Its body has a stocky appearance and oval shape. It is compressed laterally, with a round profile. The coloration of its body is orange to reddish-brown. It has three vertical white stripes outlined with a fine black line. The first passes just behind the eye, the second in the middle of the body widens forward to the head centrally and the third one circles the caudal peduncle. All the fins are also outlined with a fine black line. A. ocellaris is often confused with Amphiprion percula, which possesses exactly the same colours and patterns at first sight but distinguishes itself by the thickness of the black outlines. Additionally, A. ocellaris has a taller dorsal fin, and typically possesses 11 dorsal-fin spines vs. 10 spines in Amphiprion percula.
General Description
| Name: | Percula Clownfish |  |
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| Latin Name: | Amphiprion perclua |
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| MBI: | Captive Breeding ✓ | ||
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| Size: | 8 cm | ||
| Tank Size: | 30 gallons | ||
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| Habitat: | They are found in the Western Pacific; from Queensland and Melanesia, the north part of the Great Barrier Reef, the north part of New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and New Britain. They are also found in Sulawesi creating a slight overlap with the Ocellaris or False Percula Clownfish Amphiprion ocellaris. | ||
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