Clownfish vs Pingüino emperador

Amphiprion ocellaris compared with Aptenodytes forsteri

Key Differences

• Clownfish is Least Concern while Pingüino emperador is Near Threatened.
• Clownfish is omnivore while Pingüino emperador is carnivore.
• Pingüino emperador is 2666.7x heavier than Clownfish.
• Pingüino emperador lives longer (20 years vs 10 years).

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Clownfish	Pingüino emperador
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fish)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Perciformes (Perch-like Fish)	Sphenisciformes (Penguins)
Family	Pomacentridae (Clownfish & Damselfish)	Spheniscidae (Penguins)
Genus	Amphiprion (Clownfish)	Aptenodytes (Great Penguins)
Species	Amphiprion ocellaris	Aptenodytes forsteri

Evolutionary Relationship

Clownfish and Pingüino emperador share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

Conservation Status

Clownfish

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Pingüino emperador

NT — Near Threatened

Population: ~595.0K

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Clownfish	Pingüino emperador
Diet	Omnivore	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	10 years	20 years
Average Length	8 cm	1.1 m
Average Weight	15 g	40.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Clownfish

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Philippines.

Pingüino emperador

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, temperate coniferous forests, and boreal forests and taiga, among 4 distinct biome types within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Norway. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Clownfish

El pez payaso (Amphiprion ocellaris) es famoso por la película Buscando a Nemo. Viven en una relación simbiótica con las anémonas de mar.

Pingüino emperador

El pingüino más grande del mundo, el pingüino emperor puede medir hasta 1,2 metros de altura y pesar 45 kg, habitando el continente antártico en algunas de las condiciones más extremas de la Tierra. Se reproduce en la oscuridad del invierno a temperaturas inferiores a -60°C, con los machos incubando un único huevo sobre sus patas bajo una bolsa de cría durante 65 días mientras las hembras están en el mar. Su comportamiento de apiñarse —haciendo circular a los individuos a través del cálido centro de grupos de miles de ejemplares— es una obra maestra de la supervivencia cooperativa.