A. latezonatus

[BonsaiNut]

Great article! I thoroughly enjoyed it!

I wanted to point out something that I think is a small error, however. The photo of the small black and white clown is, I believe a black variant of A. ocellaris. It does not (to me) look anything like an A. latezonatus. Here are some photos of A. latezonatus for comparison...

http://members.cox.net/bonsainut/Amphiprion-latezonatus-coll.jpg

And in my tank...

http://members.cox.net/bonsainut/A-latezonatus.jpg

Note the body shape, the blue lips, the constriction of the head bar on the forehead, the fact that the middle bar is incomplete over the back, and the broad white margin only on the end of the tale. Most importantly, the middle bar is, in fact, quite wide (hence the name of the fish).

[hcs3]

thanks for the compliments!

yep, it is definately an error. i've had several PM's about this already....just waiting on my website editors to get around to fixin it for me :)

would you mind allowing RK to use your photo of A. latezonatus?

henry

[BonsaiNut]

Originally posted by hcs3
would you mind allowing RK to use your photo of A. latezonatus?

Sure, go right ahead. The photos in the top collage are not my property, but the bottom one is from my tank, so feel free to use it. Here is another fun one :) They are big clowns.

http://members.cox.net/bonsainut/fatlat.jpg

One other comment I'd make about the Amphiprion latezonatus is that it frequently hosts in Entacmaea quadricolor in the wild. If you look in the collage of photos, there are two photos of A. latezonatus in E. quadricolor in the wild, and I have several more. I don't know why this relationship is never listed in books or articles; it seems like the same "host anemone compatability" chart is used over and over without this information. Maybe you can add it to your list :)

[Skipper]

Thanks, Bonsai. I'll add it tonight.

[Skipper]

All fixed. Thanks, Greg.

Uh.... if I knew your last name, I'd add it to the photo credit. :D

[firechild]

Skip,
The black occelaris is still labelled as A. latezonatus and the latezonatus is labelled as A. polymnus.

[Skipper]

Yep. I just fixed it. Dunno what got into me last night. :p I changed the wrong one.

Duh........ :lol: