Maldive anemonefish (blackfoot anemonefish)
Amphiprion nigripes
Valid name.
- English
- Maldive anemonefish (blackfoot anemonefish)
- Scientific
- Amphiprion nigripes
- Dhivehi
- މާގަނޑު މަސްMaagandu mas
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- About 11 cm TL
- Depth and habitat
- Lagoon and outer reefs, about 2 to 25 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2021
Description
A bright orange anemonefish with a single narrow white bar behind the eye and black pelvic and anal fins, which give it the name 'blackfoot'. It lives in small family groups in a single host anemone, usually the magnificent sea anemone. Like other anemonefish it is a sequential hermaphrodite: the dominant fish is female, the next largest the breeding male. It feeds on zooplankton and algae close to its anemone.
In the Maldives
A near-endemic: found only in the Maldives, Sri Lanka and the Lakshadweep, so it is one of the signature fish of Maldivian reefs. Almost always in the magnificent sea anemone (Heteractis magnifica).
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Amphiprion-nigripes.html
- fao.org /4/AD471E/AD471E00.htm
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=7809&GenusName=Amphiprion&SpeciesName
- dv.wikipedia.org /wiki/ދިވެހި_މާގަނޑުމަސް
- dv.wikipedia.org /wiki/މާގަނޑު_މަސް
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Pomacentridae_-_Amphiprion_nigripes.jpg
Dhivehi name source: FishBase common names (country: Maldives) (Latin); Thaana from Dhivehi Wikipedia (fish articles derived from the MRS 1997 Dhivehi edition) (generic anemonefish name). Dhivehi Wikipedia's species article titles it ދިވެހި މާގަނޑުމަސް (Dhivehi maagandumas, 'Maldivian anemonefish').