Red Sea clownfish

Red Sea clownfish

Taxobox
name = Red Sea clownfish


image_width = 240px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Pomacentridae
genus = "Amphiprion"
species = "A. bicinctus"
binomial = "Amphiprion bicinctus"
binomial_authority = Rüppell, 1830

The Red Sea (or two-banded) clownfish (or anemonefish') ("Amphiprion bicinctus", meaning "both sawlike with two stripes") is a clownfish of the family Pomacentridae.

Description

Length up to 14 cm, background colour yellow-orange with two black-edged white bands.

Distribution

Western Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, and the Chagos archipelago.

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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