Amphiprion melanopus
Blackback Anemonefish | Black Anemonefish | Chocolate Clownfish | Dusky Anemonefish | Fire Clownfish | Red and black Anemonefish
Same Genus
Distribution
Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Orange with one white bar on head behind eye, black on sides and black or mainly black pelvic and anal fins. Similar to A. rubrocinctus (Australian anemonefish) has orange anal fin and less black on pelvic fins. A. melanopus also differs by location, occurring east of Torres Strait.
Information
Max Size: 12 cm
Sea Temperature Range: 19.9-30.5°C
Depth: 1-118m
Habitat Generalization Index: 8.88
Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.
Conservation and Rarity
IUCN Status: Not Evaluated
Occurrence: Infrequent (9.7% of sites)
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Few (5 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.