Beginning in 1834, an index of business activity by the Cleveland Trust Company provides data for comparison between recessions. Beginning in 1854, the National Bureau of Economic Research dates recession peaks and troughs to the month. However, a standardized index does not exist for the earliest recessions. In 1791, Congress chartered the First Bank of the United States to handle the country's financial needs.
n. pl. shellfish or shellÂ·fishÂ·es. 1. Any of various edible aquatic invertebrate animals having a shell, especially mollusks such as clams and oysters, and crustaceans such as lobsters, crabs, and shrimp. 2. An edible mollusk, in contrast to a crustacean: regulations concerning fish, crustaceans, and shellfish. 3. The edible flesh of such animals.
Clownfish is a small marine fish which gained worldwide popularity after appearing in the animated movie Finding Nemo. There are 28 different species of clownfish that inhabit Indian and Pacific oceans, Red Sea and Australian Great Barrier Reef. Clownfish lives in the warm water, near the coral reefs.lownfish is immune to the venom of anemone because it has thick layer of mucus on the surface of the body. Percula clownfish is a type of clownfish which introduces itself to the anemone by performing a dance. Besides dead tentacles and anemone's leftovers, clownfish eats various algae and plankton.