Brown clownfish... not "Black and White"???

[TAF]

I just got a clowfish shipped to me and it is supposed to be a "missbar black and white". However, he/she looks much more chocolate in base color than black.

It is also bigger than most of the clownfish I have ever seen, so I was wondering if all Black and White clownfish get lighter and more chocolatly as they get older, or if I don't have a true black and white???

I know it isn't a great pic, but you can see the coloration isn't fully black... but not orange either...

 

[Rippinfrags]

Most likely it's a cross between an orange and white ocellaris and a black and white ocellaris. I would go a step further and say it could be a mocha clownfish crossed with a black and white clownfish. A mocha clownfish is what I described in my first sentence. Hope that makes sense.

 

[TAF]

Yep. Makes sense.

So true black and whites will stay black as they get older?

 

[ReefSmarts]

See this all the time in midnight clownfish where they don't color up completely and still have that orange pigment. It's a Darwin and Regulsr Occ. crossed

 

[CoralsAddiction]

Tank raised black and white ocellaris clowns start out brown and get black as they grow.

 

[gi_eric22]

My black and white was 3/4 inch when I got him and was not brown at all pure black and white. Looks like a mocha to me

 

[CoralsAddiction]

My black and white was 3/4 inch when I got him and was not brown at all pure black and white.

It doesn't mean all tank raised black and white ocellaris are hatched all black. There's is still a good chance it will turn black.
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+27+1114&pcatid=1114
https://www.bluezooaquatics.com/productDetail.asp?did=1&pid=6576&cid=361

 

[Amoo]

There is what is called a Maine Mocha clown, which is a cross between a reg and a B&W. Sometimes they stay brown, sometimes they turn black as they get older.

http://cultivatedreef.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=32_33&product_id=788

 

[Rippinfrags]

Most if not all tank raised black and white ocellaris clownfish should be completely black and white like their parents from the get go. A lot of times their face has some orange to it, but with time the orange will fade and turn completely black.

 

[Rippinfrags]

Plus the op stated the clownfish in the picture is fairly large already. IMO his color is not going to change.