Clownfish vs Onca

Amphiprion ocellaris compared with Panthera onca

Key Differences

• Clownfish is Least Concern while Onca is Near Threatened.
• Clownfish is omnivore while Onca is carnivore.
• Onca is 6666.7x heavier than Clownfish.
• Onca lives longer (15 years vs 10 years).

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Clownfish	Onca
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fish)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Perciformes (Perch-like Fish)	Carnivora (carnívoros)
Family	Pomacentridae (Clownfish & Damselfish)	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Amphiprion (Clownfish)	Panthera (Big Cats)
Species	Amphiprion ocellaris	Panthera onca

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Clownfish

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Onca

NT — Near Threatened

Population: ~64.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Clownfish	Onca
Diet	Omnivore	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	10 years	15 years
Average Length	8 cm	1.9 m
Average Weight	15 g	100.0 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.

Onca

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 6 distinct biome types spanning the Neotropic and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Clownfish

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

Onca

O maior felino das Américas, atingindo até 100 kg com corpo robusto e musculoso e pelagem com padrão de rosetas característico. Encontrado do México até a América do Sul, com populações mais expressivas na Amazônia e no Pantanal. Nadadores poderosos e predadores de topo, os jaguares desempenham papel fundamental na regulação das populações de presas. Classificado como Quase Ameaçado, com sua área de ocorrência diminuindo devido ao desmatamento.