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Indonesian Anemonefishes, Family Pomacentridae |
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Genus Amphiprion:
Amphiprion akallopisos Bleeker 1853, Skunk Anemonefish. Pink to
orangish in color, with narrow white mid-line stripe. Indian Ocean;
Madagascar, Seychelles to Andaman Sea and Java. To four inches in
length. Naturally found in Heteractis magnifica and
Stichodactyla mertensii as is this specimen in the Seychelles. | 
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Amphiprion chrysopterus Cuvier 1830, the Orange-Fin Anemonefish.
West to mid Pacific; Australia, New Guinea, Marshall Islands,
Tuamotus. Yellowish-orange accents on upper and lower body and
yellow tail. To six inches. Found in three species of anemones in
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Amphiprion clarkii (Bennett 1830), Clarkii or Yellowtail
Clownfish. Indo-West Pacific; Persian Gulf to Western Australia to
Melanesia, Micronesia. To six inches in length. The most variable
species of the subfamily. Blackish to brown body color, third white
body bar on caudal peduncle, white or yellow tail. At right in N.
Sulawesi. Below: Juvenile in Queensland Australia, adult in the
Maldives (typical dark color as with most individuals found with
Stichodactyla mertensii), and lastly aquarium image. | 
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Amphiprion ephippium (Bloch 1790), the Red Saddle Anemonefish.
Eastern Indian Ocean; Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Malaysia,
Java and Sumatra in Indonesia. To five and a half inches maximum length.
This three inch female in the Singapore Aquarium. Body, fins orange to
reddish. | 
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Amphiprion frenatus Brevoort 1856, the Tomato Clownfish.
Found in several island groups in the Western Pacific. To five and a
half inches in length in the wild. This one in Australia with a
Bubble Tip Anemone, Entacmaea quadricolor which the species
most often pairs with. Similar to A. melanopus, but with a narrower
white head band. | 
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Amphiprion melanopus Bleeker 1852, the Red and Black
Anemonefish, Melanopus Clown. Variable amounts of red and black,
with or w/o a "Tomato Clown" like single white head bar. Indonesia,
to the Society and Marshall Islands. To nearly five inches in
length. Most often found with Entacmaea quadricolor as
anemone symbiont. Here in Queensland and N. Sulawesi. |  
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Amphiprion ocellaris Cuvier 1830, the "False" Percula or Clown
Anemonefish, or Ocellaris Clown. Indo-West Pacific; eastern Indian
Ocean to Australia, to Philippines, to southern Japan. To a little
over four inches maximum length. Bred in captivity including
beautiful northwest Regular and Australian dark variety mid-juvenile
and adult below. Orange overall (except for melanistic forms), with
three broad continuous body bars with narrow black margins (vs.
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Amphiprion percula (Lacepede 1802), the "True" Percula or Orange
Clownfish. Western Pacific; New Guinea, GBR, Solomon Islands, Melanesia.
To about four inches in length. Mutualistic with Stoichactis and
Radianthus anemones. | 
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Amphiprion perideraion Bleeker 1855, the Pink Anemonefish.
Indo-Pacific. To four inches in length. Narrow midline white stripe
and head barring. One in a Heteractis magnifica in Western
Australia, another in Mabul, Malaysia. |  
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Amphiprion polymnus (Linnaeus 1758), the Saddleback Clownfish.
Western Pacific; Ryukyu Islands to the Gulf of Thailand, Indonesia.
Northern Australia and Solomon Islands. To five inches in length.
Distinctive saddle-like marking on mid-body. This pair in a typical
silty/sandy setting in a Stichodactyla haddoni anemone (also
inhabits Heteractis crispa in the wild), off Pulau Redang,
Malaysia, and in an aquarium. Below, some darker different colored
ones from N. Sulawesi. |  
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Amphiprion sandaracinos Allen 1972, the Yellow or Eastern Skunk
Clownfish. Indo-West Pacific; Christmas Island and Western Australia in
the eastern Indian Ocean to the Ryukyu and Solomon Islands in the
western Pacific. Note the orange body color and wide white stripe that
extends down to the upper lip, differentiating this from other "Skunk
Clowns". One in Pulau Redang, Malaysia, another in N. Sulawesi. |  
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Amphiprion sebae Bleeker 1853, the Sebae Clownfish. Dark brown
to black, two wide white body bars, the second slanting backward on
the upper flank, extending to end of dorsal fin. Orange to yellow
tail. To five inches in length. Most often fishes sold under this
name in the pet-fish trade are actually Clark's Clownfish. Found all
along the northern Indian Ocean. Here in N. Sulawesi, with eggs and
a Haddoni carpet anemone. | 
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Genus Premnas: |
Premnas biaculeatus (Bloch 1790), the Spine-Cheek Anemonefish,
Maroon Clownfish. Bright red to orange body and fins, with three
narrow white body bars and prominent opercular spine. Females to six
inches, males about half that size. |
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