Twoband anemonefish
Amphiprion bicinctus
- Usual depth0–18 m
- Water temperature24–30 °C
- Best monthsSeptember, October, and November
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) Magnus Kjaergaard, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
About this species
The Red Sea Clownfish, commonly known as the Red Sea or two-banded anemonefish is a marine fish belonging to the family Pomacentridae, the clownfishes and damselfishes. Like other species of the genus, the fish feeds on algae and zooplankton in the wild.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Red Sea clownfish”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 131 records
- February: 95 records
- March: 118 records
- April: 155 records
- May: 141 records
- June: 128 records
- July: 212 records
- August: 210 records
- September: 216 records
- October: 243 records
- November: 243 records
- December: 140 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0–18 m · Deepest record: 30 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C
Photos
(c) Pauline Walsh Jacobson, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Pauline Walsh Jacobson · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Gergely Nigg, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Gergely Nigg, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Pauline Walsh Jacobson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Grete Pasch, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Selim Türeli, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Twoband anemonefish, Twobar anemonefish, Red Sea Anemonefish, threebanded anemonefish, twoband anemonefish, Twoband Anemonefish (FB), Two-banded Anemonefish, twobar anemonefish
Names in 3 more languages
- German
- Rotmeer-Anemonenfisch
- Spanish
- Pez payaso de dos cintas
- French
- Poisson-clown à deux bandes
Similar species
Skunk clownfishAmphiprion akallopisos
Maroon ClownfishAmphiprion biaculeatus
Yellowtail clownfishAmphiprion clarkii
blackback anemonefishAmphiprion frenatus
black anemonefishAmphiprion melanopus
Anemone DemoiselleAmphiprion 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).
- 885 open-data records from 1830 to 2013.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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