Australian Anemonefish, Amphiprion rubrocinctus Richardson 1842

Other Names: Northwest Anemonefish, Red Anemonefish, Redgirdled Anemonefish

An Australian Anemonefish, Amphiprion rubrocinctus, at Cape Leveque, Western Australia. Source: Graham Edgar / Reef Life Survey. License: CC by Attribution

Summary:

A dark brown to blackish anemonefish with a reddish snout, breast, belly and fins, and a whitish to pale pink bar on the head that lacks a distinct black margin. The head bar may be poorly developed in adults.

The Australian Anemonefish is found only in north western Australia.

Video of an Australian Anemonefish.

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Australian Anemonefish, Amphiprion rubrocinctus Richardson 1842

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Distribution

Endemic to northwestern Australia from Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, to Groote Eylandt in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Territory.

Usually commensal with the large sea anemones Entacmaea quadricolor and Stichodactyla gigantea.

Species Citation

Amphiprion rubrocinctus Richardson, 1842, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 9(59): 391. Type locality: Neotype WAM P.4474–001, Broome, Western Australia (type locality originally Depuch Island, WA).

Author

Dianne J. Bray

Australian Anemonefish, Amphiprion rubrocinctus Richardson 1842

References

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Larson, H.K. & Williams, R.S. 1997. Darwin Harbour fishes: a survey and annotated checklist. pp. 339-380 in Hanley, H.R., Caswell, G., Megirian, D. & Larson, H.K. (eds). The Marine Flora and Fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia. Proceedings of the Sixth International Marine Biology Workshop. Darwin : Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory 466 pp.

Richardson, J. 1842. Contributions to the ichthyology of Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ns 9(59): 384-393.