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Amphiprion percula (Lacepède, 1802)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 9 - 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14 - 17; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 11 - 13.

Common Names

  • Bantay bot-bot , Cebuano , Philippines
  • Orangegul klovnfisk , Danish , Denmark
  • Pata , Davawenyo , Philippines
  • Anemone fish , English , Malaysia
  • Blackfinned clownfish , English , USA
  • Clown anemonefish , English , Australia
  • Clown anemonefish , English , Solomon Is.
  • Clown anemonefish , English , Papua New Guinea
  • Clown anemonefish , English , Micronesia
  • Clown anemonefish , English , Vanuatu
  • Clown anemonefish , English , Indonesia
  • Clown anemonefish , English , USA
  • Clown anemonefish , English , Admiralty Is.
  • Clownfish , English , Papua New Guinea
  • Clownfish , English , Indonesia
  • Clownfish , English , Malaysia
  • Damselfish , English , Malaysia
  • Demoiselle , English , Malaysia
  • Eastern clown anemonefish , English , Australia
  • Eastern clownfish , English , Indonesia
  • Orange anemonefish , English , Australia
  • Orange anemonefish , English , Malaysia
  • Orange clownfish , English , USA
  • Orange clownfish , English , Malaysia
  • Puller , English , Malaysia
  • Kloun-meriroosahven , Estonian , Estonia
  • Maumanu ni masao , Gela , Solomon Is.
  • Clownfisch , German , Germany
  • Samok-samok , Kagayanen , Philippines
  • Paja-paja , Makassarese (Makassar) , Indonesia
  • Badut , Malay , Malaysia
  • Bombin , Malay , Malaysia
  • Clown fish biak , Malay , Indonesia
  • Gelang roay , Malay , Indonesia
  • Gombing , Malay , Malaysia
  • Inggu , Malay , Malaysia
  • Inggu jingga , Malay , Malaysia
  • Rombin , Malay , Malaysia
  • 太平洋双锯鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 太平洋雙鋸魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 海葵双锯鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 海葵雙鋸魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Amfiprion , Polish , Poland
  • Palata , Tagalog , Philippines
  • Baro-baro , Visayan , Philippines
  • Bantay-kibot , Waray-waray , Philippines

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Ovalentaria/misc

    Family: Pomacentridae

    Genus: Amphiprion

    Species: Amphiprion percula (Lacepède, 1802)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Western Pacific: Queensland and Melanesia including northern Great Barrier Reef, northern New Guinea, New Britain, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. Not known from New Caledonia and the Fiji Islands, although Fowler (1959) recorded it from the latter area. Often confused with Amphiprion ocellaris.

    • Biology

    Adults inhabit lagoon and seaward reefs (Ref. 9710). Each group of fish consists of a breeding pair and 0-4 non-breeders. Within each group there is a size-based hierarchy: the female is largest, the male is second largest, and the non-breeders get progressively smaller as the hierarchy is descended. If the female dies, the male changes sex and becomes the breeding female, while the largest non-breeder becomes the breeding male. The maintenance of size differences may avoid conflicts, because subordinates do not become a threat to their dominants (Ref. 47841). 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). Maybe found in shallower depths than A. ocellaris. Associated with the anemones: Heteractis crispa, Heteractis magnifica, and Stichodactyla gigantea (Ref. 5911). This species has been reared in captivity (Ref. 35404, 35413, 35420).

    Habitat

    associated