AMPHIPRION AKINDYNOS ALLEN, 1972

Barrier Reef Anemonefish

Original description: As Amphiprion akindynos from specimens collected at the Capricorn Group, Great Barrier Reef

Colour features and size: Light to dark brown with two white bars and whitish caudal fin; head bar of adult usually constricted or discontinuous on top of head; transition between dark colour of the body and pale tail not abrupt (as in A. clarkii), at least in adults; many juveniles and subadults have pronounced white saddle or wedge-shaped mark on upper part of tail base. Maximum length 120-130 mm.

Similar species: Amphiprion clarkii generally has broader white bars and a very abrupt transition between the dark colour of the body and pale tail. The head bar of A. chrysopterus is broader and never constricted or discontinuous across its top; large adults are darker, have more orange colour, and their bars tend to be bluish.

Host anemone species: Entacmaea quadricolor; Heteractis aurora; H. crispa; H. magnifica; Stichodactyla haddoni., S. mertensii

Distribution: Great Barrier Reef of Australia and adjacent Coral Sea to New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands.