Eleven microsatellite loci for the saddleback clownfish Amphiprion polymnus

We report nine (CA)(12-49), one (GATA)(39), and one (TCTA)(26) microsatellite loci for the saddleback clownfish Amphiprion polymnus, isolated using an enrichment cloning procedure. A large number of alleles (range 6-30), and high levels of observed heterozygosity (mean = 0.6810) were resolved in 100 individuals of a single population, indicating that these markers should be useful to assess genetic structure and population dynamics over fine spatial scales.