Red and Black Anemonefish
November 17, 2013 by staff
Red and Black Anemonefish, The Red and Black Anemonefish usually has one white bar on the head behind the eye. It lives in association with the anemone Entacmaea quadricolor.
Identification
The Red and Black Anemonefish usually has one white bar on the head behind the eye, although some fish lack a bar. Its breast, belly and dorsal fin are red to orange. Much of the side of the body is black.
Size range
The species grows to 12 cm in length.
Distribution
The Red and Black Anemonefish is known from the tropical Western Pacific.
In Australia it is recorded off north-western Western Australia and from the northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, south to the central coast of New South Wales.
The map below shows the Australian distribution of the species based on public sightings and specimens in Australian Museums. Click on the map for detailed information.
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