Clownfish & Anemone Matches
Preferred Host Relationships Chart

This cross-reference chart can help with choosing a "preferred" host anemone for your clownfishes, and vice versa, which is based on the natural symbiotic relationships between them in the wild. The black bolded names reflect the primary, and sometimes only clownfish a particular anemone is reported to host in nature. However, this does not necessarily mean that any given anemone or clownfish listed might not adapt to and accept other species in aquariums, some of which are noted.

Browse by Anemones & Their Host Clownfishes (in alphabetical order by species names)	or	Browse by Clownfishes & Their Host Anemones (in alphabetical order by common names)
Condylactus gigantea Caribbean, Giant Caribbean, Haitian, Condy Anemone Host Clowns: Normally not associated with Clownfish in nature, but not unusual for some, such as Ocellaris, Percula, and Tomato Clowns, to adapt to this as well as other Condylactus species in aquariums. Cryptodendrum adhaesivum (Adhesive, Pizza Anemone) Host Clowns: Clark's Entacmaea quadricolor Bulb, Bubble-Tip Anemone Rose Anemone (in pink/red form) Host Clowns: Allard's, Australian, Bluestripe, Cinnamon, Clark's, Oman, Maroon, McCulloch's, Red Saddleback, Three-Band, Tomato, and Two-Band, but not uncommon to host other species in aquariums, such as Percula and Ocellaris Clowns. Heteractis aurora (Beaded, Aurora Anemone) Host Clowns: Allard's, Barrier Reef, Bluestripe, Clark's, Mauritian, Three-Band, and Two-Band Clowns. Heteractis crispa Purple/Pink-Tip, Long Tentacle, "Sebae", Leathery Anemone Host Clowns: Barrier Reef, Bluestripe, Cinnamon, Clark's, Oman, Orange Skunk, Percula, Pink Skunk, Red Saddleback, Saddleback, Three-Band, Tomato, Two-Band, White-Band, and White-Bonnet Clowns. Heteractis magnifica Magnificent, Maroon, Red Radianthus, Ritteri Anemone Host Clowns: Barrier Reef, Bluestripe, Clark's, Maldives, Maroon, Mauritian, Ocellaris, Percula, Pink Skunk, Skunk, Two-Band, and White-Bonnet Clowns. Heteractis malu (Sebae, Singapore Sebae, Hawaiian Sand, White Sand, Delicate Anemone) Host Clowns: Clark's, but may accept Bluestripe, Pink Skunk, Tomato, and possibly other clowns in aquariums. Macrodactyla doreensis Long-Tentacled, Corkscrew Anemone Host Clowns: Clark's, Mauritian, Pink Skunk, and Saddleback, but may accept Bluestripe, Maroon, Sebae, Tomato, and possibly other clowns in aquariums. Stichodactyla gigantea (Giant, Gigantic Carpet Anemone) Host Clowns: Australian, Barrier Reef, Clark's, Ocellaris, Percula, Pink-Skunk, and Two-Band Clowns. Stichodactyla haddoni (Haddon's Carpet, Saddle Carpet, Sand Carpet Anemone) Host Clowns: Barrier Reef, Bluestripe, Clark's, Mauritian, Oman, Saddleback, and Sebae, but possibly Tomato Clowns in aquarium. Stichodactyla mertensii (Merten's Carpet, Sri Lanka Carpet Anemone) Host Clowns: Allard's, Barrier Reef, Bluestripe, Clark's, Madagascar, Mauritian, Ocellaris, Orange Skunk, Percula, Seychelles, Skunk, Three-Band, and White-Bonnet Clowns.   