Spine-cheek Clownfish

Amphiprion biaculeatus

Luminous red to brown-red, large female is usually dark reddish-brown to black-red. Only anemone fish with a spine protruding from its gill cover.

Size : 8 cm (male), 16 cm (female)

Habitat : In lagoons and protected outer reefs, 1-18 m. Lives exclusively with Bubble Anemone Entacmaea quadricolour.

Distribution : Burma, Thailand, Malaysia and Sumatra to the Philippines, GBR and Vanuatu.

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Actinopterygii

ORDER

:

Cichliformes

FAMILY

:

Pomacentridae

GENUS

:

Amphiprion

SPECIES

:

Amphiprion biaculeatus

Other Information

Population Status

Not Evaluated (NE)

PHOTO COLLECTION

Reference

  1. inaturalist.org
  2. Reef Fishes of the Indo-Pacific. Book by Matthias Bergbauer and Manuela Kirschner