Clown ID

[texas1977]

Need some help on the ID of this one. LFS sold as a sebae, but I've read that sebae never have a third stripe. It's more orange than yellow.

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[kevin21]

Looks like a Clarki clown to me

 

[RXCoral]

That would be my guess as well

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[Ron Popeil]

i would wager that you may have an amphiprion allardi.

any non blue pictures available?

 

[texas1977]

Yeah, I'll post some here in a couple of hours. Thx for the replies, BTW.

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[RXCoral]

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[RXCoral]

With the tail, I would agree with that ID now that you say that.


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[texas1977]

Light is still kinda blue. Do allardi always have that gap at the bottom their tail stripe?

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[texas1977]

After looking online, it looks similar to the chrysogaster

 

[texas1977]

Similar to the chrysogaster, but not as yellow. Crap, who knows. Wish I did, so I could find another.

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[LargeAngels]

That's the problem with the clarkii complex. They all look pretty similar when young.

 

[Ron Popeil]

definitely NOT a chrysogaster.

but if you order another batch of allardi....youll receive the same fish you currently have.

 

[texas1977]

Cool, thx for the replies.

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[phender]

I'm going to have to disagree with Ron on the allardi ID. Allardi at that age usually have a sort of bug eyed look to them and they nearly all have a yellow triangle at the base of their caudal area where it meets the tail that lasts their whole life. Check the allardi pics above. The tail of the allardi will gradually turn completely white as they get older, but the little triangle of yellow between the white and the brown will remain.

 

[Ron Popeil]

i accept phils challenge! but ill concede that hes probably right, hes seen thousands of more fish than i have.

just in my personal experience, ive seen batches of really dark allardi like this in the past (almost always ordered as chysogaster).