Red and Black Anemonefish
Amphiprion melanopus
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,563
- Most observed in
- 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
Amphiprion melanopus, also known as the cinnamon clownfish, fire clownfish, red and black anemonefish, black-backed anemonefish or dusky anemonefish is a widely distributed anemonefish chiefly found in the western and southern parts of the Pacific Ocean.. The species scientific name 'melanopus' is Greek, meaning black feet in reference to the black pelvic fins. Like all anemonefishes it forms a symbiotic mutualism with sea anemones and is unaffected by the stinging tentacles of the host anemone.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Cinnamon clownfish”.