OceaniaLeast concern
Clownfish
Amphiprion ocellaris
A small orange-and-white fish that lives among the stinging tentacles of a sea anemone.
- Weight
- About 20 g
- Size
- Up to 11 cm long
- Lifespan
- 6–10 years
- Top speed
- Short darts
- Diet
- Algae and tiny animals
How heavy is that?
So light that a 40 kg kid weighs as much as 2,000 of them
Where it lives
Three things to know
- A layer of slime protects it from the anemone's stings.
- Clownfish are born male; the biggest one in a group becomes the female.
- In return, the anemone gets cleaned and protected.
Compare with…
- Weight
- Clownfish20 gA 10-year-old kid40 kgThe kid weighs about 2,000× as much as the clownfish
- Size
- Clownfish11 cmA 10-year-old kid1.4 mThe kid is about 13× as big as the clownfish
- Top speed
- Clownfish—A 10-year-old kid20 km/hToo slow to time
- Lifespan
- Clownfish8 yrsA 10-year-old kid80 yrsThe kid can live about 10× as long as the clownfish
Food chain
- Tiny algaeProducer
ClownfishThis animal- Grouper