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Amphiprion ocellaris Clown anemonefish      

Kingdom - Animalia - animals
   Phylum - Chordata - chordates
      Subphylum - Vertebrata - vertebrates
         Superclass - Osteichthyes - peixe ósseo
            Class - Actinopterygii - poissons à nageoires rayonnées
               Subclass - Neopterygii - neopterygians
                  Infraclass - Teleostei
                     Superorder - Acanthopterygii
                        Order - Perciformes - perch-like fishes
                           Suborder - Labroidei - poissons-perroquets
                              Family - Pomacentridae - sergents
                                 Genus - Amphiprion (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) - anemonefishes
                                    Species - Amphiprion ocellaris (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830) - false clown anemonefish

Fishbase Information (FISHBASE.ORG)

Clown anemonefish 

11.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 9710)

reef-associated; non-migratory; marine; depth range 1 - 15 m

tropical; 30°N - 15°S

Indo-West Pacific: eastern Indian Ocean including Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Malaysia, and northwest Australia to Singapore, Indonesia, and the Philippines; ranges northward to Taiwan and the Ryukyu Islands.

Dorsal spines(total): 10-11; Dorsal soft rays(total): 13-17; Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 11-13. Easily identified by the orange color and three white bands, the middle one widening forward to the head centrally (Ref. 48636). Caudal fin rounded.

Inhabits shallow and calm lagoons. One of the most popular marine aquarium fishes. Bred artificially in Florida for the aquarium trade. Has been reared in captivity (Ref. 35410, 35413, 35415, 35418, 35420). Associated with the anemones: Heteractis magnifica, Stichodactyla gigantea, and Stichodactyla mertensii (Ref. 5911).

Fishbase Credit - Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2005.FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (06/2005).