Tall anemone with a red base and long pale tentacles flowing outward

Fish-eating anemone

Urticina piscivora
Where at Shedd?
Oceans Polar Play Zone
Diet Small fishes and invertebrates
Size 12 inches (30 cm) high, 12 inches (30 cm) wide
Type Corals & Anemones
Range Kelp forests and rocky intertidal and subtidal areas in the Northeastern Pacific Ocean
Habitat Shallow areas that may be exposed at low tide in the eastern Pacific Ocean from Alaska to Baja California, Mexico

Did you know?

  1. Small anemones capture small prey—larvae and other zooplankton—but this species snares small fishes and shrimps. The anemone’s stinging cells paralyze the prey before it can wriggle away.
  2. Hanging around a fish-eating anemone seems risky for fishes, but the painted greenling can safely nestle among the anemone’s tentacles. There, it’s protected from its predators.