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Red-and-black Anemonefish
Amphiprion melanopus Bleeker, 1852
Also calledEenbandanemoonvis (nld) · Gombing (msa) · Ildklovnfisk (dan) · Inggu (msa) · Peix pallasso foc (cat) · Peixe-palhaço-fogo (por) · Pez payaso canela (spa) · Poisson-clown bistré (fra) · Schwarzflossen-Anemonenfisch (deu) · klaun tmavý (ces) · pesce pagliaccio rossonero (ita) · Клоун красно-черный (rus) · Пламенный амфиприон (rus)
First described in: Bleeker, P. (1852). Nieuwe bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Amboina. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 3 (no. 4): 545-568.
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distribution
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2. — General distribution: Eastern Indonesia east to Caroline Islands and Vanuatu, north to Philippines, south to New Caledonia. Found in lagoons and on seaward reef slopes, commensal with sea anemones, 1 – 18 m depth. Marine.
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
materials_examined
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on specimens photographed at Lissenung Island, Kavieng region by Dietmar Amon on 16 Aug. 2009; specimens photographed in June 2013 during ACIAR Aquarium Survey (see Teitelbaum et al. 2013: 14); a video of a specimen taken at Martha's Shoal, east of New Hanover, St. KR 154, at 6 – 20 m depth, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5212069.