''Amphiprion'' is a

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ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or hor ...

which comprises all but one of the species of clownfish or anemonefish in the

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Amphiprioninae Clownfish or anemonefish are fishes from the subfamily Amphiprioninae in the family Pomacentridae. Thirty species of clownfish are recognized: one in the genus '' Premnas'', while the remaining are in the genus '' Amphiprion''. In the wild, t ...

of the

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Pomacentridae Pomacentridae is a family of ray-finned fish, comprising the damselfishes and clownfishes. This family were formerly placed in the order Perciformes but are now regarded as being ''incertae sedis'' in the subseries Ovalentaria in the clade Perco ...

Species

The following species are classified in the genus ''Amphiprion'': * ''

Amphiprion akallopisos The nosestripe clownfish or nosestripe anemonefish, skunk clownfish, ''Amphiprion akallopisos'', is an anemonefish (also called clownfish) that lives in association with sea anemones. ''A. akallopisos'' is found in the Indian Ocean. It resides in ...

Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Amphiprion akindynos ''Amphiprion akindynos'', the Barrier Reef anemonefish, is a species of anemonefish that is principally found in the Great Barrier Reef of Australia, but also in nearby locations in the Western Pacific. The species name 'akindynos' is Greek, mea ...

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, 1972 (Barrier reef anemonefish) * ''

Amphiprion allardi Allard's clownfish or Allard's anemonefish (''Amphiprion allardi'') is a marine fish belonging to the family Pomacentridae, the clownfishes and damselfishes, from the western Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa and the Mascarenes. Charact ...

'' Klausewitz, 1970 (Twobar anemonefish) * ''

Amphiprion barberi ''Amphiprion barberi'', is a species of anemonefish that is found in the western Pacific Ocean. It was previously considered a geographic color variation of other anemonefish, initially ''Amphiprion rubrocinctus'' from 1972 and then ''Amphiprion ...

'' Allen,

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Amphiprion bicinctus The Red Sea Clownfish (''Amphiprion bicinctus'', meaning "both sawlike with two stripes"), commonly known as the Red Sea or two-banded anemonefish is a marine fish belonging to the family Pomacentridae, the clownfishes and damselfishes. Like oth ...

'' Rüppell, 1830 (Twoband anemonefish) * ''

Amphiprion chagosensis ''Amphiprion chagosensis'', the Chagos anemonefish, is a marine fish belonging to the family Pomacentridae, the clownfishes and damselfishes. It is named for the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean and it is endemic to the archipelago. The ...

'' Allen, 1972 (Chagos anemonefish) * ''

Amphiprion chrysogaster ''Amphiprion chrysogaster'', the Mauritian anemonefish, is a marine fish belonging to the family Pomacentridae, the clownfishes and damselfishes. It is endemic to Mauritius and probably Réunion. Characteristics of Anemonefish Clownfish or ...

'' Cuvier, 1830 (Mauritian anemonefish) * ''

Amphiprion chrysopterus The orange-fin anemonefish (''Amphiprion chrysopterus'') is a marine fish belonging to the family Pomacentridae, the clownfishes and damselfishes, found in the Western Pacific north of the Great Barrier Reef from the surface to 20 m, to incl ...

'' Cuvier, 1830 (Orangefin anemonefish) * ''

Amphiprion clarkii ''Amphiprion clarkii'', known commonly as Clark's anemonefish and yellowtail clownfish, is a marine fish belonging to the family Pomacentridae, the clownfishes and damselfishes. Characteristics of anemonefish Clownfish or anemonefish are fis ...

'' ( J. W. Bennett, 1830) (Yellowtail clownfish) * ''

Amphiprion ephippium The red saddleback anemonefish, ''Amphiprion ephippium'', also known as the saddle anemonefish, is a marine fish belonging to the family Pomacentridae, the clownfishes and damselfishes. Characteristics of Anemonefish Clownfish or anemonefi ...

'' (Bloch, 1790) (Saddle anemonefish) * ''

Amphiprion frenatus The tomato clownfish (''Amphiprion frenatus'') is a species of marine fish in the family Pomacentridae, the clownfishes and damselfishes. It is native to the waters of the Western Pacific, from the Japan to Indonesia.Froese, R. and D. Pauly, ...

'' Brevoort, 1856 (Tomato clownfish) * '' Amphiprion fuscocaudatus'' Allen, 1972 (Seychelles anemonefish) * ''

Amphiprion latezonatus ''Amphiprion latezonatus'', also known as the wide-band anemonefish, is a species of anemonefish found in subtropical waters off the east coast of Australia. Like all anemonefishes, it forms a symbiotic mutualism with sea anemones and is unaffec ...

'' Waite, 1900 (Wide-band Anemonefish) * ''

Amphiprion latifasciatus ''Amphiprion latifasciatus'' (Madagascar anemonefish) is a marine fish belonging to the family Pomacentridae, the clownfishes and damselfishes. Characteristics of Anemonefish Clownfish or anemonefish are fishes that, in the wild, form symb ...

