Although juveniles have white lines on their heads, the adults completely lack a head bar. As they mature these fish will develop a dark saddle on each side of the body. They have 10-11 dorsal spines, 2 anal spines, 16-18 dorsal soft rays and 13-14 anal soft rays
General Description
| Name: | Red Saddleback Clownfish |  |
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| Latin Name: | Amphiprion ephippium |
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| MBI: | Captive Breeding ✓ | ||
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| Size: | 12 cm | ||
| Tank Size: | 30 gallons | ||
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| Habitat: | A. ephippium is found in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, and Java. The original collection locality, Tranquebar is believed to be erroneous as it is outside the known range. | ||
Status
They not been evaluated by IUCN Red List at this time.