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Brown anemonefish

Amphiprion akindynos Allen, 1972

Status not recordedbony fish

The brown anemonefish (Amphiprion akindynos) is a species in the family Pomacentridae, order Perciformes.

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Quick facts about the brown anemonefish

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the brown anemonefish live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the brown anemonefish as introduced in 1 country.

  1. China

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the brown anemonefish endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the brown anemonefish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderPerciformes
  5. familyPomacentridae
  6. genusAmphiprion
  7. SpeciesAmphiprion akindynos Allen, 1972
Other names and names in other languages (14)
  • Barrier reef anemonefishEnglish
  • Guarded anemone fishEnglish
  • Two-banded anemone-fishEnglish
  • Two-banded anemonefishEnglish
  • Peix pallasso de Barrera de CorallCatalan
  • klaun AkidynůvCzech
  • Østaustralsk klovnfiskDanish
  • Barriereriff-AnemonenfischGerman
  • Pez payaso de la Gran barrera de coralSpanish
  • Poisson-clown brunFrench
  • Pesce pagliaccio australianoItalian
  • Peixe-palhaço-da-Barreira-de-CoralPortuguese
  • Барьерного рифа амфиприонRussian
  • Pesce pagliaccio della Grande BarrieraItalian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the brown anemonefish

Other species in the same genus Amphiprion.

Nemo

Amphiprion ocellaris

PomacentridaeNo free photo yet

Nemo

Amphiprion percula

PomacentridaeNo free photo yet

Sea bee

Amphiprion clarkii

PomacentridaeNo free photo yet

Red clown

Amphiprion frenatus

PomacentridaeNo free photo yet

Clown fish

Amphiprion perideraion

PomacentridaeNo free photo yet

Clown fish

Amphiprion polymnus

PomacentridaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the brown anemonefish an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the brown anemonefish as introduced in 1 country: China, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the brown anemonefish?

The brown anemonefish (Amphiprion akindynos) belongs to the family Pomacentridae in the order Perciformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Brown anemonefish (Amphiprion akindynos). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-anemonefish

MLA

“Brown anemonefish (Amphiprion akindynos).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-anemonefish.

BibTeX
@misc{brown_anemonefish_2026,
  title = {Brown anemonefish (Amphiprion akindynos)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-anemonefish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}