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The Clownfishes, Damsels of the subfamily Amphiprionae, Part 6

To: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 7, Part 8

 

By Bob Fenner

 

2) "Skunk Clowns", aptly named for their striped markings. A. perideraion, A. akallopisos, A. sandaracinos,  A. leukocranos..

Amphiprion akallopisos Bleeker 1853, Skunk Anemonefish. Pink to orangish in color, with narrow white mid-line stripe. Indian Ocean; Madagascar, Seychelles to Andaman Sea and Java. To four inches in length. Naturally found in Heteractis magnifica and Stichodactyla mertensii as is this specimen in the Seychelles. 

Amphiprion leucokranos Allen 1973, the White-Bonnet Anemonefish. (*A nomen nudum, non-species cross between A. chrysopterus and A. sandaracinos). Has a large tear-drop white mark on head and patch on side of head. To three and a half inches length. This one photographed at the Birch Aquarium, San Diego.

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Amphiprion pacificus Allen, Drew & Fenner 2010, the Fijian Anemonefish.

 
Amphiprion perideraion Bleeker 1855, the Pink Anemonefish. Indo-Pacific. To four inches in length. Narrow midline white stripe and head barring. One in a Heteractis magnifica in Mabul, Malaysia.

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Amphiprion sandaracinos Allen 1972, the Yellow or Eastern Skunk Clownfish. Indo-West Pacific; Christmas Island and Western Australia in the eastern Indian Ocean to the Ryukyu  and Solomon Islands in the western Pacific. Note the orange body color and wide white stripe that extends down to the upper lip, differentiating this from other "Skunk Clowns".  One in Pulau Redang, Malaysia, another in N. Sulawesi. 

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