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Amphiprion ocellaris
This clown anemonefish can be recognised by its orange colour with three white bars and black markings on the fins. It is very closely related to A. percula, the Orange Clownfish or "True Percula Clownfish", and often lives in association with the sea anemone Heteractis magnifica, using them for shelter and protection. One can differentiate between Percula (true) and Ocellaris (false) by their respective colors and patterns. Ocellaris are usually less vibrantly colored, and have 11 dorsal fin-spines instead of 10, as on the Percula. Also, the species have different eye arrangements: Percula have bright orange irises, making their eyes appear smaller, whereas Ocellaris have grey/orange irises which make the species eyes appear bigger. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocellaris_c...
Coral reefs: Indo-Pacific.
Spotted at a depth of about 5 m.
Spotted on Dec 17, 2011
Submitted on Dec 22, 2011
21 Comments
Thanks namitha, Reza and Sean for the kind words :-)
Awesome photo! Talented photographer!
Spectacular series !
Awesome series.
Thank you too Lisa Powers for the feature :-)
Wow. Thanks Karen for the feature. :-)
Congratulations Eric, this spotting is featured in the Project Noah blog! http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/3133882...
Thanks Atul :-)
super series pal!!
Thanks Sachin :-)
So Beautiful,
Thanks again Apple. Slowly posting more photos of our weekend dive trip :-)
Happy Holidays to you as well :) I look forward to following your beautiful photos from your scuba diving adventures.
Oh yes. 2 of my fav shows as well. Happy Holidays Apple :-)
Thanks for the suggestion. We watch alot of National Geographic and Animal Planet at the house. We have logged more hours on Planet Earth than anyone I know, we love the ocean episodes.
Well it's never too late to follow your passions. Try scuba diving and it will change your life. At least it did mine. Oh love cats as well though more of the domesticated kind :-)
Well, yes, I do love Finding Nemo but I was originally a biology major in college and one of my favorite chapters was on symbiotic relationships which is what Clown Fish have with the Sea Anemone they live with...so I guess it's a leftover from my science background. Had wanted to be a big cat specialist. Later decided to specialize in computers instead but I still love me some great wildlife!
Thanks Apple. Guess with Finding Nemo the clownfish became a hit :-)
I do love great tropical fish and clown fish are the greatest! Excellent spotting showing symbiotic relationships.
Thanks KatCuff :-)
pretty!