Sebae clownfish

Sebae clownfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Pomacentridae
Genus: Amphiprion
Species:
A. sebae
Binomial name
Amphiprion sebae
Bleeker, 1853

Amphiprion sebae, also known as the sebae clownfish, is an anemonefish found in the northern Indian Ocean, from Java to the Arabian Peninsula. Like all anemonefish it is usually found living in association with sea anemones. While the common name of Heteractis crispa, the sebae anemone, suggests an association, it is normally found with the Stichodactyla haddoni or saddle anemone.[2] A. sebae, like all anemonefish, lives in a symbiotic relationship with the host anemone where the fish is unaffected by the stinging tentacles of the anemone. In a group of clownfish, Only two clownfish, a male and a female, in a group reproduce through external fertilization. Clownfish are sequential hermaphrodites, changing from male to female, with a strict dominance hierarchy and only the largest fish being female.[2]

  1. ^ Allen, G.R. (2022). "Amphiprion sebae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T188411A1871062. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T188411A1871062.en. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
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