Amphiprion

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Amphiprion
Amphiprion ephippium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Pomacentridae
Subfamily: Amphiprioninae
Genus: Amphiprion
Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Type species
Amphiprion ephippium
Bloch, 1790
Synonyms
  • Actinicola Fowler, 1904
  • Paramphiprion K.F. Wang, 1941
  • Phalerebus Whitley, 1929

Amphiprion is a genus of ray-finned fish which comprises all but one of the species of clownfish or anemonefish in the subfamily Amphiprioninae of the family Pomacentridae.

Species[edit]

The following species are classified in the genus Amphiprion:[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Amphiprion in FishBase. June 2018 version.