clown fish

noun

: any of various small tropical fishes (genera Amphiprion and Premnas) of the Indian and Pacific oceans that are related to the damselfishes, are bright orange usually with one or more vertical white stripes, and live symbiotically with sea anemones

Examples of clown fish in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Orange-and-white clown fish peered from rust-red anemones; neon-green parrotfish nibbled at bubblegum-pink brain coral. — Susan Casey, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026

Watch on Disney+ Finding Nemo Nemo (Alexander Gould) is a young clown fish with an imperfect fin and a dad (Albert Brooks) who worries endlessly about his son’s safety. — Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2024

All of the fish featured in the film, like clown fish, blue tang, sharks, and anglerfish, all look like their real-life counterparts, albeit with that iconic Pixar animation flair. — Robert Anderson, PCMAG, 9 Nov. 2022

Under the high acidity conditions, the clown fishes were unable to recognize the meaning of auditory signals. — Danielle L. Dixson, Scientific American, 1 June 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1957, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for clown fish

• bluefish
• catfish
• codfish
• crawfish
• dogfish
• finfish
• flatfish
• goldfish
• groundfish
• kingfish
• offish
• redfish