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Amphiprion percula

Description

Amphiprion percula (Lacepède 1802) —Clown anemonefish

Status at New Ireland. Originally described as Lutjanus percula from Port Praslin, New Ireland by Lacepède (1802: 194, 239–240); reported from New Ireland by Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes (1830a: 397–398), based on MNHN material, from Port Praslin, New Ireland as Amphiprion tunicatus by Lesson (1831: 192–194, poissons pl. 25, fig. 3), and from St. Mathias and Kavieng, New Ireland by Duncker & Mohr (1929: 68). A specimen photographed in Kavieng region on 5 June 2013 during ACIAR Aquarium Survey (Teitelbaum et al. 2013: 9, 14); specimens photographed at Lissenung Island, Kavieng region by Dietmar Amon; a video of a specimen taken at Anelaua Island, off eastern New Hanover, at 3–16 m depth, St. KR98, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2, 3, 4.—General distribution: New Guinea east to Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, south to Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Found in coastal reefs, lagoons and seaward coral reefs, commensal with sea anemones, 1–15 m depth. Marine.

Notes

Published as part of Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, pp. 1-360 in Zootaxa 4588 (1) on page 207, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2988163

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References

  • Lacepede, B. G. E. (1802) Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatrieme. Plassan, Paris, xliv + 728 pp, pls. 1 - 16. [Year given as " l'an X de la republique. "]
  • Lesson, R. P. (1831) Poissons. In: Duperrey, L. I. (ed.), Foyage autour du monde, ..., sur la corvette de La Majeste La Coquille, pendant les annees 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825..., Zoologie tome 2. Paris. (Pt. 1, text): 66 - 238; Atlas (1832): pls. 1 - 38.
  • Duncker, G. & Mohr, E. (1929) Die Fische der Sudsee-Expedition der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Stiftung 1908 - 1909. 3. Teil. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Staatsinstitut und Zoologischen Museum in Hamburg, 44, 57 - 84.
  • Teitelbaum, A., Nahacky, A. & Kinch, J. (2013) A commercial survey of aquarium fish species in the Kavieng Lagoon, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. Report, James Cook University, Townsville, 1 - 21.