Skunk clownfish

Care at a glance

The skunk clownfish is a warm orange-brown with a single narrow white stripe running along the back from nose to tail, without the vertical bars of other clownfish. It comes from the Indian Ocean, where it lives with carpet anemones.

It is the most peaceful clownfish in the trade and defends its spot far less fiercely than, say, the maroon or tomato clownfish. Do not combine it with other clownfish species, keep it as a pair and feed a varied diet of meaty and algae-based foods.

Best not combined with

• Ocellaris clownfishAmphiprion ocellaris
• Percula clownfishAmphiprion percula
• Maroon clownfishPremnas biaculeatus
• Clarkii clownfishAmphiprion clarkii
• Tomato clownfishAmphiprion frenatus
• Orange skunk clownfishAmphiprion sandaracinos

Related species

• Painted frogfishAntennarius pictus
• Pink skunk clownfishAmphiprion perideraion
• Marine betta (comet)Calloplesiops altivelis
• Orange skunk clownfishAmphiprion sandaracinos
• Dwarf seahorseHippocampus zosterae
• Saddleback clownfishAmphiprion polymnus