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The Clownfishes, Damsels of the subfamily Amphiprionae, Part 5

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By Bob Fenner

 

Amphiprion omanensis Allen and Mee 1991, the Oman Anemonefish. Cinnamon-colored overall, with two slim white body bars with narrow black bordering. White tail fin. Found only about Oman in the Arabian Peninsula.

Wish the Sultan would sponsor me for a trip, even on his second-smaller yacht's dingy

Amphiprion percula (Lacepede 1802), the "True" Percula or Orange Clownfish. Western Pacific; New Guinea, GBR, Solomon Islands, Melanesia. To about four inches in length. Mutualistic with Stoichactis, Macrodactyla and Radianthus anemones.

An ORA Platinum Percula, and yet another Perc variety!
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A nice mated pair of "Onyx Perculas" at Morgan Lidster's Inland Aquatics.

Amphiprion polymnus (Linnaeus 1758), the Saddleback Clownfish. Western Pacific; Ryukyu Islands to the Gulf of Thailand, Indonesia. Northern Australia and Solomon Islands. To five inches in length. Distinctive saddle-like marking on mid-body. This pair in a typical silty/sandy setting in a Stichodactyla haddoni anemone (also inhabits Heteractis crispa in the wild), off Pulau Redang, Malaysia, and in an aquarium. Below, some darker different colored ones from N. Sulawesi.

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Amphiprion sebae Bleeker 1853, the Sebae Clownfish. Dark brown to black, two wide white body bars, the second slanting backward on the upper flank, extending to end of dorsal fin. Orange to yellow tail. To five inches in length. Most often fishes sold under this name in the pet-fish trade are actually Clark's Clownfish. Found all along the northern Indian Ocean. Below in N. Sulawesi, with eggs and a Haddoni carpet anemone, and a hobbyist photo sent in for ID.
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Amphiprion tricinctus Schultz and Welander 1953, the Three-Band Anemonefish. Black grading to light brown anteriorly, two or three white body bands. Dark tails. Found only in the Marshall Islands, central-western Pacific Ocean.

Need to sort through my "Clarkii" slides, mmm

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