Identify My Two Clowns Please

[markaren]

I am not sure what kind they are .

This one is staying the same color

The next one is starting to turn blackish (on the right, sorry blurry) she has an irregular marking. Right side has forward as well as backward lobe.

The left side of the same fish appears to have normal striping but is still turning blackish

Thank you for your help.

 

[deangelr]

ocellaris

 

[AquaReeferMan]

Yep, A. ocellaris.

 

[markaren]

Thank you. I know nothing about them from experience. I do not see with my own eyes if they are the fake ones or the real ones. All I know is they are my Clowns and I know that the word "clown" is not proper.

 

[Demo916]

the one with the wierd mid section looks like a "fancy perc" the other one is a false perc

 

[markaren]

I had previously bought the other regular marked from a large group a month earlier as a pair. I bought them on fish arrival day...fish boxes were every-ware on the floor. I got here just after the weekly delivery. One tank had probably 80 clowns schooling together (later I confirmed 86) I bought two from that tank and one died by jumping out of my tank that night (I replaced my hood). I replaced him, that same replacement jumped out, I replaced him (and my hood with added lowered glass lid). The 3rd replacement died in the tank.

The 4th replacement one that has a mid section lobed forward and back ward and not matching its normal other side was swimming in a large group that was destined for a show in Orlando. The manager had to call and ask the owner if he could sell one.It was in a tank that had maybe 15. I pointed at the odd one. After 10 trys and me saying that was not the one, the clerk asked how I could tell them apart. After he got the right one I pointed out that it was a freak, oddly marked on just one side. I almost thought he was going to not sell it (it must be rare)

This last one was calm and happy...I removed the glass lids

 

[seamonkey84]

Looks like you got a standard and a fancy ocellaris. Both may darken as they age

 

[phender]

OMG, come on guys. He has two wild caught ocellaris. They are not one fancy and one regular. They are the same, and ocellaris don't normally get darker with age like percula do. Since they are wild caught there is no way to tell what age they are anyway.

And yes, they are either wild caught or from the most pristine highest quality hatchery the world has ever seen.

 

[RadReefer]

Phender, mine was ORA tank bred occi that was plain ol orange and it has darkened up quite a bit in the 5 years I've owned it. The male on the other hand has not.

 

[jt_milstead]

the one with the wierd mid section looks like a "fancy perc" the other one is a false perc

No offense, I cant stand the name False Percula. That causes so much confusion.
Those are two Ocellaris.

 

[Ambition]

You can tell by looking at the eyes that they are ocellaris as the eye is "dirtier". A percula's eye is orange with the pupil being black, but with ocellaris they eyes are a brownish color.

Phender, I would agree with you on WC or most pristine high quality hatchery bit.

 

[phender]

Phender, mine was ORA tank bred occi that was plain ol orange and it has darkened up quite a bit in the 5 years I've owned it. The male on the other hand has not.

They can get darker, but not in the same way that percs do. ORA clowns will change a lot because they don't feed them food that is good for pigment development. In general ocellaris sometimes get darker orange/brown on their dorsal surface that gradually gets lighter towards the belly. Percs will sometimes go from orange between the stripes to completely black between the stripes with no gradation from top to bottom.