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Orange-fin Anemonefish

Amphiprion chrysopterus

Orange-fin Anemonefish — photo 1 of 4
Photo 1 of 4 · NPS photo - Bryan Harry · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons
commonwhiteorangebrownbandedsmallreef
Habitat
Reef
Max size
17 cm
Depth
0-40 m
Family
Pomacentridae

The orange-fin anemonefish is a marine fish belonging to the family Pomacentridae, the clownfishes and damselfishes, found in the Western Pacific north of the Great Barrier Reef from the surface to 20 m, to include the Pacific Ocean between Queensland, Australia, and New Guinea to the Marshall and Tuamotus Islands. It can grow to 17 cm in length.

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Easily confused with

Side by side, with what tells them apart.

Orange-fin Anemonefish
This oneOrange-fin Anemonefish
Clark's Anemonefish
Look-alikeClark's Anemonefish

Both are dark with two white bars and orange-yellow fins. Clark's Anemonefish has a white band around the base of its tail, just before the fin, and an orange-yellow belly and snout. Orange-fin Anemonefish has no white at the tail base -- only the two bars -- and a dark brown flank edged with yellow, with bright orange fins.

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