difference between Picasso and snowflake clownfish???

[arammell]

I love the look of these clownfish, but there has been so much talk about both...
thanks for your help! I would like to find a pair with as much white as possible. Thanks again!

 

[Heterodonut]

IMO Picasso clowns have a jigsaw puzzle random patern to the bars. Snowflakes have a body that is almost a solid blotch of white. Some people will say that Picasso clowns are true percs, and snowflake are ocellaris, but I have seen some TRUE PERCS with almost solid white blotch bodies, that I would call snowflake, but maybe somebody has a better name for them. Both are example of Overbar clowns which seems to be an inherited trait-unlike misbar-which is less white and usually assocaited with poor larval conditions.

 

[myreefcentral]

diddo to what heterodonut said...

 

[GSMguy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12572801#post12572801 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Heterodonut
I have seen some TRUE PERCS with almost solid white blotch bodies, that I would call snowflake, but maybe somebody has a better name for them.

C-Quest called them cotton candy clowns.

 

[AquaReeferMan]

Picasso clowns are a variant of A. percula while Snowflakes are a variant of A. ocellaris.

To me, picassos look like they have over developed white bars. Snowflakes look like someone dumped white paint on the top of them.

Snowflake
http://www.oldtownaquarium.com/?q=node/154

Picasso
http://www.acquaportal.it/negozio/Reefinternational/Animali/_PICASSO.jpg