Common on Entacmaea
anemones on reefs to 60 feet from
Thailand east to Palau, and north to Southern Japan. Adults tend
to become darker with age, pelvic and anal fins generally orange-red,
sometimes with dark leading edge.
Amphiprion melanopus,
which replaces this species to the east, has dark ventral fins in large
adults. Attains 5 inches.
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