Australian clownfish

The Australian or Western Australian anemonefish ( Amphiprion rubrocinctus ) comes only on the coast of northwestern Australia (about the Ningaloo Reef to the north east tip of Arnhem Land ) in water depths ranging from one to eight meters in front. He lives with the BTA ( Entacmaea quadricolor ) and the Riesenanemone ( Stichodactyla gigantea ) in symbiosis.

Features

The Australian clownfish is 9.5 to twelve inches long. The length is 1.7 to 2 times the body height. It is dark red in color. All fins are red. On each side of the head behind the eye, a white horizontal stripes. With age, the body is starting on the rear back, increasingly blackish, the lateral stripes are getting narrower and weaker.

The dorsal fin has ten hard and 15 to 18 soft rays, the anal fin two hard - and 13 to 15 soft rays. The pectoral fins are supported 18 to 19 fin rays. On the first branchial arch are 18-19 gill Reuse extensions. The lateral line is accompanied 32-44 scales.