i left that job in 1971 to return to a doctoral program at the university of south florida.during that first year my academic ambitions waned,and my thoughts turned to propagation of marine tropical fishes.after some research,the first species i focused on was the common or ocel-laris clownfish(amphiprion ocellaris).it was well-suited to aquaculture:it was content to live in a small territory and was a demersal spawner with relatively large eggs and lar-wae.ti was also in great demand in the hobby,a market--maybe thanks to"nemo"--that has yet to be fully satisfied.