White Riding Hood anemonefish
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White Riding Hood anemonefish ( Amphiprion leucokranos ) |
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The white-hooded anemonefish ( Amphiprion leucokranos ) occurs only on the coasts of northern Papua New Guinea , the D'Entrecasteaux Islands , the Isle of Manus , the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands in water depths of two to twelve meters. As a habitat, he prefers the outer reefs, less the lagoons or the reef roof. The species has been described using specimens caught near Madang . The white cap clownfish accepts three types of sea anemones as symbiotic partners :
- The leather anemone ( Heteractis crispa ),
- the magnificent anemone (Heteractis magnifica) and
- Mertens anemone ( Stichodactyla mertensii )
features
The Weisskäppchen anemonefish grows to seven to nine centimeters long. The length is 2.1 to 2.3 times the body height. It is brownish-orange in color. The fins are yellow. A white horizontal stripe extends directly behind the eye over the gill cover, a large, white, teardrop-shaped spot lies with the tip up between the forehead and the first ray of the dorsal fin .
The dorsal fin has nine hard and 18 to 19 soft rays, the anal fin has two hard and 13 to 14 soft rays. The pectoral fins are supported by 19 to 20 fin rays. On the first gill arch there are 18 to 20 gill trap processes. The sideline is accompanied by 35 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
- White Riding Hood anemonefish on Fishbase.org (English)