Leucokranos clownfish !!!!!
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gsiegel
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phoenixstar89
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ORA has a breeding pair they are working with so captive bred leuks are a possibility in the near future. They've got a good article about the pair on their website.
fishnerd
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the808state
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man that place is expensive...
Its getting hard to keep track of all these clowns!
Its getting hard to keep track of all these clowns!
Finsky
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AMPHIPRION LEUCOKRANOS ALLEN, 1973
White-Bonnet Anemonefish
Original description: As Amphiprion leucokranos, from specimens collected at Madang, Papua New Guinea
Colour features and size: Orange to light brown with a large teardrop shaped white area on top of head and a single white bar on each side of head that may or may not be connected to the white area above it. Maximum length about 90 mm.
Similar species: Amphiprion sandaracinos is a similar colour, but lacks the white head bar and mark on top of the head, having, instead, a white mid-dorsal stripe extending from the snout along the spine to the base of the tail.
Host anemone species: Heteractis crispa; H. magnifica., Stichodactyla mertensii
Distribution: Northern Papua New Guinea, including Manus Island and New Britain, and the Solomon Islands.
Title: Amphiprion leucokranos, a New Species of Pomacentrid Fish, with Notes on Other Anemonefishes of New Guinea
Author: Allen, Gerald R
Date: 1973-10
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Citation: Allen GR. 1973. Amphiprion leucokranos, a new species of Pomacentrid fish, with notes on other anemonefishes of New Guinea. Pac Sci 27(4): 319-326.
Abstract: A new species of anemonefish, Amphiprion leucokranos, is described
from Madang, New Guinea and Fergusson Island, D'Entrecasteaux Group. The
species is closely related to A. sandaracinos Allen, but differs in color pattern and
several morphological features. Notes are included on the anemone hosts, abundance,
local distribution, color pattern, and zoogeography of the eight species of
Amphiprion at Madang.
ISSN: 0030-8870
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/811
White-Bonnet Anemonefish
Original description: As Amphiprion leucokranos, from specimens collected at Madang, Papua New Guinea
Colour features and size: Orange to light brown with a large teardrop shaped white area on top of head and a single white bar on each side of head that may or may not be connected to the white area above it. Maximum length about 90 mm.
Similar species: Amphiprion sandaracinos is a similar colour, but lacks the white head bar and mark on top of the head, having, instead, a white mid-dorsal stripe extending from the snout along the spine to the base of the tail.
Host anemone species: Heteractis crispa; H. magnifica., Stichodactyla mertensii
Distribution: Northern Papua New Guinea, including Manus Island and New Britain, and the Solomon Islands.
Title: Amphiprion leucokranos, a New Species of Pomacentrid Fish, with Notes on Other Anemonefishes of New Guinea
Author: Allen, Gerald R
Date: 1973-10
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Citation: Allen GR. 1973. Amphiprion leucokranos, a new species of Pomacentrid fish, with notes on other anemonefishes of New Guinea. Pac Sci 27(4): 319-326.
Abstract: A new species of anemonefish, Amphiprion leucokranos, is described
from Madang, New Guinea and Fergusson Island, D'Entrecasteaux Group. The
species is closely related to A. sandaracinos Allen, but differs in color pattern and
several morphological features. Notes are included on the anemone hosts, abundance,
local distribution, color pattern, and zoogeography of the eight species of
Amphiprion at Madang.
ISSN: 0030-8870
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/811
Rare Angels
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This is probably my favorite clownfish and I plan to get a few for my reef. I am working with LFS to get some in from ORA and pick the best ones.
Fury165
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woodnaquanut
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I really don't understand the naming system. ORA says Amphiprion leucokranos a is a hybrid so why isn't it A. chrysopterus x sandaracinos?
Winwood
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Because it is considered a valid species currently and was formally described. I believe this is subject to change in the future.
Finsky
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As I see that the person who found the Leucokranos species describes it as having a tear drop on the top of its head, I wonder whether somebody else can come along and say, ohhhh, we say that the head markings must have the side bars connecting to the tear drop to be the best Leucokranos and most beautiful as well as the most valuable and in addition the "most" descriptive of the "perfect" Leucokranos.
Personally, I like the tear drop with side bars.
Personally, I like the tear drop with side bars.
