Help tell me which is percula which is ocellaris please.

[foob]

I just got a true percula to pair up with my original true percula. But their colors are extremely different.

Looks like the new one is an ocellaris.

Can someone tell me whether the left or right clownfish is a true or false one?

 

[oama]

A better pic would help. A close up of the eyes, please, no flash.
but from the reflection in the glass I would say that the one on the left is a True Opercula.

 

[foob]

Took another picture, it's the first one. Thanks.

How to tell from looking at the eyes?

 

[oama]

Ok, a little out of focus... But the female (larger) is a wonderful Onyx Percula.

Still hard to tell, but the smaller one does look like an ocellaris.

The eyes tell all
Percula have a bright orange ring around the iris (black center).
Ocellaris, the outer rings is malted/muddied with more of a brown hue.

 

[EMBRYOGUY]

oama is wrong,

there ugly mutant clowns. sell them to me , immediate paypal payment

 

[rrome]

Either those are small clowns, or that is one huge turbo snail

 

[showjet98]

smaller one is 100% A. Ocellaris. The larger one is A. Percula, it is also what is often to as an "Onyx" true perc.

 

[BangkokMatt]

showjet98 is correct. Not much chance of them pairing up Im afraid!

 

[oama]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7114313#post7114313 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by BangkokMatt
showjet98 is correct. Not much chance of them pairing up Im afraid!

Say What???

 

[icarus999]

it's possible but not probable. ive seen crossbreeds of a. percula and a. ocellaris referred to as 'percularris' very expensive. but you ocellaris looks too young to even think about pairing up anyway

 

[oama]

Shaking my head and walking away....

 

[ClownReef®]

LOL Oama...Yep..

Those statements are so wrong..I dont know what to say..Mind if i walk away with you Oama?

 

[phender]

The little one is an ocellaris and the big one is a percula. If the little one isn't getting beat up, there is a good chance that they will form a pair. Size has nothing to do with age in clownfish and small fish can grow very quickly in these situations.

TR clowns have been known to breed in as little as 10 month after birth. If these two breed the young will be fertile even though taxonomically speaking they are different species.

Hang in there Oama.
On some of the other boards this stuff never gets straightened out. There is so much misinformation its scary.

 

[traveller7]

Odds are extremely high for A. percula and A. ocellaris to pair up and even breed. About the only way to prevent such a pairing is to toss in 2 mature females.

If there is reference material out there to the contrary, I for one would be interested in reading it.