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Skunk clownfish

Amphiprion akallopisos

Photo by The MnMs
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Field Notes

Description:

Is a type of clown fish with only one dorsal white line.
The skunk clownfish is identified by a light orange color, with a single, narrow, white stripe running from the mouth to the caudal peduncle, and can grow as large as 11 cm in length.
Like other anemonefish, the skunk clownfish is a protandrous hemaphrodite, and maintains a hierarchy within the host anemone that consists of a mating pair, of which the female is the largest, and non-mating males which get progressively smaller in size.

Habitat:

Common in the anemones in the Gulf of thailand

Species ID Suggestions

Amphiprion akallopisos

Comments (2)

Many thanks for correcting the ID! I was away in mexico and I had not seen it until now, so I corrected it today :-)
Hi Marta, this is actually Amphiprion akallopisos, a super interesting species because it's range is split into two distinct pieces- one in the western Indian Ocean and the other part in your area of the eastern Indian Ocean. The anemone is likely Heteractis magnifica. Great shot!

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