The clown anemonefish is referred to as an anemonefish due to its symbiotic relationship with sea anemones. Other English language common names include common clownfish, false-clown anemonefish, nemo, and western clownfish. Other common names are almindelig klovnfisk (Danish); kakure-kumanomi (Japanese); bombin, gombing, inggu (Malay); and obyknovennaya rybka-kloun (Russian).