'' Allen, 1972 (Madagascar anemonefish) * ''

Amphiprion leucokranos ''Amphiprion leucokranos'' (White bonnet anemonefish) is a naturally occurring hybrid anemonefish found in the western central Pacific Ocean. Like all anemonefishes it forms a symbiotic mutualism with sea anemones and is unaffected by the sting ...

'' Allen, 1973 (Whitebonnet anemonefish) * ''

Amphiprion mccullochi ''Amphiprion mccullochi'', also known as whitesnout anemonefish or McCulloch's anemonefish, is a species of anemonefish found in subtropical waters at Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island.. It was named for Allan McCulloch, a former Curator of ...

'' Whitley, 1929 (Whitesnout anemonefish) * ''

Amphiprion melanopus ''Amphiprion melanopus'', also known as the cinnamon clownfish, fire clownfish, red and black anemonefish, black-backed anemonefish or dusky anemonefish is a widely distributed anemonefish chiefly found in the western and southern parts of the Pa ...

'' Bleeker, 1852 (Fire clownfish) * ''

Amphiprion nigripes ''Amphiprion nigripes'' (Maldive anemonefish or blackfinned anemonefish), is a marine fish belonging to the family Pomacentridae, which includes clownfishes and damselfishes. Description The Maldive anemonefish is a small fish which grows up to ...

'' Regan, 1908 (Maldive anemonefish) * ''

Amphiprion ocellaris The ocellaris clownfish (''Amphiprion ocellaris''), also known as the false percula clownfish or common clownfish, is a marine fish belonging to the family Pomacentridae, which includes clownfishes and damselfishes. ''Amphiprion ocellaris'' are ...

'' Cuvier, 1830 (Clown anemonefish) * ''

Amphiprion omanensis ''Amphiprion omanensis'' (Oman anemonefish) is a marine fish belonging to the family Pomacentridae, the clownfishes and damselfishes. Characteristics of Anemonefish Clownfish or anemonefish are fishes that, in the wild, form symbiotic m ...

'' Allen & Mee, 1991 (Oman anemonefish) * '' Amphiprion pacificus'' Allen, Drew & Fenner, 2010 (Pacific anemonefish) * ''

Amphiprion percula The orange clownfish (''Amphiprion percula'') also known as percula clownfish and clown anemonefish, is widely known as a popular aquarium fish. Like other clownfishes (also known as anemonefishes), it often lives in association with sea anemones. ...

'' ( Lacepède, 1802) (Orange clownfish) * ''

Amphiprion perideraion ''Amphiprion perideraion'', also known as the pink skunk clownfish or the pink anemonefish, is a species of anemonefish that is widespread from northern Australia through the Malay Archipelago and Melanesia. Like all anemonefishes, it forms a sy ...

'' Bleeker, 1855 (Pink anemonefish) * ''

Amphiprion polymnus ''Amphiprion polymnus'', also known as the saddleback clownfish or yellowfin anemonefish, is a black and white species of anemonefish with a distinctive saddle. Like all anemonefishes it forms a symbiotic mutualism with sea anemones and is una ...

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, 1758) (Saddleback clownfish) * ''

Amphiprion rubrocinctus ''Amphiprion rubrocinctus'', also known as the Australian clownfish or red anemonefish, is a species of anemonefish that is endemic to north west Australia. Like all anemonefishes it forms a symbiotic mutualism with sea anemones and is unaffe ...

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, 1842 (Red Anemonefish) * ''

Amphiprion sandaracinos ''Amphiprion sandaracinos'', also known as the orange skunk clownfish or orange anemonefish, is a species of anemonefish that is distinguished by its broad white stripe along the dorsal ridge. Like all anemonefishes it forms a symbiotic mutuali ...

'' Allen, 1972 (Yellow clownfish) * ''

Amphiprion sebae ''Amphiprion sebae'', also known as the sebae clownfish, is an anemonefish found in the northern Indian Ocean, from Java to the Arabian Peninsula. Like all anemonefish it is usually found living in association with sea anemones. While the commo ...

'' Bleeker, 1853 (Sebae anemonefish) * ''

Amphiprion thiellei ''Amphiprion thiellei'' (Thielle's anemonefish) is thought to be a naturally occurring hybrid anemonefish found in the vicinity of Cebu, Philippines. Like all anemonefishes it forms a symbiotic mutualism with sea anemones and is unaffected by ...

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, 1981 (Thielle's anemonefish) * ''

Amphiprion tricinctus The three-band anemonefish (''Amphiprion tricinctus'') is a species of anemonefish endemic to the Marshall Islands in the western part of the Pacific Ocean. Like all anemonefishes, it forms a symbiotic mutualism with sea anemones and is unaffe ...

'' Schultz & Welander, 1953 (Three-band anemonefish)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q6193348 Marine fish genera Taxa named by Marcus Elieser Bloch Taxa named by Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider Pomacentridae