Amphiprion
| Amphiprion | |
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| Amphiprion ephippium | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Family: | Pomacentridae |
| Subfamily: | Amphiprioninae |
| Genus: | Amphiprion Bloch & Schneider, 1801 |
| Type species | |
| Amphiprion ephippium Bloch, 1790
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Amphiprion is a genus of ray-finned fish which comprises all but one of the species of clownfish or anemonefish in the subfamily Amphiprioninae of the family Pomacentridae.
Species
[edit]The following species are classified in the genus Amphiprion:[1]
- Amphiprion akallopisos Bleeker, 1853 (Skunk clownfish)
- Amphiprion akindynos Allen, 1972 (Barrier reef anemonefish)
- Amphiprion allardi Klausewitz, 1970 (Twobar anemonefish)
- Amphiprion barberi Allen, Drew & Kaufman, 2008
- Amphiprion bicinctus Rüppell, 1830 (Twoband anemonefish)
- Amphiprion chagosensis Allen, 1972 (Chagos anemonefish)
- Amphiprion chrysogaster Cuvier, 1830 (Mauritian anemonefish)
- Amphiprion chrysopterus Cuvier, 1830 (Orangefin anemonefish)
- Amphiprion clarkii (J. W. Bennett, 1830) (Yellowtail clownfish)
- Amphiprion ephippium (Bloch, 1790) (Saddle anemonefish)
- Amphiprion frenatus Brevoort, 1856 (Tomato clownfish)
- Amphiprion fuscocaudatus Allen, 1972 (Seychelles anemonefish)
- Amphiprion latezonatus Waite, 1900 (Wide-band Anemonefish)
- Amphiprion latifasciatus Allen, 1972 (Madagascar anemonefish)
- Amphiprion leucokranos Allen, 1973 (Whitebonnet anemonefish)
- Amphiprion mccullochi Whitley, 1929 (Whitesnout anemonefish)
- Amphiprion melanopus Bleeker, 1852 (Fire clownfish)
- Amphiprion nigripes Regan, 1908 (Maldive anemonefish)
- Amphiprion ocellaris Cuvier, 1830 (Clown anemonefish)
- Amphiprion omanensis Allen & Mee, 1991 (Oman anemonefish)
- Amphiprion pacificus Allen, Drew & Fenner, 2010 (Pacific anemonefish)
- Amphiprion percula (Lacepède, 1802) (Orange clownfish)
- Amphiprion perideraion Bleeker, 1855 (Pink anemonefish)
- Amphiprion polymnus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Saddleback clownfish)
- Amphiprion rubrocinctus Richardson, 1842 (Red Anemonefish)
- Amphiprion sandaracinos Allen, 1972 (Yellow clownfish)
- Amphiprion sebae Bleeker, 1853 (Sebae anemonefish)
- Amphiprion thiellei Burgess, 1981 (Thielle's anemonefish)
- Amphiprion tricinctus Schultz & Welander, 1953 (Three-band anemonefish)
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Amphiprion". FishBase. June 2018 version.
