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View Mode View All Pictures Species Amphiprion melanopus Bleeker    Amphiprion melanopus was originally described as Amphiprion melanopus by Bleeker in 1852. It belongs to the family Pomacentridae and subfamily Amphiprioninae. It is commonly known as Fire clownfish but has many other common names such as Red and black anemonefish in Australia, Red and black anemonefish in USA (contiguous states), Black anemonefish in Papua New Guinea, Dusky anemonefish in Guam, Chocolate clown in Maldives. more common names It is found in Salt water and its distribution is Indo-West: Eastern Indonesia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Queensland (Australia) east to New Caledonia, Palau and Micronesia.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   melanopus AuthorWI   Bleeker [P.] AuthorNI   Bleeker Qualification   --- Year   1852 Status   Valid Class   --- --- Order   --- --- Family   Pomacentridae Subfamily   Amphiprioninae Amphiprioninae Genus   Amphiprion Subgenus   --- --- --- Family   Pomacentridae Subfamily   Amphiprioninae Genus   Amphiprion Original Name   Amphiprion         Taxon Name   melanopus Original Combination   Amphiprion melanopus Original Genus   Amphiprion Original Genus Species   Amphiprion melanopus OriginalSubGenus   Amphiprion Original Author   Bleeker Original AuthorWI   Bleeker [P.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1852 Original Family   Pomacentridae Original SubFamily   Amphiprioninae Original Level   species Type Locality   Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Primary Code   Holotype (unique) Primary Type   RMNH 6444 (probably largest of 5) Journal   Natuurkd. Tijdschr. Neder. Indië Citation   v. 3 Page   561 SubSpecies AuthorWI --- Qualification SS --- Original QualificationSS --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI --- Current Genus Species Amphiprion melanopus Current Species   melanopus Current Genus Amphiprion Current AuthorWI De Vis [C. W.] Current AuthorNI   De Vis Current Year   1852 Current Family Pomacentridae Current Subfamily Amphiprioninae Amphiprioninae Habitat reef-associated         Water Salt water Habitat Notes Inhabits lagoon and outer reef environments. Commensal with anemones, apparently host specific for @Physobrachia douglasi@ (Ref. No. 4966). Reported to live exclusively in the cluster anemone @Entacmaea quadricolor@ (Ref. No. 1602). Feeds predominantly on Depth Range From 1 to 18 meters.     Distribution Indo-West: Eastern Indonesia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Queensland (Australia) east to New Caledonia, Palau and Micronesia. Current Summary   Valid as Amphiprion melanopus  Bleeker 1852. Pomacentridae.   Name History   • Valid as Amphiprion melanopus  Bleeker 1852 -- (Randall et al. 1990:253 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:237 [ref. 19344], Kuiter 1993:247 [ref. 23929], Astakhov 1996:845 [ref. 24669], Allen 1997:164 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:264 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:253 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:176 [ref. 23965], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:315 [ref. 25191], Hutchins 2001:266 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3349 [ref. 26132], Allen & Adrim 2003:44 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:631 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:130 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:19 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:351 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1445 [ref. 29090], Allen et al. 2008:111 [ref. 29750], Ogihara et al. 2009:197 [ref. 30934], Allen & Erdmann 2012:572 [ref. 31980]). Common Names  Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations  Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 4 (78 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]234 Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   akallopisos Amphiprion akallopisos Bleeker [P.] 1853 Valid akindynos Amphiprion akindynos Allen [G. R.] 1972 Valid albiventris Amphiprion albiventris Cuvier [G.] in Guérin-Méneville 1828 Uncertain allardi Amphiprion allardi Klausewitz [W.] 1970 Valid amamiensis Amphiprion amamiensis Mori [K.] 1966 Synonym americanus Amphiprion americanus Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801 Synonym annamensis Amphiprion annamensis Chevey [P.] 1932 Synonym argenteus Amphiprion argenteus Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801 Uncertain arion Amphiprion arion De Vis [C. W.] 1884 Synonym australe Amphiprion australe Schneider [J. G.] in Bloch & Schneider 1801 Not available barberi Amphiprion barberi Allen [G. R.], Drew [J.] & Kaufman [L.] 2008 Valid bicinctus Amphiprion bicinctus Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1830 Valid bicolor Amphiprion bicolor Castelnau [F. L. de] 1873 Synonym bifasciatus Amphiprion bifasciatus (Bloch [M. E.] 1792) Synonym bifasciatus annamensis Amphiprion bifasciatus annamensis Chevey [P.] 1932 Synonym boholensis Amphiprion boholensis Cartier [O.] 1874 Synonym calliops Amphiprion calliops Schultz [L. P.] 1966 Synonym carinatus Amphiprion carinatus Schneider [J. G.] in Bloch & Schneider 1801 Synonym chagosensis Amphiprion chagosensis Allen [G. R.] 1972 Valid chrysargyrus Amphiprion chrysargyrus Richardson [J.] 1846 Synonym chrysogaster Amphiprion chrysogaster Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830 Valid chrysopterus Amphiprion chrysopterus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830 Valid clarckii Amphiprion clarckii Bennett [J. W.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830 Spelling clarkii Amphiprion clarkii (Bennett [J. W.] 1830) Valid ephippium Amphiprion ephippium (Bloch [M. E.] 1790) Valid Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 4 (78 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]234 Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…