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Amphiprion clarkii (Bennett, 1830) 
AphiaID: 212783

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Pomacentridae (Family) > Amphiprioninae (Subfamily) > Amphiprion (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Amphiprion Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Synonymised
taxa
  Amphiprion boholensis Cartier, 1874
Amphiprion clarki (Bennett, 1830) (misspelling)
Amphiprion clarkia (Bennett, 1830) (misspelling)
Amphiprion japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1843
Amphiprion melanostolus Richardson, 1842
Amphiprion papuensis Macleay, 1883
Amphiprion snyderi Ishikawa, 1904
Amphiprion xanthurus Cuvier, 1830
Anthias clarkii Bennett, 1830
Sparus milii Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1831
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los BaƱos, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

from synonym: Smith, J.L.B. (1960). Coral Fishes of the Family Pomacentridae from the Western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. Ichthyological Bulletin No. 19: 317-349 [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English yellowtail clownfish  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Tanzania [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (158 nucleotides; 48 proteins)
To ITIS
Note  Description: Inhabits lagoons and outer reef slopes. Omnivorous. Comensal with the anemones @Cryptodendrum adhesivum@ @Entacmaea quadricolor@, @Stichodactyla mertensii@, @S. gigantea@, @S. haddoni@, @Heteractis crispa@, and @H. aurora@. [details]
Image 
Amphiprion clarkii
Amphiprion clarkii
added on 2008-08-20 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212783
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Amphiprion clarkii (Bennett, 1830). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212783 on 2013-05-20
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