This will either help, or add to confusion. Ever think it may be a hybrid?
Percula Clownfish, Clown Anemonefish
(Amphiprion percula)
Photo by Rob Borycki
Because of its name, Amphiprion percula, it is the True Percula Clownfish.
* Typically orange in color with three white bars, with the middle bar having a forward-projecting bulge.
* Has 10 (rarely 9) dorsal spines.
* Usually has jet black margins of varied widths around its white bars, often of which can be rather thick.
* Distribution of this species in nature: Northern Queensland and Melanesia (New Guinea, New Britain, New Ireland, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu).
False Percula, Ocellaris Clownfish
(Amphiprion ocellaris)
Photo by David Wade
Typically orange in color with three white bars, with the middle bar having a forward-projecting bulge.
* Has 11 (rarely 10) dorsal spines.
* The spinous (anterior) part of the dorsal fin is taller.
* May have no black margins present, but most often has thin, never thick black margins around its white bars.
* Distribution of this species in nature: Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Andaman Sea), Indo-Malayan Archipelago, Philippines, northwestern Australia; coast of Southeast Asia northwards to the Ryukyu Islands.