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Amphiprion percula Blackfinned Clownfish, Clown Anemonefish, Clownfish, Eastern clownfish, Orange Clownfish

Amphiprion perculais commonly referred to as Blackfinned Clownfish, Clown Anemonefish, Clownfish, Eastern clownfish, Orange Clownfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
6 
AphiaID:
278402 
Scientific:
Amphiprion percula 
German:
Trauerband-Anemonenfisch 
English:
Blackfinned Clownfish, Clown Anemonefish, Clownfish, Eastern Clownfish, Orange Clownfish 
Category:
Clownfishes 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Pomacentridae (Family) > Amphiprion (Genus) > percula (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Lacepède, ), 1802 
Occurrence:
Hong Kong, Admiralty Islands, Australia, China, Great Barrier Reef, Indonesia, Moluccas, New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Solomon Islands, Vanuatu 
Sea depth:
1 - 15 Meter 
Size:
2.36" - 4.33" (6cm - 11cm) 
Temperature:
75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Brine Shrimp Nauplii, Brine Shrimps, Copepods, Cyclops, Daphnia salina, Flakes, Frozen Food (large sort), Frozen food (small sorts), Invertebrates, Krill, Living Food, Lobster eggs, Mysis, Oyster eggs, Pellets, Shrimps, Zooplankton 
Tank:
33 gal (~ 150L)  
Difficulty:
Average 
Offspring:
Easy to breed 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2021-04-15 07:08:06 

Captive breeding / propagation

Amphiprion percula is easy to breed. There are offspring in the trade available. If you are interested in Amphiprion percula, please contact us at Your dealer for a progeny instead of a wildcat. You help to protect the natural stocks.

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(Lacepède, 1802)

Amphiprion percula is often mistakenly sold as Amphiprion ocellaris. Amphiprion percula has more black in it's coloration wich gets even larger the older the fish gets.
Amphiprion percula has a larger fin as well. It is peaceful, small and magnificently colored. Easy to keep and will accept many kinds of anemones.

Synonyms:
Actinicola percula (Lacepède, 1802)
Amphiprion tunicatus Cuvier, 1830
Lutjanus percula Lacepède, 1802

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Pomacentridae (Family) > Amphiprioninae (Subfamily) > Amphiprion (Genus)

Scientific paper

  1. Complete mitochondrial genome of the orange clownfish Amphiprion percula (Pisces: Perciformes, Pomacentridae), Tao, Yong; Li, Jian-Long; Liu, Min; Hu, Xue-Yi , 2014
  2. Breeding and mass scale rearing of clownfishAmphiprion percula: feeding and rearing in brackishwater, Dhaneesh, Kottila Veettil; Ajith Kumar, Thipramalai Thankappan; Swagat, Ghosh; Balasubramanian, Thangavel , 2012
  3. Plasma cortisol and 11-ketotestosterone enzyme immunoassay (EIA) kit validation for three fish species: the orange clownfish Amphiprion percula, the orangefin anemonefish Amphiprion chrysopterus and the blacktip reef shark Carcharhinus melanopterus, S. C. Mills; J. Mourier; R. Galzin, 2010
  4. Ontogeny of the digestive tract of larval percula clownfish, Amphiprion percula (Lacépède 1802): a histological perspective, Umur Önal; Chris Langdon; İhsan Çelik, 2008
  5. Does the Presence of Non-Breeders Enhance the Fitness of Breeders? An Experimental Analysis in the Clown Anemonefish Amphiprion percula, Peter Buston, 2004
  6. Does the presence of non-breeders enhance the fitness of breeders? An experimental analysis in the clown anemonefishAmphiprion percula, Peter Buston, 2004
  7. Mortality is associated with social rank in the clown anemonefish (Amphiprion percula), P.M. Buston, 2003
  8. Effect of ration size and feeding frequency on growth, size distribution and survival of juvenile clownfish, Amphiprion percula, G. Johnston; H. Kaiser; T. Hecht; L. Oellermann, 2003
  9. Histological studies on the development of the digestive system of the clownfish Amphiprion percula and the time of weaning, A. K. Gordon; T. Hecht, 2002
  10. Effect of Feed Type and Age-at-weaning on Growth and Survival of Clownfish Amphiprion percula (Pomacentridae), A.K. Gordon; H. Kaiser; P.J. Britz; T. Hecht, 1998
  11. Observations on the behaviour of the pomacentrid fish Amphiprion percula, commensal of the anemone Stoichactis, D. Davenport; K.S. Norris, 1958
  12. Observations on the Symbiosis of the Sea Anemone Stoichactis and the Pomacentrid Fish, Amphiprion percula, Demorest Davenport and Kenneth S. Norris, 1958

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Hippocampus Bildarchiv (de) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Interessengemeinschaft für marine Nachzuchten - 3 Berichte (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. Marubis Haltungsempfehlungen (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  5. Rank change and growth within social hierarchies of the orange clownfish, Amphiprion percula (en). Abgerufen am 27.10.2022.

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Andreas Völckers
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am 21.09.20#15
Klasse, vielen Dank für die Verlinkung der Video.

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Hausriff_Youtube
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am 19.09.20#14
Ich habe ein Video über die Haltung von diversen Clownfischen auf Youtube Hochgeladen
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Henckelmann
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am 29.03.17#13
Mein Pärchen wurden mit einem Messbecher langsam in die Nähe der Kupferanemone ins Becken entlassen und schwups .... haben sie sich sofort eingekuschelt.
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