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Amphiprion akindynos Allen, 1972

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 10 - 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14 - 17; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 13 - 14. Body and head orange with two black-edged white bars; the first running from the top of the head across the face, just behind the eye; the second from the mid portion of the dorsal fin. Caudal peduncle and caudal fin white.

Common Names

  • Østaustralsk klovnfisk , Danish , Denmark
  • Barrier reef anemonefish , English , Australia
  • Barrier Reef anemonefish , English , Micronesia
  • Barrier reef anemonefish , English , USA
  • Barrier reef anemonefish , English , Global
  • Brown anemonefish , English , Australia
  • Guarded anemone fish , English , Australia
  • Two-banded anemonefish , English , Australia
  • 大堡礁双锯鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 大堡礁雙鋸魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Ovalentaria/misc

    Family: Pomacentridae

    Genus: Amphiprion

    Species: Amphiprion akindynos Allen, 1972

    Climate Zone

  • Subtropical

    • Location

  • Western Pacific: eastern Australia (Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea, northern New South Wales), New Caledonia, and Loyalty Islands. Recently reported from Tonga (Ref. 53797).

    • Biology

    Adults occur in lagoon and outer reefs (Ref. 2334). Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205). Eggs are demersal and adhere to the substrate (Ref. 205). Males guard and aerate the eggs (Ref. 205). Associated with the anemones: Entacmaea quadricolor, Heteractis aurora, Heteractis crispa, Heteractis magnifica, Stichodactyla haddoni, and Stichodactyla mertensii (Ref. 5911). Has been reared in captivity (Ref. 35407).

    Habitat

    associated