RESEARCH ARTICLE
Ecological Studies on Two Amphiprion Species in Maldivian Coral Reefs
R.A. Patzner *
Department of Organismic Biology, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstr. 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2008Volume: 1
First Page: 8
Last Page: 10
Publisher Id: TOFISHSJ-1-8
DOI: 10.2174/1874401X00801010008
Article History:
Received Date: 29/02/2008Revision Received Date: 12/03/2008
Acceptance Date: 13/03/2008
Electronic publication date: 13/5/2008
Collection year: 2008
© 2008 R.A. Patzner
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open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode). This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Amphiprion clarkii and A. nigripes were found in coral reefs of three different atolls in the Maldives. A. clarkii was associated with five species of host anemones, but A. nigripes was only found in Heteractis magnifica. In few cases, both anemonefishes have utilized the same individual of H. magnifica. There was no significant correlation between the size of the anemones and the number of the inside living Amphiprion.
