This clownfish is characterized by its rusty orange color with a single white stripe running vertically just behind the eye.

Depending on geographic location, some fishes can be orangeish-yellow with an anal fin which is not black but the same color as the body.

It is a protandrous hermaphrodite, which means all fish are hatched as males and later can change sex to female.

The males live in harems in which an established dominance hierarchy manages the group and keeps individuals at a specific social rank.

It also aggressively defends its territory and is completely dependent on its sea anemone, which represents its "life insurance" as a safe shelter for the group and for the nest.