Orange Anemone Fish (Clownfish), colour. Amphiprion percula (Lacepede)

Queensland State Archives posted a photo:

The orange clownfish (Amphiprion percula) is widely known as a popular aquarium fish. Like other clownfishes (also known as anemonefishes), it often lives in association with sea anemones. Made even more notable with the release of the DIsney Pixar film ‘FInding Nemo.’

H.F. [Frank] Olsen of Oxley, Brisbane, was commissioned between 1970-1983 as an illustrator by the Department of Harbours and Marine in order to provide a wide range of illustrations of Queensland fishes.

T C Marshall was the Government Ichthyologist at that time and had an active involvement in government publications regarding the identification of Queensland fishes.
Most of the iIlustrations for Grant’s (1965) “Guide to Fishes” were created by Frank Olsen

Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 6184

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