What is the value?

[Tang~Cop]

What would the value of the Oman Clownfish be at today’s market?

 

[Tang~Cop]

Anyone?

 

[skinpuppi]

I would spend over a grand for a pair of them

 

[Pattylucylaura]

I thought they were impossible to get?

 

[Tang~Cop]

they are, but not if you have the rite contacts

 

[Slakker]

Um...

 

[chris79]

i call B.S. There have been thousands of threads on i can get "these" clowns. Get them and then we can talk.

 

[thecichlidpleco]

anyone on RC actually have one or know of someone who has?

 

[Tang~Cop]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9209634#post9209634 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by chris79
i call B.S. There have been thousands of threads on i can get "these" clowns. Get them and then we can talk.

Bad call, my supplier will be working on this fish. I would rahter get my tank sorted than have a $$$ Clownfish turn up at my door step then start asking Q.

 

[GSMguy]

what is this a rare clownfish or what anybody have a picture?

 

[Chaloupa]

Oman Anemonefish
This is what I have on the species...they're cool looking but hard to get as they are only collected in one place...

Original description: As Amphiprion omanensis from specimens collected at Oman (described in Allen, 1991)

Colour features and size: Body medium to dark brown, head lighter (very pale tannish on snout and chin); two white bars, the head bar usually constricted on forehead, midbody bar narrow, about 1 1/2-4 scales wide; dorsal fin brown to tan; caudal fin tan to whitish, pelvic and anal fins black, pectoral fins yellowish.

Similar species: The combination of a strongly forked caudal fin and black pelvic and anal fins is distinctive. The only other species with a forked caudal fin is A. latifasciatus from Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. However, it has a much wider midbody bar, usually about 10 scales wide.

Host anemone species: Entacmaea quadricolor, Heteractis crispa

Distribution: Oman, Arabian Peninsula

 

[Chaloupa]

And also this; The Omani clownfish is endemic to Oman â€"œ i.e. it is found nowhere else in the world.

 

[Tang~Cop]

I MITE be able to get a pair Could be the start of a whole new clownfish breeding program! My wholesale is getting back to me.

 

[skinpuppi]

Well, If you can get 2 pairs, hook me up!!!

 

[phender]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9211991#post9211991 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Tang~Cop
I MITE be able to get a pair Could be the start of a whole new clownfish breeding program! My wholesale is getting back to me.

Sorry to be negative, but did your wholesaler even know what an Oman clownfish was before you asked about it?
If he didn't, he can't get them. If he could get them, he would likely know A LOT about them.

 

[Tang~Cop]

He knows a large alot to do with marine and freshwater fish, I know he knows his stuff.

 

[Elmo18]

*yawn*

Best,
Ilham

 

[Pattylucylaura]

Keep us posted but I don't see this turning out with you getting those fish.

 

[Pattylucylaura]

Anything new?

 

[Slakker]

Most likely he's all mad now 'cause he found out they aren't available for collection.