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- Percula Clownfish, Clown Anemonefish
(Amphiprion percula)
Photo by Rob Borycki

- Because of its name, Amphiprion percula, it is the True Percula Clownfish.
- Typically orange in color with three white bars, with the middle bar having a forward-projecting bulge.
- Has 10 (rarely 9) dorsal spines.
- Usually has jet black margins of varied widths around its white bars, often of which can be rather thick.
- Distribution of this species in nature: Northern Queensland and Melanesia (New Guinea, New Britain, New Ireland, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu).
- False Percula, Ocellaris Clownfish
(Amphiprion ocellaris)
Photo by David Wade

- Typically orange in color with three white bars, with the middle bar having a forward-projecting bulge.
- Has 11 (rarely 10) dorsal spines.
- The spinous (anterior) part of the dorsal fin is taller.
- May have no black margins present, but most often has thin, never thick black margins around its white bars.
- Distribution of this species in nature: Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Andaman Sea), Indo-Malayan Archipelago, Philippines, northwestern Australia; coast of Southeast Asia northwards to the Ryukyu Islands.
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