page_title: Amphiprion nigripes
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Amphiprion nigripes / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Maldive anemonefish (Amphiprion nigripes) in a sea anemone (Heteractis magnifica) in Fihalhohi, Maldives.. They are sometimes called Black-footed clownfish due to their black pelvic and anal fins. On the right side rock there are a couple of Sea squirts visible.
context_page_description: Amphiprion nigripes, is a marine fish belonging to the family Pomacentridae, which includes clownfishes and damselfishes.
context_section_description: The Maldive anemonefish is a small fish which grows up to 11 cm as a female and 8 cm as a male.  It is oval-bodied and laterally compressed. 
  
  This clownfish is characterized by its rusty orange color with a single white stripe running vertically just behind the eye.  It has black pelvic and anal fins (hence the common name) and a variable area on its belly can be more or less black. Depending on geographic location, some fishes can be orangeish-yellow with an anal fin which is not black but the same color as the body.
caption: Blackfinned anemonefish in Fihalhohi, Maldives
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