SteveA Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 Can anyone ID this fellow? I have looked through a number of publications and many pictures on the RC site and other web sources, but cannot find a complete match. I have found several relatively close but nowhere have I seen that tail, with its basic white colour but yellow top and bottom rays. Other things to note - White edge to otherwise black rear dorsal fin - Orange/Yellow anal fin - Orange Belly - Front half of body tending towards orange. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 it almost looks like a cross between a black foot/melanopus and tomato Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 closest i can see would be the Orange-fin Clownfish Amphiprion chrysopterus how old is it?? cause its body shape (especialy around the head) doesnt look completly formed and so the colours wouldnt be final either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveA Posted July 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 closest i can see would be the Orange-fin Clownfish Amphiprion chrysopterus how old is it?? cause its body shape (especialy around the head) doesnt look completly formed and so the colours wouldnt be final either It is at least 4 years old. This colour scheme was either not as developed, or I just failed to notice it, in its earlier years. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 i wouldnt rule out the possibilty of a hybrid then, it just seems to have small traits from a few fish, its pretty though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveA Posted July 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 Just found a picture here. http://www.wetwebmedia.com/clownfis.htm They call it a clarki but I I have looked at other pictures of clarkis and decided it was not one. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted July 29, 2005 Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 Blue Stripe Clown Amphiprion chrysopterus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveA Posted July 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 It doesn't look like finding a mate for it is going to be too easy then... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted July 29, 2005 Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 Why is that? Very common. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveA Posted July 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 I'd not heard of them before posting the inquiry here and on RC. Only found one other picture as well. Guy on RC said they were hard to keep as didn't want to feed. Mine certainly was no trouble. I will look out for a young one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogmatix Posted July 29, 2005 Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 Has anyone seen the line bred percs to produce snow flake clowns, there cool 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted July 29, 2005 Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 there is a little clarkii up here at the lfs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petplanet Posted July 29, 2005 Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 I have a male blue line clarki. Not as dark as your one. Did have a female. Very large, VERY aggressive. Couldn't add any new fish once she was in there and she was good at attacking your hand. I have had the male for about six years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted July 29, 2005 Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 how did you keep it a female all that time????? would be handy to know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petplanet Posted July 30, 2005 Report Share Posted July 30, 2005 how did you keep it a female all that time????? would be handy to know Females are always bigger than the males. Male clowns will/can change sex to female. I think it is a one way change so once a girl, always a girl. If you get juveniles, one will go male, one will go female, the others will stay juvenile and be driven away by the pair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted July 30, 2005 Report Share Posted July 30, 2005 if your male has been by its self for any decent length of time then the chances are its a female. they change from sexually immature to male then to female. once the dominant male/female is removed the juvinile/male with mature to the next level Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petplanet Posted July 30, 2005 Report Share Posted July 30, 2005 No, he has not grown at all. The female was twice as big. I had three common clowns as well. All about 4cm long at best who lived in a finger coral. As soon as I got them their own anemone, two paired off and chased the other away. It had been happy families up till then. The two then started growing, literally over night. It became obvious wo the female was. The male clarki I have has no reason to change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveA Posted July 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2005 I am now pretty sure it is a male Clarkii. Found it here. http://wish.wodonga.tafe.edu.au/~kwaldon/species.htm A very good site. The picture I put up does exagerate the blue, and I initially thought it was totally an artifact of the lights and the camera. Closer examination shows it to have a blue tinge even under room lighting. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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