sebae&blackscopas

[30galreefkeepr]

added a few new fish that will be in 2 or so months transfered into a 72 gal bowfront
heres a few of the shots i thought turned out okay

the tang actually was a bit surprised to see the cleaner bum rushing him. But after a small debate he was cleaned by him.

another of the black scopas tang

 

[xtrstangx]

You think those came out "okay"? Those are pretty incredible.

My vision is so bad I can't see detail on my clowns like I can on your picture.

 

[818]

That is a Clarkii clownfish.

Nice Pics indeed! Scopas are mighty fast fish!

Sam

 

[30galreefkeepr]

really? whats the difference between sebae's and clarki's?

 

[gregr]

lol- I had to go look this up because I thought it was a Sebae too.
Turns out we're both right- that fish goes by both names
This is per Marine Fishes by Scott Michael.

 

[jwedehase]

I understood Sebae to be a type of anemone. Perhaps the Clarkii is most commonly found hosting in a Sebae Anemone?

When I saw the title of the thread, I thought "Oh wow, someone's anemone took out a Scopas, and he got pics of the aftermath...."

 

[gregr]

"Oh wow, someone's anemone took out a Scopas, and he got pics of the aftermath...."

lol- that's exactly what I thought

 

[30galreefkeepr]

lol sorry to disappoint you? lol, but not sorry it didn't happen...even though i have 0 anemone's. (this is not to say I haven't had weird stuff get eaten by fungia disc's.

 

[gregr]

Not sure what you mean Josh but I was just laughing at the fact that I was inspired to look it up because I had no idea of what the difference was... and then I found out there is no difference.

 

[zenya]

Hmmm, I was wondering why would sebae clownfish be called Amphiprion sebae and Clark's anemonefish be called Amphiprion clarkii.

Here's a description of the A.sebae on fishbase, it appears it is mostly found associated with S.haddoni anemones.

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=11846

For comparison, here's the A.clarkii's description at fishbase
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5448

As you can see from descriptions, there is a difference if you look closely at the number of dorsal spines and soft rays.But the most notable to my eye is the color difference in the tail of this two species ( yellow in the sebae and almost always white in clark;s anemonefish). And, lets not forget that the A.clarkii is found associated with LOTS of anemones and sebae anemonefish is predominantly associated with the S.haddoni.

 

[gregr]

I gotta get a new book Scott Michael has them listed as the same fish!

 

[30galreefkeepr]

this has turned into quite the learning experience. <bows to RC God's>
thanks for the help guys...i hope my "clarkii" takes up in one of my meatier softies. maybe he'll get into my alveopora =)

 

[OrangeKoi]

What kind of tang is that?

 

[30galreefkeepr]

black scopas

 

[OrangeKoi]

beautiful!