Clownfish

Clownfish
Amphiprion ephippium is type species of the genus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Pomacentridae
Subfamily:	Amphiprioninae
Genus:	Amphiprion Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Type species
Amphiprion ephippium (Bloch, 1790)

Clownfish (Amphiprion) is a genus of the Pomacentridae family. They inhabit coral reefs. The genus consists of 29 species, widespread in the Pacific and Indian Ocean:

• Amphiprion akallopisos
• Amphiprion akindynos
• Amphiprion allardi
• Amphiprion barberi
• Amphiprion bicinctus
• Amphiprion chagosensis
• Amphiprion chrysogaster
• Amphiprion chrysopterus
• Amphiprion clarkii
• Amphiprion ephippium
• Amphiprion frenatus
• Amphiprion fuscocaudatus
• Amphiprion latezonatus
• Amphiprion latifasciatus
• Amphiprion leucokranos
• Amphiprion mccullochi
• Amphiprion melanopus
• Amphiprion nigripes
• Amphiprion ocellaris
• Amphiprion omanensis
• Amphiprion pacificus
• Amphiprion percula
• Amphiprion perideraion
• Amphiprion polymnus
• Amphiprion rubrocinctus
• Amphiprion sandaracinos
• Amphiprion sebae
• Amphiprion thiellei
• Amphiprion tricinctus

References

• Amphiprion at FishBase

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