Red Sea clownfish
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| Red Sea clownfish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Pomacentridae |
| Genus: | Amphiprion |
| Species: | A. bicinctus |
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| 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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[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.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Category:Amphiprion bicinctus |
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2005). "Amphiprion bicinctus" in FishBase. 10 2005 version.
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