The most expensive maroon clownfish, EVER!

[ClownNut]

WOW, so much for such an ugly fish >___<

one man's trash is another man's treasure, depend who eyes you looking through.

 

[Ptyochromis]

one man's trash is another man's treasure, depend who eyes you looking through.

Indeed.
I find the beauty of nature to be inherent. You cannot improve on it any further.

I would also wonder if the lack of bars on the fish impact its ability to communicate with other organisms. What impact would the lack of bars have on mate selection etc.

 

[Arnel0387]

I still think a natural pattern percula is more beautiful than any of these mutations.

I completely agree!

 

[Chad Vossen]

The wild lightning is loosing it's pattern as well. The lightning pattern recedes as the fish ages.

while the babies look nothing like the "lightning" we are familiar with, their pattern will fade into the lightning pattern eventually.

compare pictures of the lightning when it was first collected, with pictures that are most recent.