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Orange Clownfish

Amphiprion percula

Also known as: "NEMO" Anemonefish, Black Percula Clownfish, Black-finned Clownfish, Clownfish, Common Clownfish, Eastern Clown Anemonefish, Eastern Clownfish, Orange Anemonefish, Percula Clownfish, Picasso Clown Anemonefish, Platinum Percula Clownfish, Puller, Semi-picasso Anemonefish, True Clown Anemonefish, True Percula Clownfish

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2017
Adult
@fishx6 · Lembeth Resort, Indonesia · June 20061 / 20
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Overview

Found in pairs and family groups, with their host anemone, over protected lagoons and seaward reefs. This fish has thick black lines around the white!

Anemonefish are specialised damselfish and live a symbiotic relationship with various anemones. Some anemonefish will only be found with one type of anemone, but others can live with many types.
They are rarely found very far away from an anemone.

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How to identify

Pattern
saddles
Behaviour
pairs

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Pacific
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Found in pairs and family groups, with their host anemone, over protected lagoons and seaward reefs.

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Adult photos 20

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Taxonomy

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderOvalentaria incertae sedis
  5. familyPomacentridae
  6. genusAmphiprion
  7. speciesAmphiprion percula (Lacepède, 1802)

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More in the family

Damselfishes (Pomacentridae)