Clownfish vs common bottlenose dolphin

Amphiprion ocellaris compared with Tursiops truncatus

Key Differences

• Clownfish is omnivore while common bottlenose dolphin is carnivore.
• common bottlenose dolphin is 20000.0x heavier than Clownfish.
• common bottlenose dolphin lives longer (45 years vs 10 years).

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Clownfish	common bottlenose dolphin
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fish)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
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 common bottlenose dolphin share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

Conservation Status

Clownfish

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

common bottlenose dolphin

LC — Least Concern

Population: ~600.0K

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Clownfish	common bottlenose dolphin
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.

common bottlenose dolphin

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

O peixe-palhaço (Amphiprion ocellaris) é famoso pelo filme Procurando Nemo. Vivem numa relação simbiótica com as anémonas-do-mar.

common bottlenose dolphin

A espécie de golfinho mais estudada e reconhecida, os roazes habitam oceanos quentes e temperados de todo o mundo, desde águas costeiras rasas até ao mar aberto. Altamente inteligentes com grandes cérebros em relação ao tamanho corporal, demonstram auto-reconhecimento, comunicação complexa e aprendizagem social. Vivem em sociedades fluidas de fissão-fusão e cooperam para arrebanhar peixes. Uma espécie indicadora chave da saúde dos ecossistemas marinhos.