Overview
Comprehensive Description
Biology
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Fautin, D.G. and G.R. Allen 1992 Field guide to anemonefishes and their host sea anemones. Western Australian Museum, Francis Street, Perth. (Ref. 5911)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=5911&speccode=4551
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Distribution
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Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene 1990 Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p. (Ref. 2334)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=2334&speccode=13770
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Physical Description
Morphology
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Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=1602&speccode=4306
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Size
Max. size
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Lieske, E. and R. Myers 1994 Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p. (Ref. 9710)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=9710&speccode=13770
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Diagnostic Description
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Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=1602&speccode=4306
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Ecology
Habitat
Environment
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Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 20 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 1.83 - 35
Temperature range (°C): 25.712 - 29.282
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.051 - 0.279
Salinity (PPS): 34.131 - 36.142
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.444 - 4.764
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.100 - 0.301
Silicate (umol/l): 0.829 - 1.596
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 1.83 - 35
Temperature range (°C): 25.712 - 29.282
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.051 - 0.279
Salinity (PPS): 34.131 - 36.142
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.444 - 4.764
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.100 - 0.301
Silicate (umol/l): 0.829 - 1.596
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From 1 to 30 meters.
Habitat: reef-associated. Inhabits passages and outer reef slopes. Known to occur at 25°C. Commensal with the anemone @Heteractis crispa@, @Stichodactyla mertensii@, or @H. aurora@. Feeds chiefly on planktonic copepods, algae, echuroid and sipunculoid worms, and pelagic tunicates.
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Trophic Strategy
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Allen, G.R. 1975 The anemone fishes. Their classification and biology. Second edition. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey. (Ref. 237)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=237&speccode=4551
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Life History and Behavior
Life Cycle
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Allen, G.R. 1975 The anemone fishes. Their classification and biology. Second edition. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey. (Ref. 237)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=237&speccode=4551
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Barcode data: Amphiprion chrysopterus
There are 11 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank. Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species. See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Amphiprion chrysopterus
Public Records: 7
Specimens with Barcodes: 10
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Conservation
Threats
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IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57073
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Relevance to Humans and Ecosystems
Benefits
Importance
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Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott 1991 World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p. (Ref. 4537)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4537&speccode=1255
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Allen, G.R. 1975 The anemone fishes. Their classification and biology. Second edition. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey. (Ref. 237)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=237&speccode=4551
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Wikipedia
Orange-fin anemonefish
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The orange-fin anemonefish or orange-fin clownfish, Amphiprion chrysopterus, is a clownfish, found in the Western Pacific north of the Great Barrier Reef from the surface to 20 m, to include the Pacific Ocean between Queensland, Australia and New Guinea to the Marshall and Tuamoto islands. It can grow to 17 cm in length.
It feeds on mainly on planktonic copepods, algae, echiuroid and sipunculoid worms, and pelagic tunicates.
Adults generally inhabit reef passages and slopes. Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding. Eggs are demersal and adhere to the substrate. Males guard and aerate the eggs <[1]>. Associated with the anemones: Entacmaea quadricolor, Heteractis aurora, Heteractis crispa, Heteractis magnifica, Stichodactyla haddoni, and Stichodactyla mertensii <[2]>.
Dorsal spines (total): 10 - 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15-17; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 13 - 14. Body short and deep; the head small. Generally yellow in the body edges, yellow-brown to dark brown in the middle sides, with two white vertical stripes, the first behind the eye and the second before the anus. The fins yellow to orange. Juveniles are a dull orange. The tail fins are generally white or yellow and vary depending on the area of origin (fish in the area surrounding Fiji and Tonga have yellow tails, fish from the Marshall and Solomon Islands have white tails).<[3]>
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