Skunk Anemonefish

Original description: As Amphiprion akallopisos, from specimens collected on Sumatra (an island of Indonesia)

Colour features and size: Pink to nearly orange; without crossbars, but with a relatively narrow white stripe from top of the head to beginning of the dorsal fin, and continuing along base of the fin its entire length. Maximum length 100-110 mm.

Similar species: Amphiprion sandaracinos is very similar, but brighter orange in colour, and its more vivid white stripe is broader; teeth of A. sandaracinos are conical rather than incisiform as in A. akallopisos.

Host anemone species: Heteractis magnifica; Stichodactyla mertensii.

Distribution: Widespread in Indian Ocean, including Madagascar, Comoro Islands, Seychelles, Andaman Islands, west coast of Thailand, and western and southern coasts of Sumatra and Java. It also occurs in the Java Sea.