Yuri Barros
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Aussie Clark´s of this thread......belongs to the same Variety founded in GBR and Solomons............
Its a Coral Sea Realm.........
These Black are Melanistics...........
Founded mainly in Stichodactyla mertensii............
Only in the south west Coral Sea (New Caledonia and Vanuatu islands)...........exists a different variety.........
But South East PNG..........GBR..........and Solomons are the same variety......
Remember that in the late Pleistocene Era...........during the last glacial maxima.............the sea level was 140 mts bellow actual level............
And Australia was conected with PNG...........forming a Continent called Sahul..........
This variety was isolated in Coral Sea............
This pictires from Sustainable Aquatics.........I suspect that they came from West Australia............called ABCC - Australian Black Clark´s Clownfish.......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nemrf3r1AxQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL9Z0UKKMLk
They have different band shapes............and the yellow color of the tail is a bit transluscent..............not solid Yellow as seen in the other varieties...........
Try google with Exmouth / Ningaloo Reef..........this is the Geographic range of this variety..........
And if someone find this in PNG..........maybe is in the extreme South West...................
But I never see pics from this variety there..............never...........
All my pictures findings was in Exmouth/ Ningaloo reef.........
Thet seems to be one of the rarest variety...........due a small geographic range..............
Awesome fishes............
Its a Coral Sea Realm.........
These Black are Melanistics...........
Founded mainly in Stichodactyla mertensii............
Only in the south west Coral Sea (New Caledonia and Vanuatu islands)...........exists a different variety.........
But South East PNG..........GBR..........and Solomons are the same variety......
Remember that in the late Pleistocene Era...........during the last glacial maxima.............the sea level was 140 mts bellow actual level............
And Australia was conected with PNG...........forming a Continent called Sahul..........
This variety was isolated in Coral Sea............
This pictires from Sustainable Aquatics.........I suspect that they came from West Australia............called ABCC - Australian Black Clark´s Clownfish.......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nemrf3r1AxQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL9Z0UKKMLk
They have different band shapes............and the yellow color of the tail is a bit transluscent..............not solid Yellow as seen in the other varieties...........
Try google with Exmouth / Ningaloo Reef..........this is the Geographic range of this variety..........
And if someone find this in PNG..........maybe is in the extreme South West...................
But I never see pics from this variety there..............never...........
All my pictures findings was in Exmouth/ Ningaloo reef.........
Thet seems to be one of the rarest variety...........due a small geographic range..............
Awesome fishes............
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. Then I saw some clowns at a LFS, labeled as Aussie Clarkii Clowns. Simply stunning! I bought them. Seriously considering a new tank for just them. Anyways, anyone else seen Aussie Clarki's before?
