Percula or ocellarus??

[Saltydrip]

I'm a little confused.. I got both my clowns from petco about 8-9 months apart. They are sapped to be Amphiprion ocellarus bet several times now I have been told they are Percula. I have tried to look at pics on here and google images but with the different variations in the individuals in the pics I can't find a way to ID them. I'm no clown expert so I hope you guys can give me an answer.

 

[redwingrob40]

It's hard to tell from the pick but IMO it looks like the one in foreground is a perc and the one in the background is a occy. I could be wrong, and I believe the only true way to tell is by a spine count. HTH

 

[Saltydrip]

It's hard to tell with my iPhone pics but I think I'm counting 6 on both fishes dorsal fins.

 

[redwingrob40]

It is hard to tell, from what I found Occy has 11 and percs have 10 dorsal spines...

 

[Saltydrip]

Lol. So I'm way off

 

[Saltydrip]

If I count back into the white I get 10 on both. I think... Lmao. Oh we'll ill go with they are percs.

 

[redwingrob40]

If I count back into the white I get 10 on both. I think... Lmao. Oh we'll ill go with they are percs.

:lmao::lmao::lmao: Sounds good to me, so you have 2 percs then :lmao::lmao::lmao:

 

[Ostara]

Both are A. ocellaris. The larger one does have some odd coloration but the dark eyes are a giveaway. It could be a hybrid I suppose, but the pictures aren't super clear.

 

[nanoreefer1000]

The larger one may be a mocha or fancy occy, or just a normal one with more black coloration.

 

[Saltydrip]

Cool. I like mocha. It makes the best coffee!

 

[phender]

I also vote ocellaris. The eyes look to be ocellaris and the orange color is more of a red tone where percs usually have a yellow tone to their orange.
The larger one looks very similar to a Sustainable Aquatics "fancy ocellaris".
http://www.sustainableaquatics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/8.jpg

 

[RyanSweatt2004]

I say both ocellaris, The larger one could just be a cross between an orange and black ocellaris, kinda like the maine mocca clowns from Sea and Reef.

 

[sucker_fish]

both ocellaris, there are different variations, solid black ones so it would be totally feasable for one to be darker in color than normal....

 

[redwingrob40]

Lol. So I'm way off

LOL or maybe it was me that was way off:bigeyes::headwally: Looks like two Occy's it is!!!:dance: