Orange-fin Anemonefish
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The orange-fin anemonefish or orange-fin clownfish, Amphiprion chrysopterus, is a clownfish
, found in the Western Pacific
north of the Great Barrier Reef
from the surface to 20 m. It can grow to 16 cm in length.
It feeds on mainly zooplankton
and algae
.
The tail fins are capable of changes color from orange to yellow. The main belly can go from brown to black. The stripes can go from blue to white. And the tail fin is always white.
Clownfish
Clownfish or anemonefish are fishes from the subfamily Amphiprioninae in the family Pomacentridae. Twenty-eight species are recognized, one in the genus Premnas, while the remaining are in the genus Amphiprion. In the wild they all form symbiotic mutualisms with sea anemones...
, found in the Western Pacific
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
north of the Great Barrier Reef
Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef is the world'slargest reef system composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,600 kilometres over an area of approximately...
from the surface to 20 m. It can grow to 16 cm in length.
It feeds on mainly zooplankton
Zooplankton
Zooplankton are heterotrophic plankton. Plankton are organisms drifting in oceans, seas, and bodies of fresh water. The word "zooplankton" is derived from the Greek zoon , meaning "animal", and , meaning "wanderer" or "drifter"...
and algae
Algae
Algae are a large and diverse group of simple, typically autotrophic organisms, ranging from unicellular to multicellular forms, such as the giant kelps that grow to 65 meters in length. They are photosynthetic like plants, and "simple" because their tissues are not organized into the many...
.
The tail fins are capable of changes color from orange to yellow. The main belly can go from brown to black. The stripes can go from blue to white. And the tail fin is always white.