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Common Name: Pink anemonefishScientific Name: Amphiprion perideraionFamily: Pomacentridae
Section: Bony Fishes
Location: VanuatuSite: Tongoa WallDate: 3/24/2000
Camera: N90SFilm: Fuji RDP IIIFilm Speed: 100
Shutter: 1/60Aperture: f/16Focal Length: 60mm
Attributes: Small ovals
Author*: Bleeker, 1855
Characteristics*: Color orange. Fins transparent. One white stripe following the dorsal contour from snout to caudal peduncle. One white vertical stripe between head and trunk.
Species Comments*: Inhabits lagoon and seaward reefs (Ref. 1602). Mainly diurnal. Non-burrowing. Has been reared in captivity (Ref. 35413, 35418, 35420). Associated with the anemones: Heteractis magnifica (usually), Heteractis crispa, Macrodactyla doreensis, and Stichodactyla gigantea (Ref. 5911). In Bali occurs together with the closely related Indian Ocean species A. akallopison and even has been found sharing the same anemone (Ref. 48636).
ID: R0108F08
Photographer: Ken Tucker
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