Red Sea clownfish
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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.
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[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
Clownfish in a bubble-tip anemone, coloration in natural light 10 m depth |
[edit] References
- "Amphiprion bicinctus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. 10 2005 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2005.