Zoology Museum

Post Graduates and Research Department of Zoology, V.O. Chidambaram College, Tuticorin 628 008 Tamil Nadu

Pi 112 Amphiprion bicinctus

 

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii

Order – Perciformes

Family – Pomacentridae

Genus – Amphiprion

Species : A. bicinctus

Clownfish or anemonefish are fishes that, in the wild, form symbiotic mutualisms with sea anemones and are unaffected by the stinging tentacles of the host anemone, see Amphiprioninae § Symbiosis and mutualism. The fish's body is yellow-orange to dark brown. As the name suggests, the two-banded anemonefish has two white bands or bars, with black edges. The head-bar considerably wider. They have 9-10 dorsal spines, 2 anal spines, 15-17 dorsal soft rays and 13-14 anal soft rays. Males grow to a length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in), and females grow to a length of 14 centimetres (5.5 in).

IUCN Status: Least concern

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