Red Sea clownfish

Red sea anemonefish ( Amphiprion bicinctus )

The Red sea anemonefish ( Amphiprion bicinctus ) lives in the coral reefs of the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the Chagos Archipelago.

The body of the fish is to brown the edges of the base, the header and the fins orange. Two wide, white- blue horizontal stripes stretch across the body, the first directly behind the eye, the second begins in the middle of the dorsal fin. The dorsal fin has nine to ten hard - and 15 to 17 soft rays, the anal fin two hard and 13 to 14 soft rays. Amphiprion bicinctus is up to 14 inches long. He has been bred already in the aquarium.

The fish accept five symbiosis anemones as a partner.

  • The BTA ( Entacmaea quadricolor )
  • The glass beads Anemone ( Heteractis aurora )
  • The Lederanemone ( Heteractis crispa )
  • The Magnificent ( Heteractis magnifica)
  • The Riesenanemone ( Stichodactyla gigantea )

Swell

  • Daphne G. Fautin, Gerald R. Allen: anemonefish and their hosts. Melle: Tetra - Verlag 1994, ISBN 3-89356-171-4
  • Red sea anemonefish in Fishbase.org (English)
Genus Species Fish fin Bubble-tip anemone
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