📸 PhotoPhoto: Raimond Spekking · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Clown anemonefish
Amphiprion ocellaris (Clown anemonefish · カクレクマノミ)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Animal Diversity Web notes that it is a popular fish in the tropical aquarium trade, with rare color morphs in especially high demand.
- 💡 A maximum body length of 11 cm is about 1.3 times the long edge of a credit card (8.56 cm) (comparison).
- 💡 Its estimated lifespan is 6–10 years.
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
📖 1. Overview
The clown anemonefish is a small marine fish around 11 cm long that lives among the tentacles of large sea anemones on coral reefs.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
The body is orange to reddish-brown with three white bars, and females are larger than males.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It feeds on zooplankton, copepods, and algae, and is a fish that starts life as a male and later changes into a female. The male guards the eggs and supplies them with oxygen.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2022) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/188321/1857718
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • catalogueoflife.org — D55Y
- • iucnredlist.org — 1857718
- • wikidata.org — Q1126155
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Clownfisch (Amphiprion ocellaris).jpg
- • fishbase.se — Amphiprion-ocellaris.html
- • animaldiversity.org — amphiprion ocellaris
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Kamil S. Jaron · CC0 1.0
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.