POMACENTRIDAE


Amphiprion ocellaris
(photo by Ukkrit Satapoomin)


Amphiprion ocellaris
Cuvier, 1830
False Crown Anemonefish

D X-XI, 14-17; A II, 12-15; P1 18-21; LLp 34-45.

Body moderately deep and compressed. Opercle, subopercle, preopercle and interopercle serrate. Teeth on jaws uniserial. Caudal fin weakly emarginate; no conspicuous projecting spine-like rays at upper and lower edges of caudal-fin base. Color: ground color of head, body and fins orange, with three broad white bars; fins with marginal or submarginal narrow black areas. Size: 8.0 cm SL. Distribution: East part of Indian Ocean, Andaman Sea and West Pacific. Remarks: found in coral reefs; symbiotically associated with anemones Heteractis magnifica, Stichodactyla gigantea and Stichodactyla mertensii.