Maroon Clownfish
Maroon Clownfish
Premnas biaculeatus
UncommonPomacentridaeHarmless
ID points
- Deep maroon red with three thin white or gold bands
- A backward-pointing spine on the gill cover below each eye
- Females can grow three times the size of males
Basics
- Family
- Pomacentridae
- Length
- 8–17 cm
- Depth
- 1-16 m
- Regions
- Indo-Pacific reefs
- Distribution
- Indo-Pacific coral reefs
- Habitat
- Reefs with bubble-tip anemones
- Diet
- Zooplankton, algae
Easily confused with
Tomato ClownfishDeep tomato red, with only one white vertical band on the head
ClownfishOrange body with three broad white bands, each edged in black
Humbug DamselfishThree straight broad black vertical bands on a white groundFun fact
The maroon clownfish is the largest of the clownfishes. Females darken with age from orange to deep red, and it has the fiercest temper in the whole group.