#2307 · 🐟 fish

Ocellaris Anemonefish

🇳🇱 Driebandanemoonvis ·Amphiprion ocellaris

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Francois Libert · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © zsispeo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © terence zahner · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Unnamed Road, Bunaken, Kota Manado, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia:© Francesco Ricciardi · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Dive site: Black Forest, Balicasag Island, Philippines:© Kimberly Tripp Randal · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Tulamben, west of Liberty wreck, Bali, Indonesia:© uwkwaj · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Channel Island NT 0822, Australia:© Nick Volpe · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Mansuar, ID:© 104623964081378888743 · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Hin Bida:© Vinh Le · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Raja Ampat, ID-IB, ID:© Poseidon’s Adventure · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

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 found in different colors, depending on where they are located. For example, black Amphiprion ocellaris with white bands can be found near northern Australia, Southeast Asia, and Japan. Orange or red-brown Amphiprion ocellaris also exist with three similar white bands on the body and...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,125iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
5,125 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Georges Cuvier in 1830 (196 years ago).