Jones and Vincent Laudet