Amphiprion chrysopterus Cuvier, 1830
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The orange-fin anemonefish (Amphiprion chrysopterus) is a marine fish belonging to the family Pomacentridae, the clownfishes and damselfishes, found in the Western Pacific north of the Great Barrier Reef from the surface to 20 m, to include the Pacific Ocean between Queensland, Australia, and New Guinea to the Marshall and Tuamotus Islands. It can grow to 17 cm in length.
Wikipedia contributors, Orange-fin anemonefish; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T18:59:53.990069+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Amphiprion chrysopterus Cuvier, 1830
- Name authority
- Cuvier, 1830
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Family
- Pomacentridae
- Genus
- Amphiprion
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- familyPomacentridae Bonaparte, 1831
- genusAmphiprion Bloch & Schneider, 1801
- speciesAmphiprion chrysopterus Cuvier, 1830
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Amphiprion. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Amphiprion barberi Allen, Drew & Kaufman, 2008 | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amphiprion frenatus Brevoort, 1856 | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| skunk clownfishAmphiprion akallopisos Bleeker, 1853 | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amphiprion akindynos Allen, 1972 | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| twoband anemonefishAmphiprion bicinctus Rüppell, 1830 | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amphiprion chagosensis Allen, 1972 | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| saddle anemonefishAmphiprion ephippium (Bloch, 1790) | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amphiprion latezonatus Waite, 1900 | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amphiprion leucokranos Allen, 1973 | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amphiprion mccullochi Whitley, 1929 | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amphiprion omanensis Allen & Mee, 1991 | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amphiprion perideraion Bleeker, 1855 | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Cuvier, G., & Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome cinquième. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. v. 5: i–xxviii + 1–499 + 4 pp., Pls. 100–140. [Cuvier authored volume. i–xx + 1–374 in Strasbourg edition.]. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:D558. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.