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False Clownfish

Amphiprion ocellaris

Description:

One of the most recognizable fish in the ocean, bright orange coloured with white bands and this black lines. A. ocellaris is a diurnal fish. It is a protandrous hermaphrodite, which means the male can change its gender to female during its life, and lives in a harem in which an established dominance hierarchy manages the group and keeps individuals at a specific social rank. It is aggressively territorial and is completely dependant on its sea anemone

Habitat:

Shallow reefs in its host anemone.

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2 Comments

AlbertKang
AlbertKang 7 years ago

Thanks, @LuisStevens :)

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 7 years ago

Beautiful!

AlbertKang
Spotted by
AlbertKang

Batangas, Philippines

Spotted on Apr 17, 2016
Submitted on Jun 6, 2016

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