Amphiprion polymnus (Linnaeus 1758)

Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, Zootaxa 4588 (1), pp. 1-360 : 208

Amphiprion polymnus (Linnaeus 1758) —Saddleback anemonefish ( Fig. 103 )

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on specimens photographed at Lissenung Island, Kavieng region by Dietmar Amon on 28 June 2009.

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: South China Sea to New Guinea, east to Solomon Islands, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Found on sand bottoms adjacent to coral reefs, commensal with sea anemones, 2–20 m depth. Marine.

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FIGURE 103. Amphiprion polymnus (Linnaeus 1758), Lissenung Island, Kavieng District, 28 June 2009 (underwater photograph: Dietmar Amon).