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Amphiprion  Bloch and Schneider, 1801
Taxonomic Serial No.: 170137

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Actinicola Fowler, 1904
  
    Paramphiprion Wang, 1941
  
    Phalerebus Whitley, 1929
  
    Prochilus Bleeker, 1865
  
  Common Name(s): anemonefishes [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderPerciformes  – perch-like fishes  
                               SuborderLabroidei  – parrotfishes, rainbowfishes, wrasses, labres, poissons-perroquets  
                                  FamilyPomacentridae  – damselfishes, demoiselles, castañetas y jaquetas, sergents  
                                     GenusAmphiprion Bloch and Schneider, 1801 – anemonefishes  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Species Amphiprion akallopisos Bleeker, 1853 – nosestripe anemonefish, skunk clownfish, whitebacked clownfish, skunk-stripe anemonefish 
                                        Species Amphiprion akindynos Allen, 1972 – Barrier Reef anemonefish 
                                        Species Amphiprion allardi Klausewitz, 1970 – twobar anemonefish 
                                        Species Amphiprion bicinctus Rüppell, 1830 – threebanded anemonefish, twoband anemonefish 
                                        Species Amphiprion chagosensis Allen, 1972 – Chagos anemonefish 
                                        Species Amphiprion chrysogaster Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830 – Mauritian anemonefish 
                                        Species Amphiprion chrysopterus Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830 – orangefin anemonefish 
                                        Species Amphiprion clarkii (Bennett, 1830) – black clown, Brown anemonefish, yellowtail clownfish, Clark's anemonefish, chocolate clownfish 
                                        Species Amphiprion ephippium (Bloch, 1790) – red saddleback anemonefish, saddle anemonefish 
                                        Species Amphiprion frenatus Brevoort, 1856 – oneband anemonefish, blackback anemonefish, fire clown, tomato clownfish, red clown 
                                        Species Amphiprion fuscocaudatus Allen, 1972 – Seychelles anemonefish 
                                        Species Amphiprion latezonatus Waite, 1900 – wideband anemonefish 
                                        Species Amphiprion latifasciatus Allen, 1972 – Madagascar anemonefish 
                                        Species Amphiprion leucokranos Allen, 1973 – whitebonnet anemonefish 
                                        Species Amphiprion matejuelo Bloch and Schneider, 1801  
                                        Species Amphiprion mccullochi Whitley, 1929 – McCulloch's anemonefish, whitesnout anemonefish 
                                        Species Amphiprion melanopus Bleeker, 1852 – dusky anemonefish, black anemonefish, red and black anemonefish, fire clownfish 
                                        Species Amphiprion nigripes Regan, 1908 – Maldive anemonefish 
                                        Species Amphiprion ocellaris Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830 – clown anemonefish, common clownfish, false clown anemonefish 
                                        Species Amphiprion omanensis Allen and Mee in Allen, 1991  
                                        Species Amphiprion percula (Lacépède, 1802) – clown fish, blackfinned clownfish, clown anemonefish, orange clown fish 
                                        Species Amphiprion perideraion Bleeker, 1855 – false skunkstriped anemonefish, pink anemonefish, whitebanded anemonefish, salmon clownfish, pink skunk clown 
                                        Species Amphiprion polymnus (Linnaeus, 1758) – yellowfinned anemonefish, brownsaddle clownfish, saddleback clownfish 
                                        Species Amphiprion rubrocinctus Richardson, 1842 – Australian anemonefish, red anemonefish, redgirdled anemonefish 
                                        Species Amphiprion sandaracinos Allen, 1972 – orange anemonefish, yellow clownfish, yellow skunk clownfish 
                                        Species Amphiprion sebae Bleeker, 1853 – yellowtailed anemonefish, brown clownfish, sebae clown, yellowtail clownfish 
                                        Species Amphiprion thiellei Burgess, 1981  
                                        Species Amphiprion tricinctus Schultz and Welander in Schultz, 1953 – maroon clownfish, threeband anemonefish 
                                        Species Amphiprion tunicatus Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830  
       
                                      GenusAmphiprion Bloch and Schneider, 1801 incertae sedis  
    Children with Uncertain Position:  
                                        Species Amphiprion argenteus Bloch and Schneider, 1801  
       

 References
       
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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Amphiprion   
       
  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 21-May-2001, website (version Feb-2000)  
  Acquired: 2001   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Amphiprion   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Amphiprion   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalog of Fishes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3   
  Page(s): 2905   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, California, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-47-5   
  Notes: Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932   
  Reference for: Amphiprion   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Shiino, Sueo M.  
  Publication Date: 1976   
  Article/Chapter Title: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4   
  Page(s): 262   
  Publisher: Shima Marineland   
  Publication Place: Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0385-1109   
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  Reference for: anemonefishes[English]   
       

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