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Amphiprion clarkii (Bennett, 1830)

Yellowtail clownfish
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Common names: Bantay-bothot, Clark's anemonefish, Mangkot
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref:
Importance: subsistence fisheries | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Recorded in Tañon Strait (Ref. 107276). Known from Surigao City (Ref. 58652), San Juan, Batangas (Ref. 107854), Karitonan Reserve, Calatagan and Fuego Point and Sunset Cove, Nasugbu (Ref. 107853), Lanuza Bay (Ref. 104756), Bongo Island and Paril-Sangay Protected Seascape, Moro Gulf, Davao Gulf, Malalag Bay and Sarangani Bay (Ref. 106380), and Bantayan Is. in northern Cebu (Ref. 114734). Most common clown fish in the Philippines (Ref. 13724). Known to coexist the sea anemone Stichodactyla mertensii in the Davao Gulf (Ref. 90000). Also Ref. 7247, 48613, 53416, 121724.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Broad, G., 2003
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Ovalentaria/misc (Various families in series Ovalentaria) > Pomacentridae (Damselfishes) > Pomacentrinae
Etymology: Amphiprion: Greek, amphi = on both sides + Greek, prion, -onos = saw (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; non-migratory; depth range 1 - 70 m (Ref. 58652).   Tropical; 30°N - 30°S, 47°E - 172°W

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