Saddleback Clown

Species: Amphiprion polymnus

About Saddleback Clown

Distinguished by the third white band on the tail that is missing or as a saddle-like marking in A. sebae. Some geographical variations and in PNG often with much orange ventrally (Ref. 48636).

Inhabits silty lagoons and harbors. Monogamous (Ref. 55367). A protandrous hermaphrodite (Ref. 32166). Associated with the anemones: Heteractis crispa and Stichodactyla haddoni (Ref. 5911). Has been reared in captivity (Ref. 35420, 35423).

Ref: Allen, G.R.. 1991. (Ref. 7247)