what clown fish grows the largest?

[Nordic Reef]

A. Chrysopterus hands down

 

[Miller535]

Ora spotcintus is the largest by far. They are a designer breed and very expensive so you don't see many of them in the trade.

 

[Winwood]

Ora spotcintus is the largest by far. They are a designer breed and very expensive so you don't see many of them in the trade.

Huh? Spotcinctus is still A. bicinctus and listed as a smaller clown despite being very similar and in the same complex as chrysopterus.

 

[Winwood]

On a second note, I don't believe this is hands down answer. Please keep in mind most people have never even seen chrysopterus in person, let alone large adults. About 5 years ago I ordered a pair of Solomon Island chrysopterus from bluezoo and talked to one of their head livestock people before ordering because they had every size available from tiny to extra large. I asked about the extra large ones and was told they had two, but they weren't looking very good. I ended up ordering a large and a medium. When they came in, the medium fish was a good 4 inches and the large was in the 6 inch range. Both were what I would consider very large clowns. I only can speculate on how big the XL ones were, but if they were bigger than the 6 inch fish I recieved, they had to be quite extraordinarily large clowns.

 

[vaporize]

I've heard that mccullochi suppose to be largest, but of course nobody in captivity can confirm that.

I've seen very large Clarkii complex & Tomato complex fish & maroon

 

[Clownfishfan]

The largest clown I've seen is a 7-8 inch tomato,it was huge! Prettiest clown I've ever seen!