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Amphiprion rubrocinctus, also known as the Australian clownfish or red anemonefish, is a species of anemonefish that is endemic to north west Australia. [2] Like all anemonefishes it forms a symbiotic mutualism with sea anemones and is unaffected by the stinging tentacles of the host anemone.
Clownfish or anemonefish are fishes from the subfamily Amphiprioninae in the family Pomacentridae. Thirty species of clownfish are recognized: one in the genus Premnas, while the remaining are in the genus Amphiprion. In the wild, they all form symbiotic mutualisms with sea anemones. Depending on the species, anemonefish are overall yellow ...
Allard's clownfish or Allard's anemonefish (Amphiprion allardi) is a marine fish belonging to the family Pomacentridae, the clownfishes and damselfishes, from the western Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa and the Mascarenes.
Pomacentridae is a family of ray-finned fish, comprising the damselfishes and clownfishes.This family were formerly placed in the order Perciformes but are now regarded as being incertae sedis in the subseries Ovalentaria in the clade Percomorpha. [2]
Clownfish are found in warmer waters of the Indian and Pacific oceans and the Red Sea in sheltered reefs or in shallow lagoons. In a group of clownfish, there is a strict dominance hierarchy. The largest and most aggressive fish is female and is found at the top. Only two clownfish, a male and a female, in a group reproduce through external ...
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF ... Skunk clownfish is used to refer to several species of anemonefish that are visually similar and form a species ...
A. mccullochi juvenile on E. quadricolor. Amphiprion mccullochi, also known as whitesnout anemonefish or McCulloch's anemonefish, is a species of anemonefish found in subtropical waters at Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. [2].
Amphiprion clarkii (J. W. Bennett, 1830) (Yellowtail clownfish) Amphiprion ephippium (Bloch, 1790) (Saddle anemonefish) Amphiprion frenatus Brevoort, 1856 (Tomato clownfish) Amphiprion fuscocaudatus Allen, 1972 (Seychelles anemonefish) Amphiprion latezonatus Waite, 1900 (Wide-band Anemonefish) Amphiprion latifasciatus Allen, 1972 (Madagascar ...