Premnas Biaculeatus L\XL Pair

Description

  • Scientific Name: Premnas biaculeatus (recently reclassified into the genus Amphiprion)

  • Common Names: Maroon clownfish, spine-cheeked anemonefish, spine-cheek clownfish

  • Taxonomy: Family Pomacentridae (damselfishes), subfamily Amphiprioninae

Physical Description

  • Coloration: Bright red-orange to deep maroon, dark brown, or nearly black with age. Features three vertical body bars (white, grey, or yellow) edged in black—located on the head (operculum), mid-body, and caudal peduncle.

  • Distinctive Feature: Possesses a large, sharp rearward-protruding spine on the cheek (suborbital spine) located just behind the eye.

  • Size: Females grow up to 16–17 cm (approx. 6.3–6.7 in), while males are much smaller, typically reaching about 6–12 cm.

  • Sexual Dimorphism: Females are significantly larger than males, and body color deepens as they age.

Habitat & Distribution

  • Geographic Range: Tropical Indo-Pacific region, spanning from western Indonesia to Taiwan, the Great Barrier Reef, and parts of the Indo-Australian Archipelago.

  • Depth Range: Found in shallow marine reef slopes, typically between 1 and 18 meters deep.

  • Host Anemone: Forms an obligate mutualistic symbiosis exclusively with the bubble-tip sea anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor), remaining immune to its stinging tentacles.

Behavior & Biology

  • Social Structure: Operates in a strict, size-based dominance hierarchy led by a single large breeding female and a smaller breeding male.

  • Reproduction: They are protandrous sequential hermaphrodites—all individuals start as males, and the breeding male will transition into a female if the dominant female dies.

  • Diet: Carnivorous and omnivorous, feeding primarily on zooplankton, copepods, tunicates, and algae.

  • Temperament: Known to be highly territorial and more aggressive toward other tank mates or clownfish species than most other anemonefishes

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Scientific Name: Premnas biaculeatus (recently reclassified into the genus Amphiprion) Common Names: Maroon clownfish, spine-cheeked anemonefish, spine-cheek clownfish Taxonomy: Family... Read more

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    Description

    • Scientific Name: Premnas biaculeatus (recently reclassified into the genus Amphiprion)

    • Common Names: Maroon clownfish, spine-cheeked anemonefish, spine-cheek clownfish

    • Taxonomy: Family Pomacentridae (damselfishes), subfamily Amphiprioninae

    Physical Description

    • Coloration: Bright red-orange to deep maroon, dark brown, or nearly black with age. Features three vertical body bars (white, grey, or yellow) edged in black—located on the head (operculum), mid-body, and caudal peduncle.

    • Distinctive Feature: Possesses a large, sharp rearward-protruding spine on the cheek (suborbital spine) located just behind the eye.

    • Size: Females grow up to 16–17 cm (approx. 6.3–6.7 in), while males are much smaller, typically reaching about 6–12 cm.

    • Sexual Dimorphism: Females are significantly larger than males, and body color deepens as they age.

    Habitat & Distribution

    • Geographic Range: Tropical Indo-Pacific region, spanning from western Indonesia to Taiwan, the Great Barrier Reef, and parts of the Indo-Australian Archipelago.

    • Depth Range: Found in shallow marine reef slopes, typically between 1 and 18 meters deep.

    • Host Anemone: Forms an obligate mutualistic symbiosis exclusively with the bubble-tip sea anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor), remaining immune to its stinging tentacles.

    Behavior & Biology

    • Social Structure: Operates in a strict, size-based dominance hierarchy led by a single large breeding female and a smaller breeding male.

    • Reproduction: They are protandrous sequential hermaphrodites—all individuals start as males, and the breeding male will transition into a female if the dominant female dies.

    • Diet: Carnivorous and omnivorous, feeding primarily on zooplankton, copepods, tunicates, and algae.

    • Temperament: Known to be highly territorial and more aggressive toward other tank mates or clownfish species than most other anemonefishes

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