Genus Amphiprion Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Museums

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External Links

• Amphiprion Bloch, M.E. & Schneider, J.G. 1801. Systema Ichthyologiae Iconibus ex Illustratum. Berlin 584 pp. 110 pls. [200].

  Type species:

   Lutjanus ephippium Bloch, 1790 by subsequent designation, see Cuvier, G.L., Griffith, E. & Smith, C.H. 1834. The class Pisces arranged by the Baron Cuvier with supplementary additions by Griffith and Smith. In, The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with its Organisation. London : Gilbert & Rivington. 680 pp. 64 pls [160].

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

POMACENTRIDAE: Amphiprion bicinctus Rüppell, 1830 [restricted to western Indian Ocean and Red Sea] — Allen, G.R. 1991. Damselfishes of the World. Melle, Germany : Mergus Verlag 271 pp. [236]

POMACENTRIDAE: Amphiprion chrysogaster Cuvier, 1830 [restricted to south-west Indian Ocean] — Allen, G.R. 1991. Damselfishes of the World. Melle, Germany : Mergus Verlag 271 pp. [236]

POMACENTRIDAE: Amphiprion ephippium (Bloch, 1790) [confined to north-eastern Indian Ocean, Australian records based on Amphiprion rubrocinctus] — Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [571]

POMACENTRIDAE: Amphiprion frenatus Brevoort, 1856 [known only from Japan to northern Indonesia; Australian records probably based on Amphiprion melanopus or A. rubrocinctus] — Allen, G.R., Drew, J. & Kaufman, L. 2008. Amphiprion barberi, a new species of anemonefish (Pomacentridae) from Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa. Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology [formerly Aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology] 14(3): 105-114 [111]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west-central Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Norfolk Island Province (21), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory, Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

General References

Allen, G.R. 1975. The Anemone Fishes. Their Classification and Biology. Neptune City, New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 2, 351 pp.

Allen, G.R. 1991. Damselfishes of the World. Melle, Germany : Mergus Verlag 271 pp.

Fautin, D.G. & Allen, G.R. 1992. Field guide to anemone fishes and their host sea anemones. Perth : Western Australian Museum 160 pp.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
27-Jul-2017	LABROIDEI	19-Mar-2016	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED