Rare Clownfish??

[beaupierce]

SO,
The other day I was at my LFS and saw that they had a pair of small black clowns with white stripes and yellow fins. Is this a rare breed? I have never seen this before. Please let me know and if you have any post a few pics that would be great! Thanks

 

[triggerfish1976]

That could be describing several different juvenile clown species. Juve. A. Latezonatus clowns seem to be making the rounds again and they match this color pattern but beware of imposters. Some stores will sell regular black and white saddleback clowns (A. Polymnus) that go for around $40 and sell them as juve. latz that can go for $300.00.

 

[Tyler.L]

saddle back clowns...or latz but if they didnt have a blue lip, then the likely hood is that it was saddle back.

 

[beaupierce]

I think it is a saddleback. Can they thrive with a falso perc pair in a 125???

 

[zooqi]

is it possible they are clarki from Vanuatu .. like the one in this picture
picture
I have them darker than that too and face is completly black.

 

[vaporize]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10784123#post10784123 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Tyler.L
saddle back clowns...or latz but if they didnt have a blue lip, then the likely hood is that it was saddle back.

Actually the blue lip is only seen on mature clowns, the juv latez does not develop the blue lips until they get larger than 2-3".