Skunk clownfish

About this species

The nosestripe clownfish or nosestripe anemonefish, skunk clownfish, Amphiprion akallopisos, is an anemonefish that lives in association with sea anemones. A. akallopisos is found in the Indian Ocean. It resides in shallow inshore reefs as deep as 15 m with a moderate to strong current. The skunk clownfish can also be kept in captivity by aquarists.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 67 records
February: 63 records
March: 64 records
April: 39 records
May: 17 records
June: 25 records
July: 69 records
August: 32 records
September: 44 records
October: 69 records
November: 48 records
December: 54 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–26 m · Deepest record: 33 m

0–10 m: 11 records
10–20 m: 2 records
20–30 m: 5 records
30–40 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C

22–24 °C: 1 records
24–26 °C: 10 records
26–28 °C: 30 records
28–30 °C: 48 records

Photos

(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Georgina Jones · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Georgina Jones · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Donald Davesne, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Иван Ковтун Ivan Kovtun, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) luluchouette, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Martina T., some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Skunk clownfish, nosestripe anemonefish, Nosestriped Anemonefish, Skunk Anemonefish, skunk clownfish, skunk-stripe anemonefish, Skunk-striped Anemonefish, Skunk Striped Anemonefish, Western Skunk Anemonefish, whitebacked clownfish

Names in 1 more languages

French: Poisson-clown mouflette

Other scientific names: Amphiprion akallopisus, Phalerebus akallopisos

Similar species

Maroon Clownfish
Amphiprion biaculeatus
Twoband anemonefish
Amphiprion bicinctus
Yellowtail clownfish
Amphiprion clarkii
blackback anemonefish
Amphiprion frenatus
black anemonefish
Amphiprion melanopus
Anemone Demoiselle
Amphiprion ocellaris

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
252 open-data records from 1853 to 2021.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.