Clownfish vs grand dauphin, souffleur, dauphin à gros nez

Amphiprion ocellaris compared with Tursiops truncatus

Key Differences

• Clownfish is omnivore while grand dauphin, souffleur, dauphin à gros nez is carnivore.
• grand dauphin, souffleur, dauphin à gros nez is 20000.0x heavier than Clownfish.
• grand dauphin, souffleur, dauphin à gros nez lives longer (45 years vs 10 years).

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Clownfish	grand dauphin, souffleur, dauphin à gros nez
Kingdom same	Animalia (animal)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fish)	Mammalia (mammifères)
Order	Perciformes (Perch-like Fish)	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)
Family	Pomacentridae (Clownfish & Damselfish)	Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolphins)
Genus	Amphiprion (Clownfish)	Tursiops (Bottlenose Dolphins)
Species	Amphiprion ocellaris	Tursiops truncatus

Evolutionary Relationship

Clownfish and grand dauphin, souffleur, dauphin à gros nez share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Clownfish

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

grand dauphin, souffleur, dauphin à gros nez

LC — Least Concern

Population: ~600.0K

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Clownfish	grand dauphin, souffleur, dauphin à gros nez
Diet	Omnivore	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	10 years	45 years
Average Length	8 cm	3.0 m
Average Weight	15 g	300.0 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.

grand dauphin, souffleur, dauphin à gros nez

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 12 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

Clownfish

The ocellaris clownfish is famous from the movie Finding Nemo. They live in a symbiotic relationship with sea anemones.

grand dauphin, souffleur, dauphin à gros nez

The most studied and recognized dolphin species, bottlenose dolphins inhabit warm and temperate oceans worldwide, from coastal shallows to the open sea. Highly intelligent with large brains relative to body size, they demonstrate self-recognition, complex communication, and social learning. They live in fluid fission-fusion societies and cooperate to herd fish. A keystone indicator species for marine ecosystem health.