Allard's anemonefish
Amphiprion allardi
- Usual depth1–31 m
- Water temperature23–28 °C
- Best monthsApril
- How commonRare
About this species
Allard's clownfish or Allard's anemonefish is a marine fish belonging to the family Pomacentridae, the clownfishes and damselfishes, from the western Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa and the Mascarenes.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Allard's clownfish”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 3 records
- April: 17 records
- May: 4 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 5 records
- September: 2 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 8 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–31 m · Deepest record: 125 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–28 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Allard's anemonefish, Allard's Clownfish, Anemone Fish, twobar anemonefish, Twobar Clownfish
Names in 3 more languages
- German
- Allards Anemonenfisch
- Spanish
- Pez payaso de Allard
- French
- Poisson-clown d'Allard
Similar species
Skunk clownfishAmphiprion akallopisos
Maroon ClownfishAmphiprion biaculeatus
Twoband anemonefishAmphiprion bicinctus
Yellowtail clownfishAmphiprion clarkii
blackback anemonefishAmphiprion frenatus
black anemonefishAmphiprion melanopus
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 138 open-data records from 1950 to 2011.
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