Image: Western Clown Anemonefish at Bunaken Island

Western Clown Anemonefish at a depth of 7 m, Fukui Bunaken Island, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, December 2009.

Photographer:

William Tan

Rights:

© William Tan

Common name:

Western Clown Anemonefish

Scientific name:

Amphiprion ocellaris

Family:

Pomacentridae

Order:

Perciformes

Additional information

If you look closely at the fish that is looking towards you, you'll notice that its right pectoral fin is deformed.  Remember Nemo out of the Pixar film, Finding Nemo.  Now if I recall correctly ... wasn't one of Nemo's pectoral fins also small?  Nemo, however, was a Clown Anemonefish, Amphiprion percula.

Last Updated: 14 May 2010

Tags fishes, ichthyology, Western Clown Anemonefish, Amphiprion ocellaris, Pomacentridae,