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title: "Ocellaris Anemonefish"
description: "Amphiprion ocellaris — Pesci. The ocellaris clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris), also known as the false percula clownfish or common clownfish, is a marine fish belonging to the family Pomacentridae, which includes clownfishes and damselfishes."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/ocellaris-anemonefish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Ocellaris Anemonefish

> Amphiprion ocellaris — Pesci. The ocellaris clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris), also known as the false percula clownfish or common clownfish, is a marine fish belonging to the family Pomacentridae, which includes clownfishes and damselfishes.

- Scientific name: *Amphiprion ocellaris*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa), `zoo` (Zoo e animali domestici)
- iNaturalist observations: 4997
- Wikidata: [Q1126155](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1126155)
- iNaturalist taxon: [132688](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/132688)

## Names

- en: Ocellaris Anemonefish
- de: Falscher Clownfisch
- es: Pez payaso negro
- fr: Poisson-clown à trois bandes
- nl: Driebandanemoonvis
- pl: Amfiprion plamisty

## Countries with the most observations

ID (1081), PH (849), MY (405), TH (256), SG (117), JP (107), MM (85), IN (60), TL (27), TW (25), AU (4)

## Summary

The ocellaris clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris), also known as the false percula clownfish or common clownfish, is a marine fish belonging to the family Pomacentridae, which includes clownfishes and damselfishes. A. ocellaris are found in different colors, depending on where they are located. For example, black A. ocellaris with white bands can be found near northern Hawaii, USA, North America, Australia, Southeast Asia, and Japan. Orange or red-brown A. ocellaris also exist with three similar white bands on the body and head. A. ocellaris can be distinguished from other Amphiprion species based on the number of pectoral…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocellaris_clownfish

## Photo

![Ocellaris Anemonefish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ocellaris-anemonefish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Justin Philbois · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/277760235

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/ocellaris-anemonefish?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).