Allard's clownfish

Allard's Anemonefish (Amphiprion Allardi )

Allard's Anemonefish (Amphiprion Allardi ) lives in the coral reefs on the coast of East Africa from Kenya to Kwazulu -Natal. The up to 14 -inch-long fish have a black to dark brown trunk, which has two wide, white or light blue horizontal stripes. The muzzle, throat, chest, abdomen, anal and dorsal fin are yellow, the caudal fin white. He can be easily reached Madagascar Anemonefish (Amphiprion latifasciatus ) be mistaken, its distribution area with the overlaps on the north coast Moçambiques of Allard's Anemonefish, but has a forked tail fin. Also, the Orange-Fin Anemonefish (Amphiprion chrysopterus ) provides Allard's Anemonefish confusingly similar to, but lives in the western Pacific.

The female is considerably larger than the male.

Allard's Anemonefish accepts three symbiotic anemone species as partners.

• The BTA ( Entacmaea quadricolor )
• The glass beads Anemone ( Heteractis aurora )
• And Mertens Anemone ( Stichodactyla mertensii )