Pink Anemonefish, Amphiprion perideraion Bleeker 1855

Other Names: White-maned Anemonefish

A Pink Anemonefish, Amphiprion perideraion, at Great Detached Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, November 2001. Source: Erik Schlogl / iNaturalist.org. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial

Summary:

A pink to peachy-pink anemone fish with a single narrow white bar on the head behind the eye, and a pale stripe running along the back from in front of the eye to the tail base.

The Pink Anemonefish lives amongst sea anemones.

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Dianne J. Bray, Amphiprion perideraion in Fishes of Australia, accessed 24 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/1276

Pink Anemonefish, Amphiprion perideraion Bleeker 1855

More Info

Distribution	Recorded in the Australian region Ningaloo Reef to the Monte Bello Islands, Western Australia, including offshore reefs, Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea, reefs in the Arafura Sea, Northern Territory, and the northern Great Barrier Reef and reefs in the Coral Sea, to the Capricorn Group, Queensland; also at Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean. Elsewhere, widespread in the East-Indo-West Pacific. Inhabits reef lagoons and outer reef slopes. The Pink Anemonefish is commensal with several sea anemones, mostly with Heteractis magnifica, and also H. crispa, Macrodactyla doreensis and Stichodactyla gigantea.
Biology	Anemonefish are protandrous hermaphrodites, and individuals are capable of changing sex from male to female. Orange Anemonefish live in small groups with a dominant pair and a number of juveniles. The dominant female lays her eggs in a nest area prepared by the dominant male. He guards and aerates the eggs until the larvae hatch.
Fisheries	This species is traded in the aquarium industry.
Similar Species	The similar Orange Anemonefish, Amphiprion sandaracinos, lacks the narrow white bar behind the eye.
Species Citation	Amphiprion perideraion Bleeker, 1855, Natuur. Tijdschr. Neder. Indië 9: 437. Type locality: Groot Oby.
Author	Dianne J. Bray
Resources	Australian Faunal Directory

Pink Anemonefish, Amphiprion perideraion Bleeker 1855

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