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Clownfish - AnemonefishFamily: Pomacentridae
Pair of Black Percula Clownfish
Amphiprion ocellaris
Photo courtesy: Martin Clownfish can be very colorful and are very hardy in captivity. They get their name because of their "waddling" like swimming motion and their clown-like markings.Click on the names or small images below
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The clownfish live in symbiosis with certain anemones. This means they live together and both the clownfish and the anemone benefiting from each others company. Clownfish can be kept in an aquarium with or without an anemone but if you decide to keep an anemone you should make sure its special needs are met. See Anemones for more information.
Most fish in this family, Pomacentridae, can become territorial (aggressive) when they get older. Among the exceptions to this are the Green Chromis, the Blue reef chromis, and the skunk clown.
More about Clownfish: Care & Feeding, Anemone Hosts, and Breeding:
For more Information on keeping marine fish see:
Guide
to a Happy, Healthy Marine Aquarium
| Allard's Clownfish | Banded Clown or Clark's Anemonefish |
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 Amphiprion allardi |
 Amphiprion clarkii |
| Tomato or Red Clownfish | Cinnamon Clownfish |
 Amphiprion frenatus |
 Amphiprion melanopus |
| Ocellaris Clown, Common, or False Percula Clown |
True Percula Clown |
 Amphiprion ocellaris |
 Amphiprion percula |
| Pink Skunk Clownfish | Saddleback Anemonefish |
 Amphiprion perideraion |
 Amphiprion polymnus |
| Sebae or Seba's Clownfish | Maroon Clownfish |
 Amphiprion sebae |
 Premnas biaculeatus |
| Three-band Anemonefish | |
 Amphiprion tricinctus |
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Care and feeding:
In captivity these Anemonefish (Clownfish) will eat almost everything that it is offered. It should be fed everything: live foods (brine shrimp), algae, frozen foods, and flakes.
Anemones:
Anemones need lots of light (2 to 5 watts per gallon) preferably
with some blue spectrum provided by actinic light bulbs or higher temperature
metal halide lighting. In nature many clownfish will live with the same
anemone. Only one clown will be a dominant female and the rest will be
male. Usually in the aquarium though, there will be only one pair per
anemone.
For information on which
anemones should be purchased,
please read the section on Anemones.
Host anemones are listed in the description of each clownfish, although these are the anemones the fish are found with in nature, many clownfish will adopt other types of anemones in the aquarium.
Saddleback Anemonefish with Saddle Anemone
Amphiprion polymnus, Stichodactyla haddoni
Photo: Exotic Tropicals
Breeding:
See Breeding Marine
Fish for information on reproductive habits and how to breed clownfish.
Fish & Chips newsletter:
Check out this in-depth discussion on breeding clownfish
- Breeding Clarkii Clownfish - Part 1 4/28/02
- Breeding
Clarkii Clownfish - Part 2 5/31/02
By: Hennie Landman & Elizabeth M. Lukan
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