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Saddleback Clownfish

Fish

The saddleback clownfish (Amphiprion polymnus), also called the yellowfin anemonefish, lives across the Indo-Pacific from the Philippines through Indonesia, New Guinea, and Australia to Melanesia and Japan's Ryukyu Islands, favoring silty lagoons and harbor areas at depths of 2 to 30 meters. It grows to about 13 centimeters and is dark brown to yellow orange with several white bars and a distinctive white saddle shaped marking across the body. It associates mainly with the haddon's sea anemone and occasionally the sebae anemone, is territorial and active by day, and feeds on zooplankton, bottom dwelling crustaceans, and algae.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Omnivore 1
System (Realm)
Marine 2
Relationship to People
Kept as Pets 3
Living or Extinct
Yes 4
Scientific Name
Amphiprion polymnus 4
Conservation Status
Least Concern 6
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 5
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Amphiprion, Taxa
Source Saddleback Clownfish (Wikidata)

In Biome

Coral Reef, Biomes
Source FishBase: Amphiprion polymnus (FishBase)

In Ecosystem

Source Wikipedia: Saddleback Clownfish
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Sources
1. FishBase: Amphiprion polymnus food items
FishBaseFood items table
Quote, Food items table
plants other plants benthic algae/weeds unspecified algae (not available) juv./adults zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates unspecified zooplankton (not available) juv./adults
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2. GBIF Species API
GBIF Species APIView the Source
3. FishBase: Amphiprion polymnus (FishBase)
FishBase
  • Human uses
    Fisheries: of no interest; aquarium: commercial
  • In Biome: Coral Reef, Environment: reef-associated
    Marine; reef-associated; non-migratory
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4. Saddleback Clownfish (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q1087837 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
  • Child Taxon Of: Amphiprion, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon)
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5. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Perciformes
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 96
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 96
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Chordata","class":"Actinopteri","order":"Perciformes","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"鲈形目","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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6. Wikipedia: Saddleback Clownfish
Wikipedia
  • Infobox: status
    LC
  • In Ecosystem: Coral Triangle, Distribution
    known as the Coral Triangle
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