Red Sea clownfish

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Red Sea clownfish

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Pomacentridae
Genus: Amphiprion
Species: A. bicinctus
Binomial name
Amphiprion bicinctus
Rüppell, 1830

The Red Sea (or two-banded) clownfish (or anemonefish') (Amphiprion bicinctus, meaning "both sawlike with two stripes") is a clownfish of the family Pomacentridae.

Contents

[edit] Description

Length up to 14 cm, background colour yellow-orange with two black-edged white bands.

[edit] Distribution

Western Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, and the Chagos archipelago.

[edit] Habitat

Monogamous pairs inhabit host anemones, usually on coral reefs. Host species include Entacmaea quadricolor, Heteractis aurora, Heteractis crispa, Heteractis magnifica, and Stichodactyla gigantea.

[edit] Gallery

[edit] References