Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 8cm
Identification: Male - Brilliant red to brownish red with 3 narrow white to gray bars; pair of long spines on cheek.
Hide-out: Live in Bulb-Tentacle Anemone to 18m.
Location: Asian Pacific - Indonesia and Philippines to New Guinea, N. Great Barrier Reef and Vanuatu.
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Spinecheek Anemonefish
Northwest Australian Anemonefish
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 12cm
Identification: Red to orange with variable amounts of black on head and body; white or pale bluish head bar (in larger females often narrow with poorly defined edges). Similar Tomato and Red and Black Anemonefish distinguished by location.
Hide-out: Live with Bulb-Tentacle Anemone on reefs to 8m.
Location: W. Australia and the Northern Territory.
Red and Black Anemonefish
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 13cm
Identification: Reddish orange with variable amounts of black on sides; a white to pale bluish bar on head. Young are overall reddish orange with 2-3 narrow white bars.
Hide-out: Live with 3 anemone species in lagoons and outer reefs to 10m.
Location: Pacific - Bali in Indonesia to Marshall Is., Fiji and Society Is. in French Polynesia. Philippines to Great Barrier Reef.
Tomato Anemonefish
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 6cm
Identification: Male - Orange to red with a single white or pale bluish head bar; male considerably smaller than female.
Hide-out: Live with Bulb-Tentacle Anemone on reefs to 12m.
Location: S. China Sea, Malaysian Peninsula, Kalimantan (Borneo) and W. Indonesia, north to S.W. Japan.
White-Bonnet Anemonefish
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 13cm
Identification: Orange to light brown; broad white patch on forehead tapers toward dorsal fin and smaller patch at mid-dorsal fin; single, usually discontinuous bar behind eye.
Hide-out: Live with Leathery, Magnificent and Merten's Anemones in 2-12m.
Location: N. Papua New Guinea and Solomon Is.
Fiji Anemonefish
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 13cm
Identification: Entirely red-orange with white head bar.
Favourite: Usually in groups of variable-sized individuals.
Hide-out: Commonly found anemones on shallow reefs.
Location: Fiji and Tonga.
Clark's Anemonefish
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 12cm
Identification: Black to entirely orange with pair of white or pale bluish bars, second bar wide; tail white or yellow, usually with abrupt boundary if body dark; other fins variably black to yellow-orange.
Hide-out: Live with 10 anemone species to 55m.
Location: Indo-West Pacific - Persian Gulf to Micronesia, New Caledonia and Fiji. S.W. Japan to N. Australia (rare).
Red Saddleback Anemonefish
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 12cm
Identification: Red to reddish orange with variable amount of black on rear body (no bars); young entirely red-orange except a white head bar.
Hide-out: Live most commonly with Bulb-Tentacle Anemone on shoreline reefs in 2-15m.
Location: East Indian Ocean - Andaman Sea to Sumatra and Java in Indonesia.
Clown Anemonefish
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 9cm
Identification: Orange with 3 white bars, middle bar has forward-projecting bulge; variable amounts of black edging on bars and fins. Similar False Clown distinguished by location.
Hide-out: Live with 3 anemone species to 15m.
Location: West Pacific - N. New Guinea, Solomon Is., Great Barrier Reef to Vanuatu.
False Clown Anemonefish
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 9cm
Identification: Orange with 3 white bars, middle bar has forward-projecting bulge; variable amounts of black edging on bars and fins.
Hide-out: Shoreline reefs to 15m.
Location: East Indo-Asian Pacific - Andaman Sea to N.W. Australia, Central Indonesia and Philippines. Rare black variation around Darwin, Australia; brown variation elsewhere.
Wide-Band Anemonefish
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 14cm
Identification: Dark brown to black with wide pyramid-shaped white area covering most of side; white bar on head and across tail base.
Hide-out: Live most commonly with Leathery Anemone on rocky and inshore reefs in 10-45m.
Location: Southwestern Pacific - S. Queensland, Australia, N. New South Wales and Lord Howe I.
Sebae Anemonefish
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 14cm
Identification: Varying amounts of black to dark brown and yellow-orange; white head bar and broad somewhat forward slanting mid-body bar; all or some yellow on tail.
Hide-out: Usually with Haddon's Anemone on sand bottoms in 2-25m.
Location: Indian Ocean - Arabian Sea to Sumatra and Java in Indonesia.
Saddleback Anemonefish
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 12cm
Identification: Varying amounts of black to dark brown and yellow-orange; white head bar and broad somewhat forward slanting mid-body bar; white edging on black tail.
Hide-out: Usually with Haddon's Anemone on sandy bottoms in 2-35m.
Location: Asian Pacific - Indonesia and N. Australia to Solomon Is., north to S.W. Japan.
Threeband Anemonefish
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 13cm
Identification: Entirely black to dark brown or with variable amounts of yellow orange; three white or pale bluish bars.
Hide-out: Lagoons and outer reefs in 3-40m.
Location: Marshall Is. in Micronesia.
Pink Anemonefish
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 10cm
Identification: Pink to orange; narrow white head bar, and white dorsal stripe from between eyes to tail.
Hide-out: Live with 4 anemone species but most commonly with the Magnificent Anemone on reefs in 3-20m.
Location: Asian Pacific - Indonesia to Marshall Is. in E. Micronesia. S.W. Japan to N.W. Australia and New Caledonia.
Mcculloch's Anemonefish
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 12cm
Identification: Dark brown to black with whitish snout and tail; white head bar does not cross over head.
Hide-out: Lagoons and rocky shoreline reefs. Live most commonly with Bulb-Tentacle Anemone in 2-45m.
Location: Lord Howe and Norfolk Is.
Barrier Reef Anemonefish
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 11.5cm
Identification: Light to dark brown; pair of white or pale bluish bars, head bar often constricted or discontinuous across top of head.
Hide-out: Live with at least 6 anemone species in 3-25m.
Location: Southwestern Pacific - Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, New Caledonia and Loyalty Is.
Orange Anemonefish
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 13cm
Identification: Orange; white mid-dorsal stripe running from at least mid-snout and often lip to tail.
Hide-out: Live most commonly with Merten's Anemone in 3-20m.
Location: Asian Pacific - Indonesia and W. Australia to Solomon Is., north to S.W. Japan.
Skunk Anemonefish
Family: Damselfishes - Pomacentridae
Maximum Size: 10cm
Identification: Pinkish orange; white mid-dorsal stripe from head (but not lip) to tail. Can be distinguished from similar Orange Anemonefish by location.
Hide-out: Live with Magnificant and Mertens' Anemones in 3-25m.
Location: Indian Ocean - E. Africa to Sumatra, Java and Bali in Indonesia.
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