Clownfish vs Epaulard

Amphiprion ocellaris compared with Orcinus orca

Key Differences

• Clownfish is Least Concern while Epaulard is Data Deficient.
• Clownfish is omnivore while Epaulard is carnivore.
• Epaulard is 360000.0x heavier than Clownfish.
• Epaulard lives longer (50 years vs 10 years).

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Clownfish	Epaulard
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)	Orcinus (Orcas)
Species	Amphiprion ocellaris	Orcinus orca

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Clownfish

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Epaulard

DD — Data Deficient

Population: ~50.0K

Trend: Unknown ?

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Clownfish	Epaulard
Diet	Omnivore	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	10 years	50 years
Average Length	8 cm	8.0 m
Average Weight	15 g	5.4 t

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.

Epaulard

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 11 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (4 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.

Epaulard

O maior membro da família dos golfinhos, as orcas (Orcinus orca) podem atingir até 9 metros de comprimento e 6 toneladas, sendo encontradas em todos os oceanos, do Ártico ao Antártico. Predadores de topo que vivem em grupos matrilineares com dialetos distintos, estratégias de caça e tradições culturais que diferem entre populações. Algumas populações se especializam em peixes, outras em mamíferos marinhos. Sem predadores naturais, as orcas ocupam o topo de todas as cadeias alimentares marinhas que habitam.