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Breeder ID: AMPOCE-021093-HUFJER-002 Date received: 2/10/93

Identification: Amphiprion ocellaris (Cuvier, 1830)

Geographic origin: Indo-Pacific

Taxonomy: (after I.C.Z.N.)

Kingdom Animalia

Phylum Chordata

Subphylum Vertebrata

Class Osteichthyes

Order Perciformes Superorder Teleostei

Family Pomacentridae

Genus Amphiprion

Species ocellaris (Cuvier, 1830)

Duration male(yr): 2 Size male (mm):45 Duration female (yr): 2 Size female (mm): 58

Physical differences: Female is larger in both girth and length, as well as being more aggressive.

Adult diet: Flake and floating pellets (Wardley® ), live and frozen brine shrimp, freeze dried krill.

Pre-spawning activity: Both cleaned spawning site approximately 50 cm diameter, 2 - 3 days prior to spawning. Defended territory.

Time spawning began: AM & PM Area spawning occurred: Cleaned site at base of ritterii anemone.

Frequency of spawning: 12 - 16 days Egg Description: Laid in rows. Golden orange with white dot at top end.

Approximate quantity: not indicated Size: ~ 1.0 mm

Egg changes / development: Becoming more brown by day 2 - 3; eyes visible day 4 - 5

Transfer / removal method: not indicated

Spawning tank size (liter): 400 Sides of tank covered? Yes

Lighting & photo period: 2 175 watt MH 5500 K ( 10 hours), 1 - 40 watt flourescent actinic (10 hours)

Filtration: Wet / dry with GAC & ChemPure®. Skimmer, denitrator

Additives and dosages: Liquid Gold®

Water temperature: 78 F Specific gravity: 1.024 pH: 8.4 Nitrate: none detected

Fry development / changes: Size ~ 7.0 mm by day 7

First Food Offered: rotifers

Second Food Offered: newly hatched Artemia , fed twice daily

Survival First Week (%): 30%

Development description: No noticeable change in color after first week

Rearing tank size (liter): 55 Sides covered?: Yes, cardboard

Lighting & photo period:

Filtration: sponge filters, airstones

Additives & doses: methylene blue, 2 drops/gallon

Water temperature: 78 F Specific gravity: 1.024 pH: 8.4 Nitrate: none detected

Comments: This is the fourth batch of eggs since Dec 25, 1992

Original description: Cuvier first described Amphiprion ocellaris in 1830 in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:399 in the Hist. Nat. Poiss. V.5 reference 999, from a specimen collected in Sumatra, Indonesia. Validated by Ida in Masuda et al., 1984 and Allen in 1991 as a synonym of A. ocellaris.

Word origin: Amphiprion is from the Greek roots amph, -I, -o, meaning Around, on both sides; double, and -prion which means a saw. The genus ocellaris is confusing; the Latin root o, meaning an egg; cell, -a, -I, meaning a cell; or perhaps ocell, =us, meaning little eye and -ris meaning laughter.