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Amphiprion polymnus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 10 - 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16 - 18; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 12 - 14.

Common Names

  • Sadelpletklovnfisk , Danish , Denmark
  • Brownsaddle clownfish , English , USA
  • Clown fish , English , Malaysia
  • Panda clownfish , English , Indonesia
  • Saddle back clown , English , Indonesia
  • Saddleback anemonefish , English , Australia
  • Saddleback anemonefish , English , Micronesia
  • Saddleback anemonefish , English , Singapore
  • Saddleback clownfish , English , Malaysia
  • Saddleback clownfish , English , USA
  • White-tipped anemonefish , English , Papua New Guinea
  • Yellow-finned anemone-fish , English , Australia
  • Tôaka-kumanomi , Japanese , Japan
  • Badut , Malay , Malaysia
  • Bombin , Malay , Malaysia
  • Giro pasir negro , Malay , Indonesia
  • Giru , Malay , Indonesia
  • Gombing , Malay , Malaysia
  • Inggu , Malay , Malaysia
  • Inggu pelana putih , Malay , Malaysia
  • Rombin , Malay , Malaysia
  • 鞍斑双锯鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 鞍斑海葵魚 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei
  • 鞍斑海葵鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 鞍斑雙鋸魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Cá Thia hai sọc , Vietnamese , Viet Nam

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Ovalentaria/misc

    Family: Pomacentridae

    Genus: Amphiprion

    Species: Amphiprion polymnus (Linnaeus, 1758)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Western Pacific: Ryukyu Islands, China, Viet Nam, Taiwan, Gulf of Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Australia (Northern Territory, Gulf of Carpentaria), New Guinea, New Britain, and Solomon Islands (Ref. 7247). Recorded from Singapore (Ref. 85309).

    • Biology

    Adults inhabit silty lagoons and harbors. Monogamous (Ref. 55367). A protandrous hermaphrodite (Ref. 32166). 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: Heteractis crispa and Stichodactyla haddoni (Ref. 5911). Has been reared in captivity (Ref. 35420, 35423).

    Habitat

    associated