Amphiprion omanensis

[ClownNut]

i am not saying i am 100% sure i got one.
i think i got one.
once it settle down i will post pic for ID.

 

[ClownNut]

i am in bloomington area.

 

[adtravels]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11380287#post11380287 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by phender
I have heard tales that omanensis sometimes strays beyond the protected waters of Oman, but as far as I know there aren't many collecting stations in Yeman either.

I have seen pics of chrysopterus that look very much like omanensis.

This pic was taken in the Solomon Islands. Comes complete with tail extentions, black ventral fins and yellow pectoral fins.

that opens a massive can of worms


For all intents and purposes that is an omanensis but to say that it is from solomon raises alot of other issues, do they exist at all?? how can a fish stray thosands of miles that has a 14 day metamorphasis????

 

[adtravels]

plus it looks alot like this (its mine and i still dont know what it is)

 

[ClownNut]

there are some pics of my mermaid

 

[ClownNut]

this is the only website that i can find some juvenile information for the Oman.
http://www.squidoo.com/anemonefish

 

[Bones18]

What other clowns are you keeping at this time?

 

[ClownNut]

2 pair of black and white ocellaris
1 pair of black saddleback(live with the true percula)
1 pair of true percula(live with the black saddleback)
1 pair of tomato(got to go, biters)
1 still wait for ID

 

[LargeAngels]

Not omanensis.

Maybe bicinctus.

 

[nate4546]

looks alot like bicinctus

 

[phender]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11382269#post11382269 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by adtravels
that opens a massive can of worms


For all intents and purposes that is an omanensis but to say that it is from solomon raises alot of other issues, do they exist at all?? how can a fish stray thosands of miles that has a 14 day metamorphasis????

I think it is more a comment on the variabilty in the coloration of chrysopterous.

However, you do bring up a point. From the very few pics of omanensis that I have seen, the striping and coloration seem very variable. Could it be a naturally occuring hybrid? Maybe clarki x nigripes. Just a thought.

Clownnut,

I have to agree with the others. I think your clown is a bicinctus as well.

 

[LargeAngels]

About the third page down is an adult and a juvi.

http://student.biology.ed.ac.uk/general/awards/reports/2007_rennie/RennieReport-AHulbert.doc