Key Identification Features
- A large, incomplete white saddle shape or slanted white bar across the middle of the body is the feature that gives this species its common name, Saddleback anemonefish.
- ocellaris also has a taller dorsal fin, and typically has 11 dorsal-fin spines, compared to 10 spines in A.
- During the breeding season, individual fish form distinct mating pairs, and males guard and aerate the fertilized eggs.
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