Amphiprion tricinctus Maroon Clownfish, Three-band Anemonefish, Threeband Anemonefish, Three-banded Anemonefish

Amphiprion tricinctusis commonly referred to as Maroon Clownfish, Three-band Anemonefish, Threeband Anemonefish, Three-banded Anemonefish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 300 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

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lexID:: 1809
AphiaID:: 278407

Scientific:: Amphiprion tricinctus
German:: Dreiband-Anemonenfisch
English:: Maroon Clownfish, Three-band Anemonefish, Threeband Anemonefish, Three-banded Anemonefish

Category:: Clownfishes

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Pomacentridae (Family) > Amphiprion (Genus) > tricinctus (Species)
Initial determination:: Schultz & Welander, 1953

Occurrence:: Central Pazific, Marschall Islands, New Caledonia, Vietnam, Western Pacific Ocean
Sea depth:: 3 - 40 Meter
Size:: up to 4.72" (12 cm)
Temperature:: 75.2 °F - 82.4 °F (24°C - 28°C)
Food:: Amphipods, Brine Shrimps, Copepods, Crustaceans, Cyclops, Daphnia salina, Fish eggs, Fish larvae, Flakes, Frozen Food (large sort), Frozen food (small sorts), Invertebrates, Krill, Living Food, Lobster eggs, Mysis, Pellets, Schrimps, Shrimps, Zooplankton
Tank:: 65.99 gal (~ 300L)
Difficulty:: Average
Offspring:: Possible to breed
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2006-01-20 19:37:23
Last edit:: 2019-09-08 16:09:18

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Amphiprion tricinctus are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Amphiprion tricinctus, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Amphiprion tricinctus, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

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Schultz & Welander, 1953

Associated with the anemones: Entacmaea quadricolor, Heteractis aurora, Radianthus crispa and Stichodactyla mertensii.

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Pomacentridae (Family) > Amphiprioninae (Subfamily) > Amphiprion (Genus)