Pomacentridae

skunk clownfish

Amphiprion akallopisos

When females vanish males change sex

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• Africa
• South Asia
• Fusiform
• Compressed cross-section
• Small
• Tropical fish

The nosestripe clownfish or nosestripe anemonefish, skunk clownfish, Amphiprion akallopisos, is an anemonefish (also called clownfish) 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.