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This is not on the carnival nor you can find this on any park and amusement center, this fish lives in the sea. Scientifically known as Amphiprion percula, orange clown fish is an avid inhabitant of coral reefs. Together with other family related clownfish, this fish species is classified to be a plankton and algae feeder.
This fish inhabits the lagoons and seawards reefs, often stays in groups with 0-4 members. The largest member of the group is the female, second largest is the male, and least in sizes are the non-breeders. Orange Clownfish is a protandrous hermaphrodite , when the female dies, the male becomes female and the non-breeder member becomes male.
Orange Clown fish is distributed in the Western Pacific: Queensland and Melanesia including northern Great Barrier Reef, northern New Guinea, New Britain, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. There were sightings in the New Celadonia and Fiji Islands, although Fowler (1959) confirmed it in the latter area.
This fish grows up to 8 centimeters, often characterized by dominant orange color, three white bars on the body, and black markings on the fins. It is very similar to False-Clown Anemonefish, scientifically known as Amphiprion ocellaris
Sources:
* http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9209
* http://australianmuseum.net.au/Clown-Anemonefish-Amphiprion-percula-Lacepede-1802
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