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Saddleback Anemonefish (light)

Amphiprion polymnus

Seabook: Saddleback Anemonefish (light)

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Max Weight

Max Depth

30 m

Description

Amphiprion polymnus is a black and white species of anemonefish with a distinctive saddle. Like all anemonefishes it forms a symbiotic mutualism with sea anemones and is unaffected by the stinging tentacles of the host anemone. It is a sequential hermaphrodite with a strict sized based dominance hierarchy: the female is l... Read more in Seabook

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Colors

white
black
orange

Habitat and Environment

Benthic

Coral reef

Social Behaviour

Association

Group

Conservation status

(LC) Least concern

Poisonous

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Danger to human

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Venomous

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