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Tsu Soo Tan, license: CC BY-NC 4.0, source: iNaturalist
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Ovalentaria
Family:
Pomacentridae
Subfamily:
Pomacentrinae
Genus:
Amphiprion
Species:
frenatus
Common:
Tomato clownfish
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Marine
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Regions:
Indian Ocean, Eastern
Indian Ocean, Western
Pacific, Northwest
Pacific, Western Central
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).
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Kéver, L., Parmentier, E., Derycke, S., Verheyen, E., Snoeks, J., Van Steenberge, M., Poncin, P. 2018. Limited Possibilities for Prezygotic Barriers in the Reproductive Behaviour of Sympatric Ophthalmotilapia Species (Teleostei, Cichlidae). Zoology, 126: 71-81.
Takemura, A. 1983. Studies on the Underwater Sound-VII Acoustical Behaviour of Clownfishes (Amphirion spp.). Nagasaki Daigaku Suisan Gakubu Kenkyu Hokoku, 54: 21-27.
Parmentier, E., Colleye, O., Mann, D. 2009. Hearing Ability in Three Clownfish Species. Journal of Experimental Biology, 212(13): 2023-2026.
Fish, M. P. 1948. Sonic Fishes of the Pacific. Office of Naval Research, Contract N6 ori-195, No. 2 TO 1, NR-083-003, Technical Report No. 2.
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).