Twoband anemonefish (Amphiprion bicinctus)

Twoband anemonefish (Amphiprion bicinctus)

Category Fishes
Maximum length 14 cm
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Pomacentridae
Genus Amphiprion
Shoot place Ras Um Sid Bay
Shoot date 2022-10-19

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   Body is yellow-orange or brownish in colour with two characteristic white vertical stripes with a black border. The first stripe behind the head is wider than the second, located in the middle of the body. The caudal fin is always yellow. In some individuals the colouring becomes very dark, in low light underwater the yellow may appear grey or almost disappear, young or stressed individuals may be almost completely dark. They live in symbiosis with sea anemones.

 

 

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