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Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Ovalentaria
Family:
Pomacentridae
Subfamily:
Pomacentrinae
Genus:
Amphiprion
Species:
akallopisos
Common:
Skunk clownfish
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Marine
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Regions:
Indian Ocean, Eastern
Indian Ocean, Western
Pacific, Western Central
Colleye, O., Frederich, B., Vandewalle, P., Casadevall, M., Parmentier, E. 2009. Agonistic Sounds in the Skunk Clownfish Amphiprion akallopisos: Size-Related Variation in Acoustic Features. Journal of Fish Biology, 75(4): 908-916.
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Lagardère, J. P., Fonteneau, G., Mariani, A., Morinière, P. 2003. Les Émissions Sonores du Poisson-Clown Mouffette Amphiprion akallopisos, Bleeker 1853 (Pomacentridae), Enregistrées dans l'Aquarium de la Rochelle. Annales de la Societe des Sciences Naturelles de la Charente-Maritime, 9(3): 281-288.
Parmentier, E., Lagardère, J. P., Vandewalle, P., Fine, M. L. 2005. Geographical Variation in Sound Production in the Anemonefish Amphiprion akallopisos. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 272(1573): 1697-1703.
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, 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).