Clownfish and Damselfish
50 entries in the Clownfish and Damselfish compendium.
PomacentridaeA family of hardy, colorful reef fish including clownfish and damselfish.AcanthochromisThe sole damselfish species in the genus Acanthochromis.Chromis veraterHawaiian endemic damselfish with three white spots.ClownfishClownfish are damselfishes with a symbiotic relationship with sea anemones.DamselfishDamselfish are small, territorial fish found in tropical and temperate waters.Fusilier damselfishA color-changing damselfish found in Indo-Pacific coral reefs.Garibaldi (fish)Bright orange damselfish, California's marine state fish.LepidozyginaeMonotypic damselfish subfamily with one species, the fusilier damselfish.Maroon clownfishLargest and most territorial clownfish, formerly in its own genus.PomacentrinaeThe most diverse subfamily of damselfish and clownfish.AmphiprionClownfish are damselfishes with a symbiotic relationship with sea anemones.Amphiprion akindynosBarrier Reef anemonefish: a generalist anemonefish of the Great Barrier Reef.Allard's clownfishA dark-brown clownfish with white bars from the western Indian Ocean.Amphiprion akallopisosA pale orange anemonefish with a single white stripe from mouth to tail.Australian clownfishEndemic anemonefish of north west Australia with protandrous hierarchy.Amphiprion barberiAnemonefish described as a new species in 2008.Orange-fin anemonefishA Western Pacific clownfish with white bars and variable tail color.Amphiprion chagosensisEndemic clownfish of the Chagos Archipelago.Amphiprion chrysogasterA dark-bodied anemonefish endemic to Mauritius and probably Réunion.Cinnamon clownfishA widely distributed Pacific anemonefish with a strict dominance hierarchy.Clark's anemonefishThe most widely distributed and color-variable anemonefish.Amphiprion latezonatusA subtropical anemonefish with a distinctive broad white midbody bar.Amphiprion latifasciatusA blackish anemonefish with yellow snout and two white bars.Amphiprion leucokranosA confirmed hybrid anemonefish with a distinctive white head mark.Amphiprion mccullochiA dark brown anemonefish with a pale snout and white head bars.Amphiprion nigripesA clownfish with black fins, found in the Maldive and Laccadive Islands.Ocellaris clownfishA small, colorful fish symbiotic with sea anemones.Amphiprion omanensisOman anemonefish with a distinctive white forked caudal fin.Orange clownfishA popular aquarium fish that lives in symbiosis with sea anemones.Amphiprion pacificusA rare, endemic anemonefish of the western Pacific.Pink skunk clownfishA small, algae-eating anemonefish with a pink body and white stripes.Red saddleback anemonefishA reddish-orange clownfish with a black saddle, lacking white bars as an adult.Red Sea clownfishA two-banded anemonefish found in the Red Sea and western Indian Ocean.Saddleback clownfishA black and white anemonefish with a distinctive saddle-shaped bar.Orange skunk clownfishA small anemonefish with a white dorsal stripe and protandrous social structure.Sebae clownfishAn anemonefish of the northern Indian Ocean with a symbiotic host relationship.Amphiprion thielleiA likely hybrid anemonefish from the Philippines.Three-band anemonefishEndemic to the Marshall Islands, a generalist host anemonefish.Tomato clownfishA Western Pacific clownfish with immunity to Marine Velvet disease.Chromis bowesiA damselfish discovered in 2019 in Philippine waters.Chromis guntingA damselfish species described in 2019 from the Philippines.DascyllusGenus of damselfish commensal with corals, found in Indo-West Pacific.Spiny chromisA damselfish with direct development and no pelagic larval stage.ChrysipteraA genus of damselfish in the family Pomacentridae.Lagoon damselfishA large damselfish of sheltered Indo-Pacific reefs.StegastesSmall, territorial damselfish known as Gregories, found worldwide in tropical reefs.Azurina cyaneaA shallow-water damselfish from the Caribbean and nearby regions.Galapagos damselA possibly extinct damselfish endemic to the Galápagos and Cocos Island.Chromis abyssusDamselfish discovered in 1997, described in 2008, first ZooBank entry.Chromis limbataA damselfish of the Macaronesian Islands and western Africa.
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