clownfish

English

A clownfish

Etymology

From clown +‎ fish.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈklaʊnˌfɪʃ/

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Noun

clownfish (plural clownfish or clownfishes)

1. Any of the colorful fish of genera Amphiprion and Premnas in subfamily Amphiprioninae of family Pomacentridae, native to the Pacific and Indian Oceans, notable for their mutual relationship with sea anemones.

Synonyms

• anemonefish

Derived terms

• tomato clownfish

Translations

fish of the genera Amphiprion or Premnas

• Afrikaans: anemoonvis
• Catalan: peix pallasso
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小丑魚 / 小丑鱼 (zh) (xiǎochǒuyú)

• Danish: klovnfisk, anemonefisk
• Esperanto: klaŭnfiŝo
• Finnish: vuokkokala
• French: poisson-clown (fr), poisson clown m
• German: Anemonenfisch (de) m, Clownfisch (de) m
• Italian: pesce pagliaccio m
• Japanese: クマノミ (ja) (kumanomi)
• Korean: 흰동가리 (huindonggari)
• Malay: ikan badut
• Navajo: dlohłóóʼ
• Polish: błazenek m
• Portuguese: peixe-palhaço m
• Romanian: pește clovn m
• Russian: ры́ба-кло́ун (ru) f (rýba-klóun)
• Spanish: pez payaso m
• Swedish: clownfisk (sv) c
• Thai: ปลาการ์ตูน
• Turkish: palyaço balığı
• Vietnamese: cá hề, cá hải quỳ

References

• Amphiprioninae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Amphiprioninae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Amphiprioninae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons