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Blackfin Anemonefish
Amphiprion nigripes
Amphiprion nigripes (Maldive anemonefish or blackfinned anemonefish), is a marine fish belonging to the family Pomacentridae, which includes clownfishes and damselfishes.
From the article Amphiprion nigripes on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The Maldive anemonefish is a small fish which grows up to 11 cm as a female and 8 cm as a male. It is oval-bodied and laterally compressed.
This clownfish is characterized by its rusty orange color with a single white stripe running vertically just behind the eye. It has black pelvic and anal fins (hence the common name) and a variable area on its belly can be more or less black. Depending on geographic location, some fishes can be orangeish-yellow with an anal fin which is not black but the same color as the body.
Range & habitat
The Maldive anemonefish is found in the western Indian Ocean in the Maldive Islands, Laccadive Islands.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
This anemonefish is omnivorous, and its diet is based on zooplankton, small benthic crustaceans, and algae.
Wikipedia: “Feeding”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 180380.