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Skunk Clownfish

Amphiprion akallopisos

The Skunk Clownfish has a pale pinkish-orange body with a single white stripe running from the nose along the top of the back to the tail — no vertical bars, unlike many of its...

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Barrier Reef Anemonefish

Amphiprion akindynos

An orange-brown anemonefish with two white bars — one behind the eye, one at mid-body — with coloring that varies noticeably between individuals.

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Twobar Anemonefish

Amphiprion allardi

Also known as Allard's clownfish, it has a dark body with two pale, blue-tinged bars and yellow-orange fins.

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Barber's Clownfish

Amphiprion barberi

A bright orange-red anemonefish, usually without adult body bars — closely related to, and easily confused with, the Fire Clownfish (Amphiprion melanopus).

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Spinecheek Anemonefish

Amphiprion biaculeatus

Historically placed in its own genus, Premnas, because of a distinctive spine below the eye found in no other anemonefish. Adults are dark maroon to black with one to three white...

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Twoband Anemonefish

Amphiprion bicinctus

An orange-brown fish with two white bars and yellowish fins, one of the most commonly seen anemonefish on Red Sea reefs.

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Chagos Anemonefish

Amphiprion chagosensis

A member of the "skunk" clownfish group (closely related to Amphiprion akallopisos), with a pale body and a single light stripe rather than vertical bars.

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Mauritian Anemonefish

Amphiprion chrysogaster

Named for its golden-yellow underside ("chrysogaster" means golden belly), with a dark body and a single pale head bar, in the same skunk-clownfish group as A. akallopisos.

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Orangefin Anemonefish

Amphiprion chrysopterus

A dark brown to black anemonefish with two white bars and orange-yellow pectoral fins, giving it its common name.

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Saddle Anemonefish

Amphiprion ephippium

A bright red-orange anemonefish; adults typically lose their bars entirely, while juveniles often show a faint saddle-shaped patch on the back that gives the species its name.

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Tomato Clownfish

Amphiprion frenatus

A bright red-orange fish named for its rounded, tomato-like shape; adults usually keep only a single white head bar, while juveniles may show faint body bars that fade with age.