🐠 Cinnamon Clownfish (Amphiprion melanopus)
A Deep Red-Orange Body With Black Markings • A Single White Stripe Behind the Eyes • A Bold, Colourful Reef Favourite
 
📋 The Cinnamon Clownfish, also known as the Red and Black Anemonefish or Fire Clownfish, has a deep reddish-orange body with black markings across the body and fins, and a single white vertical stripe behind the eyes.
It comes from lagoons and coral reefs across the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Fiji, and the Solomon Islands. Every Cinnamon Clownfish we ship is feeding well.
It's one of the larger, bolder clownfish species in the trade, becoming progressively more territorial with size and age, so in smaller tanks it should be the only clownfish species present, paired with similarly robust tankmates. Compared with Ocellaris or Percula Clownfish, this species is also trickier to pair up, so buying an already-bonded mated pair is often the more reliable route if that's your goal. It will readily host in a Bubble Tip Anemone if one is available, though it doesn't require one to thrive. It's fully reef safe. It reaches up to 12-15cm, with females larger than males, so plan on at least 115L.
 
💡 Highlights
🎨 Deep Red-Orange and Black Colouration: A single white stripe behind the eyes
📏 One of the Larger Clownfish Species: Bolder and more territorial than Ocellaris or Percula
🏠 Prefers a Bubble Tip Anemone: Will host readily if one is available, though not required
🌿 Fully Reef Safe: Compatible with corals and most reef invertebrates
👫 Best as a Bonded Pair: A more reliable route than pairing unrelated individuals yourself