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Orange Clownfish

Amphiprion percula

Orange Clownfish — photo 1 of 4
Photo 1 of 4 · Anne Hoggett (CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons) · CC BY 3.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
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Habitat
Reef
Max size
11 cm
Depth
1-15 m
Family
Pomacentridae

The orange clownfish also known as percula clownfish and clown anemonefish, is widely known as a popular aquarium fish. Like other clownfishes, it often lives in association with sea anemones. A. percula is associated specifically with Heteractis magnifica and Stichodactyla gigantea, and as larvae use chemical cues released from the anemones to identify and locate the appropriate host species to use them for shelter and protection. This causes preferential selection when finding their anemone host species.

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