Yellowtail clownfish

Clark's anemonefish, also known as the yellowtail clownfish, is the most widely spread of all the anemonefish. It is found from the Indian Ocean across to the western Pacific. It grows to about 15 cm, and like other anemonefish, it lives safely among the stinging arms of a host sea anemone.

Also known as: clark's anemonefish, clark's anemonefish, yellowtail clownfish, sea bee, black clown, chocolate clownfish, yellowtail clownfish, damsel fish, black clown, two-banded anemonefish, yellowtail clownfish, sea bee, sea anemone, clown fish, clarcki's clown, chocolate clownfish, clark's anemonefish, amphiprion milii

Several other anemonefish look similar. Check the tail: this species has a forked tail with a sharply defined white base. Other similar species either lack the white base bar, have a blurred edge to it, or have a plain dark tail.

The body is yellow, orange, or a reddish or blackish colour, often marked with white bars or patches. Colour can vary with location, sex, age and the host anemone. The tail fin is forked, giving the fish its common name.

It lives in reef lagoons and on outer reef slopes across the Indian Ocean and western Pacific, from about 1 to 60 m deep. It is the least fussy anemonefish about which sea anemone it partners with, sharing space with every anemone species known to host anemonefish.

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  Clownfish

  clownfish

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  Common clownfish

  Amphiprion ocellaris

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  Fire clownfish

  Amphiprion melanopus

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  Orange clownfish

  Amphiprion percula

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  Orangefin Anemonefish

  Amphiprion chrysopterus

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  Pink anemonefish

  Amphiprion perideraion