Animalia > Chordata > Actinopterygii > Perciformes > Pomacentridae > Amphiprion > Amphiprion percula| | Amphiprion percula (clown fish; orange clown fish; Orange clownfish; Orange anemonefish; Eastern clownfish; Clownfish; Eastern clown anemonefish; Clown anemonefish; Blackfinned clownfish; Damselfish; Puller; Demoiselle; Anemone fish) | |
Synonyms: Actinicola percula; Amphiprion tunicatus; Lutjanus percula Language: Cebuano; Danish; Davawenyo; Gela; German; Kagayanen; Makassarese; Malay; Mandarin Chinese; Polish; Tagalog; Visayan; Waray-waray The orange clownfish (Amphiprion percula) is widely known as a popular aquarium fish. Like other clownfishes (also known as anemonefishes), it often lives in association with sea anemones. A. percula is associated specifically with Heteractis magnifica and Stichodactyla gigantea, and as larva use chemical cues released from the anemones to identify and locate the appropriate host species to use them for shelter and protection. This causes preferential selection when finding their anemone host species. Although popular, maintaining this species in captivity is rather complex. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority regulates the number of collection permits that are issued to aquarium fish dealers who seek this, and other tropical fish within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.The symb |
| Diet [1] | Planktivore |  | | Water Biome [1] | Reef, Coastal |
|
Institutions (Zoos, etc.) |
 MapsAdmiralty Islands; Australia; China; Coral Sea and GBR; Davao Gulf; Great Barrier Reef; Hong Kong; India; Indian Ocean, Eastern; Indian Ocean, Western; Indonesia; Kimbe Bay; Milne Bay; Northeast Australian Shelf; Pacific Ocean; Pacific, Northwest; Pacific, Western Central; Panguil Bay; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Sogod Bay; Solomon Islands; Sorsogon Bay; South China Sea; Tawi tawi Bay; Tayabas Bay; Thailand; Vanuatu; Viet Nam; 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. ; 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 <i>Amphiprion ocellaris</i>.;
|
