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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
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.
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
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Passive Feeding
Other Passive
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Auditory
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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.
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, E., Colleye, O., Mann, D. 2009. Hearing Ability in Three Clownfish Species. Journal of Experimental Biology, 212(13): 2023-2026.
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, 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).
Takemura, A. 1983. Studies on the Underwater Sound-VII Acoustical Behaviour of Clownfishes (Amphirion spp.). Nagasaki Daigaku Suisan Gakubu Kenkyu Hokoku, 54: 21-27.