What kind of clown fish is it?

[italcool]

Hello everyone,

I just got a new clownfish but i can't ID the species. Can you help me out?

 

[elegance coral]

I'm going with A. sebae. It looks to short to be A. polymnus.

 

[italcool]

Ok so is it going to get more yellowish as he grows or is it a black variety?

 

[elegance coral]

There are A. sebae that are black like yours. Melanism can come and go to some degree, but I'd suspect this fish will retain the majority of its black.

 

[italcool]

Ok thank you, how can you say its not a Clarkii? Because of the second stripe that goes to the fin? Is is aggressive like the Clarkii?

 

[criccio]

It's an A. polymnus, aka saddleback clown.

 

[ezhoops]

How about a few different pics. I can see how both could be right

 

[SDguy]

How big is it? I think it just looks too short to be a saddle because it's really small?

 

[italcool]

Its like 2 inch.. i post some more pictures, sorry for the quality i can't make better pics at the moment.

 

[elegance coral]

Ok thank you, how can you say its not a Clarkii? Because of the second stripe that goes to the fin? Is is aggressive like the Clarkii?

Clarkii has a completely different body shape. In my experience, sebae and polymnus are not as aggressive as clarkii. Fish personalities can vary though.

 

[italcool]

here a better pic

 

[elegance coral]

The second set of pic's do look more polymnus. Especially the second and third pic. Clown identification was so much easier 20 years ago, when virtually all clowns were wild caught, and perfect representatives of their species.

 

[elegance coral]

here a better pic

Yep. That's polymnus. I still say it's a short polymnus though. LOL

 

[italcool]

Ok thank you!

 

[phender]

Yeah, I agree with polymus, some sebaes will develop black on their tail, but the tips would still be yellow, not white.

 

[marc price]

It is of the Bali, Sulawesi population of A. polymnus. Nice looking fish

 

[ezhoops]

Polymnus, but a short one.