Common Name: Indonesian Saddleback Anemonefish
Scientific Name: Amphiprion polymnus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Distribution: Indonesia, from Java Sea and Bali east to Raja Ampat and north to Southern Mindanao. Rarely reported from Cebu and Samal, Philippines. Continue reading “Amphiprion polymnus”
We’ve run into an interspecific anemonefish trio once before, but this time the participants are a bit different. We have the same Indonesian Clark’s Anemonefish (A. cf clarkii) and Pink Skunk Anemonefish (A. perideraion) as before, but a new friend has joined in—the Indonesian Saddleback Anemonefish (A. cf polymnus). This little piscine cohabitation was observed at the Lembeh Strait of Northern Sulawesi, not far from … Continue reading Another anemonefish ménage à trois
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