A picture I can't explain

[robertusnemo]

Hi Guys,

While searching for pictures of clownfish on the web, I came across this weird image.

http://i.imgur.com/WgQHwFm.jpg

Can someone explain this picture? It's taken in the wild. But the most intriguing thing is that it is taken at an island south of Japan. To my knowledge the black Ocellaris Clownfish is a color morph of a "normal" Ocellaris but it is only seen around Darwin, Northern Australia.

Is this picture Photoshopped? What's going on?

P.S. I've been drawing reef fish for the last couple of months. Have a look on https://www.instagram.com/reefillustrated/ if you are interested!

 

[phender]

The mutation that caused the black color in the darwin clowns must have occurred in this individual as well or someone let a Darwin ocellaris go in the area.

 

[DanDashO]

There is a brown variant of A. Ocellaris occurring in Malaysia and Singapore:

https://imgur.com/a/JjNhF

Maybe one some of them are turning up in Japan?


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[robertusnemo]

Could be. The Japanese photo is by the way the first picture I've seen of a wild Black Ocellaris.

 

[sam.basye]

P.S. I've been drawing reef fish for the last couple of months. Have a look on https://www.instagram.com/reefillustrated/ if you are interested!

Your drawings are excellent!

Do you have an online store with some for sale?

 

[neiltus]

where can I buy one of these...ha.

 

[robertusnemo]

Does anyone have any other picture of a Black Ocellaris Clownfish in the wild?

 

[DanDashO]

Does anyone have any other picture of a Black Ocellaris Clownfish in the wild?

Check out the "how rare is this?" sticky at the top of this forum.

 

[robertusnemo]

Check out the "how rare is this?" sticky at the top of this forum.

You're right. That a teeny tiny juvenile. Cute!