Orange skunk clownfish

Orange skunk clownfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Pomacentridae
Genus:	Amphiprion
Species:	A. sandaracinos
Binomial name
Amphiprion sandaracinos

The orange skunk clownfish, Amphiprion sandaracinos, also known as the skunk-striped anemonefish is a type of clownfish that is very bright orange, with a white stripe on the dorsal ridge from the mouth, between the eyes and ending after the dorsal fin. It grows to about 5.5 inches, and lives in the western Pacific Ocean.

In the aquarium

It is an omnivore, its diet including shrimp, and is best when supplied with an anemone. The minimum tank size for the fish is 30 gallons.

References

• "Amphiprion sandaracinos". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=615209. Retrieved 6 June 2006. 
• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2005). "Amphiprion sandaracinos" in FishBase. November 2005 version.

External links

• Information on orange skunk clownfish
• More information on the fish