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Amphiprion ephippium (Bloch, 1790)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 10 - 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16 - 18; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 13 - 14.

Common Names

  • Kulglødsfisk , Danish , Denmark
  • Black-backed anemonefish , English , Malaysia
  • Clownfish , English , Malaysia
  • Red saddleback anemonefish , English , Australia
  • Red saddleback anemonefish , English , Micronesia
  • Red saddleback anemonefish , English , USA
  • Saddle anemone , English , Indonesia
  • Saddle anemonefish , English , Malaysia
  • Saddle anemonefish , English , USA
  • Tomato clownfish , English , Indonesia
  • Poisson-clown à selle , French , France
  • Bombin , Malay , Malaysia
  • Giru totol , Malay , Indonesia
  • Gombing , Malay , Malaysia
  • Inggu , Malay , Malaysia
  • Inggu pelana , Malay , Malaysia
  • Tompel jkt , Malay , Indonesia
  • 大眼双锯鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 大眼雙鋸魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Sedlasta klovnska ribica , Slovene , Slovenia
  • Kolglödfisk , Swedish , Sweden

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Ovalentaria/misc

    Family: Pomacentridae

    Genus: Amphiprion

    Species: Amphiprion ephippium (Bloch, 1790)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Eastern Indian Ocean: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Malaysia, and Java and Sumatra in Indonesia.

    • Biology

    Adults are found in silty coastal waters and protected bays where visibility is often reduced. Usually found in pairs (Ref. 48636). 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 and Heteractis crispa (Ref. 5911). Has been reared in captivity (Ref. 35413, 35420).

    Habitat

    associated