SYS7EMATIC
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So I posted this about a year ago with the same question and never really got a definitive answer. I figured I'd resubmit it to see if anyone might be able to shed some light onto what this little guy is.
I bought this clown from a lfs about three years ago. It was purchased from a tank full of false perculas for $15. He stuck out like a sore thumb, however. All the rest of his tankmates were the archetypal orange and white clownfish that you expect to see. He was the only fish in the tank to have this kind of...intermediate coloration.
Anyways, at this point he is full grown; about three inches in length. It is safe to say that this is his adult coloration and that the orange is here to stay. We thought, for the longest time, that he was a b&w fp and that the orange would eventually give way to black. Obviously, that hasn't been the case.
Anyways, is this just some sort of strange color variation? Perhaps a hybrid? or could it be a different species all together? In either case, I personally have never seen a clownfish quite like this one. Have any of you?
p.s. the first picture is from a year and a half ago. You can see from the following pics (taken yesterday) that his coloration has changed very little, if at all.
I bought this clown from a lfs about three years ago. It was purchased from a tank full of false perculas for $15. He stuck out like a sore thumb, however. All the rest of his tankmates were the archetypal orange and white clownfish that you expect to see. He was the only fish in the tank to have this kind of...intermediate coloration.
Anyways, at this point he is full grown; about three inches in length. It is safe to say that this is his adult coloration and that the orange is here to stay. We thought, for the longest time, that he was a b&w fp and that the orange would eventually give way to black. Obviously, that hasn't been the case.
Anyways, is this just some sort of strange color variation? Perhaps a hybrid? or could it be a different species all together? In either case, I personally have never seen a clownfish quite like this one. Have any of you?
p.s. the first picture is from a year and a half ago. You can see from the following pics (taken yesterday) that his coloration has changed very little, if at all.
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