Whitebonnet Anemonefish
Amphiprion leucokranos Allen, 1973
First described in: Allen, G. R. (1973). Amphiprion leucokranos, a new species of pomacentrid fish, with notes on other anemonefishes of New Guinea. Pacific Science, 27(4): 319-326
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Remark. Probably a hybrid between Amphiprion chrysopterus and A. sandaracinos.
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
distribution
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2. — General distribution: Eastern Indonesia east to Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. Found in lagoons and seaward coral reefs, commensal with sea anemones, 2 – 12 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. First recorded from New Ireland by Allen & Erdmann (2012: 572). A specimen photographed in Kavieng region on 3 June 2013 during ACIAR Aquarium Survey (see Teitelbaum et al. 2013: 14 as A. leukoronos); specimens were photographed at Lissenung Island, Kavieng region by Dietmar Amon; a video of a specimen taken off southern New Hanover at 3 – 47 m depth, St. KR 106, 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 5212079.