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Amphiprion bicinctus Rüppell, 1830

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 9 - 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 17; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 13 - 14. Yellow orange with 2 black-edged white bands, the first running just behind the head, the second from the notch between the spinous and soft dorsal fin to the abdomen.

Common Names

  • Om Al dukhan , Arabic , Jordan
  • Tobåndet klovnfisk , Danish , Denmark
  • Clownfish , English , Hong Kong
  • Two-banded anemonefish , English , Australia
  • Two-banded anemonefish , English , Micronesia
  • Twoband anemonefish , English , USA
  • Poisson-clown à deux bandes , French , France
  • Rotmeer Anemonenfisch , German , Germany
  • Zweibinden-Anemonenfisch , German , Germany
  • Natin te taima , Kiribati (Gilbertese) , Kiribati
  • Maugandumas , Maldivian , India
  • 二带双锯鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 二帶雙鋸魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Tvåbandad Clownfisk , Swedish , Sweden

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Ovalentaria/misc

    Family: Pomacentridae

    Genus: Amphiprion

    Species: Amphiprion bicinctus Rüppell, 1830

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea and Chagos Archipelago.

    • Biology

    Adults inhabit lagoons and outer reefs. Oviparous, with elliptical eggs (Ref. 240). Monogamous (Ref. 52884). 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, and Stichodactyla gigantea (Ref. 5911). Has been reared in captivity (Ref. 35428).

    Habitat

    associated