Madagascar anemonefish
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Madagascar anemonefish ( Amphiprion latifasciatus ) |
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The Madagascar anemonefish ( Amphiprion latifasciatus ) lives in the lagoons and coral reefs on the coast of Madagascar and the Comoros at depths of one to twelve meters. Like all anemonefish, it lives in close symbiosis with large sea anemones . In the wild he lives with Mertens anemone ( Stichodactyla mertensii ).
features
The body of this damselfish is dark brown, almost black on the flanks, the breast, the snout region and the pectoral fins , the anal fin and the caudal fin are yellow. The very similar Seychelles anemonefish ( Amphiprion fuscocaudatus ) has a black and white striped caudal fin. Two broad, white horizontal stripes run across the body, the first directly behind the eye, the second starting in the middle of the dorsal fin . The dark band in the middle of the body is wider in Amphiprion latifasciatus than in similar species. In contrast to these, its caudal fin is not separated from the caudal fin stalk by a white stripe. Its caudal fin is not rounded or smooth-edged, but indented.
The dorsal fin has ten to eleven hard and 15 to 16 soft rays, the anal fin has two hard and 12 to 14 soft rays. The pectoral fins are supported by 20 to 21 rays. On the first gill arch there are 18 to 20 gill trap processes. Amphiprion latifasciatus becomes 10 to 13 centimeters long. The length is 1.7 to 1.9 times the body height. The sideline is accompanied by 33 to 39 scales.
literature
- Gerald R. Allen : Damselfish of the World , Mergus Verlag Melle, 1991, ISBN 3-88244-007-4
- Dapne G. Fautin, Gerald R. Allen: Anemonefish and their hosts , Tetra-Verlag (1994), ISBN 3-89356-171-4
Web links
- Madagascar anemonefish on Fishbase.org (English)