References & Suggested Reading • Clownfish Profile Resources • Anemone Profile Resources e Do you have a Clownfish, Anemone, or combination photo? >> Submit It For Display Giant Condy Anemone (Condylactus gigantea) from Roy Perez Bubble-Tip Anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor) from Jay Pedersen Tube Anemone (Cerianthus membranaceous) from Bradley Nicolay Hawaiian Maroon, Mann's Anemone (Cladactella manni) by Debbie Hauter Hawaiian Aiptasia Anemones (Aiptasia pulchella) by Debbie Hauter More >> Sea Anemone Photos e	e	Allard's (Amphiprion allardi) Host Anemones: Entacmaea quadricolor; Heteractis aurora; Stichodactyla mertensii Australian (Amphiprion rubrocinctus) Host Anemones: Entacmaea quadricolor; Stichodactyla gigantea Barrier Reef (Amphiprion akindynos) Host Anemones: Entacmaea quadricolor; Heteractis aurora, H. crispa, H. magnifica; Stichodactyla haddoni, S. mertensii Bluestripe, Blue-Striped, Orange-Fin (Amphiprion chrysopterus) Host Anemones: Entacmaea quadricolor, Heteractis aurora, H. crispa, H. magnifica; Stichodactyla haddoni, S. mertensii Chagos (Amphiprion chagosensis) Host Anemones: Unknown Cinnamon, Red & Black (Amphiprion melanopus) > Profile Host Anemones: Entacmaea quadricolor; Heteractis crispa Clark's, "Sebae", Yellowtail (Amphiprion clarkii) > Profile Host Anemones: Cryptodendrum adhaesivum; Entacmaea quadricolor; Heteractis aurora, H. crispa, H. magnifica, H. malu; Macrodactyla doreensis; Stichodactyla gigantea, S. haddoni, S. mertensii Madagascar (Amphiprion latifasciatus) Host Anemones: Stichodactyla mertensii Maldives, Blackfinned (Amphiprion nigripes) Host Anemones: Heteractis magnifica Maroon, Spinecheek, White-Stripe, Gold-Stripe (Premnas biaculeatus) Host Anemones: Entacmaea quadricolor Mauritian (Amphiprion chrysogaster) Host Anemones: Heteractis aurora, H. magnifica; Macrodactyla doreensis; Stichodactyla haddoni, S. mertensii McCulloch's (Amphiprion mccullochi) Host Anemones: Entacmaea quadricolor Ocellaris, False Percula (Amphiprion ocellaris) > Profile Host Anemones: Heteractis magnifica; Stichodactyla gigantea; S. mertensii, but may adapt toEntacmaea quadricolor in aquariums. Oman (Amphiprion omanensis) Host Anemones: Entacmaea quadricolor; Heteractis crispa Orange Skunk (Amphiprion sandaracinos) > Profile Host Anemones: Heteractis crispa; Stichodactyla mertensii, but may adapt to other anemones in aquariums. Percula, True Percula, Clown Anemonefish (Amphiprion percula) > Profile Host Anemones: Heteractis crispa; H. magnifica; Stichodactyla gigantea, S. mertensii, but may adapt to Entacmaea quadricolor, and possibly other anemones in aquariums. Pink Skunk (Amphiprion perideraion) > Profile Host Anemones: Heteractis magnifica, H. crispa; Macrodactyla doreensis; Stichodactyla gigantea. Red Saddleback, Fire (Amphiprion ephippium) Host Anemones: Entacmaea quadricolor; Heteractis crispa Saddleback (Amphiprion polymnus) > Profile Host Anemones: Stichodactyla haddoni; Heteractis crispa Sebae, Seba's (Amphiprion sebae) Host Anemones: Stichodactyla haddoni Seychelles (Amphiprion fuscocaudatus) Host Anemones: Stichodactyla mertensii Skunk (Amphiprion akallopisos) > Profile Host Anemones: Heteractis magnifica; Stichodactyla mertensii, but may adapt to Entacmaea quadricolor, and possibly other anemones in aquariums. Three-Band (Amphiprion tricinctus) Host Anemones: Entacmaea quadricolor; Heteractis aurora, H. crispa; Stichodactyla mertensii Tomato, Red (Amphiprion frenatus) > Profile Host Anemones: Entacmaea quadricolor; Heteractis crispa Two-Band, Red Sea (Amphiprion bicinctus) Host Anemones: Entacmaea quadricolor; Heteractis aurora, H. crispa, H. magnifica; Stichodactyla gigantea. White-Band, Wide-Band (Amphiprion latezonatus) Host Anemones: Heteractis crispa White-Bonnet (Amphiprion leucokranos) Host Anemones: Heteractis crispa, H. magnifica; Stichodactyla mertensii More >> Clownfish Photos Do you have a Clownfish, Anemone, or combination photo? >> Submit It For Display e

Subscribe to the Newsletter
Name	Email