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Amphiprion ocellaris
About 8cm, oval shape compressed laterally, with a round profile, orange to reddish-brown, with three vertical white stripes outlined with a fine black line.
Spotted at Pulu Cinta, a sandy atoll reef at Sulawesi, Indonesia. This species is found in the Eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean, they can also be found in Northern Australia, Southeast Asia and Japan.
Once they find their anemone, they form a symbiotic relationship, the clownfish feeds on the scraps left from the anemone's meals and occasional dead tentacles and defends the anemone from its predators and parasites, the anemone also picks up nutrients from the clownfish excrement. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Pomacentridae Subfamily: Amphiprioninae Genus: Amphiprion Species: A. ocellaris
Spotted on Aug 4, 2016
Submitted on Jan 25, 2017
3 Comments
Thanks Ashley and Leuba.
Lovely spotting !
Your spotting has been nominated for the Spotting of the Week. The winner will be chosen by the Project Noah Rangers based on a combination of factors including: uniqueness of the shot, status of the organism (for example, rare or endangered), quality of the information provided in the habitat and description sections. There is a subjective element, of course; the spotting with the highest number of Ranger votes is chosen. Congratulations on being nominated!