| Red Sea clownfish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Pomacentridae |
| Genus: | Amphiprion |
| Species: | A. bicinctus |
| Binomial name | |
| Amphiprion bicinctus Rüppell, 1830 |
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The Red Sea (or two-banded) clownfish / anemonefish (Amphiprion bicinctus), meaning "both sawlike with two stripes" is a clownfish of the family Pomacentridae.
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Length up to 14 cm, background colour yellow-orange with two black-edged white bands.
Western Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, and the Chagos archipelago.
Monogamous pairs inhabit host anemones, usually on coral reefs. Host species include Entacmaea quadricolor, Heteractis aurora, Heteractis crispa, Heteractis magnifica, and Stichodactyla gigantea.