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Amphiprion melanopus in life
In life — Blackback Anemonefish, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) Andrew J. Green / Reef life Survey., some rights reserved (CC BY)
BPBM 6823Ichthyology

Amphiprion melanopus

Blackback Anemonefish

As recorded: Amphiprion melanopus Bleeker, 1852

Animalia › Chordata › Perciformes › Pomacentridae

Collected by
J.E. Randall
Date
September 28, 1966
Locality
Ngaruangl Atoll; lagoon
Island
Ngaruangl Atoll
Depth
1 m
Record type
Preserved specimen
27 Bishop specimens of Amphiprion melanopus · collected 1900–1983Species page ›

Collected the same day

On September 28, 1966, J.E. Randall also collected 4 other specimens.

Chaetodon semeion

Ichthyology

Dischistodus melanotus

Ichthyology

Lethrinus mahsena

Ichthyology

Parapercis cylindrica

Ichthyology

Cite this specimen

Amphiprion melanopus. BPBM 6823. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 35055563. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/i/6823.

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