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Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Ovalentaria
Family:
Pomacentridae
Subfamily:
Pomacentrinae
Genus:
Amphiprion
Species:
clarkii
Common:
Yellowtail clownfish
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Marine
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Regions:
Indian Ocean, Eastern
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Pacific, Eastern Central
Pacific, Northwest
Pacific, Southwest
Pacific, Western Central
Parmentier, E., Colleye, O., Mann, D. 2009. Hearing Ability in Three Clownfish Species. Journal of Experimental Biology, 212(13): 2023-2026.
Parmentier et al. (2009)
Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Colleye, O., Vandewalle, P., Lanterbecq, D., Lecchini, D., Parmentier, E. 2011. Interspecific Variation of Calls in Clownfishes: Degree of Similarity in Closely Related Species. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11(365).
Colleye et al. (2011)
Colleye, O., Nakamura, M., Frédérich, B., Parmentier, E. 2012. Further insight into the Sound-Producing Mechanism of Clownfishes: What Structure Is involved in Sound Radiation? Journal of Experimental Biology, 215(13): 2192-2202.
Colleye et al. (2012)
Parmentier, E., Colleye, O., Fine, M. L., Frédérich, B., Vandewalle, P., Herrel, A. 2007. Sound Production in the Clownfish Amphiprion clarkii. Science, 316(5827): 1006-1006.
Parmentier et al. (2007)
Olivier, D., Frédérich, B., Herrel, A., Parmentier, E. 2015. A Morphological Novelty for Feeding and Sound Production in the Yellowtail Clownfish. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology, 323(4): 227-238.
Olivier et al. (2015)
Takemura, A. 1983. Studies on the Underwater Sound-VII Acoustical Behaviour of Clownfishes (Amphirion spp.). Nagasaki Daigaku Suisan Gakubu Kenkyu Hokoku, 54: 21-27.
Takemura (1983)
Colleye, O., Parmentier, E. 2012. Overview on the Diversity of Sounds Produced by Clownfishes (Pomacentridae): Importance of Acoustic Signals in Their Peculiar Way of Life. PLoS ONE, 7(11).
Colleye and Parmentier (2012)