Clownfish idenification

[acolotto]

I believe it's a clarkii but what kind? It is black on the top half orange on bottom with long fins? I got them yesterday and my lfs didnt know the exact name but they're amazing looking and for $30 for a pair I had to have them...sorry about crappy pics my iPhone lens is scratched

 

[acolotto]

Here's a little better pic...had three stripes and the third strip kind of goes on to there tails also

 

[carey]

Looks like a clarkii clown to me.

 

[acolotto]

Do you know what kind though? Are the long fins normal in clarkiis?

 

[Tony Gill]

The pelvic fins do look enormous! Juveniles have relatively large pelvics compared with adults, though your fish doesn't look to be particularly small. I'm not aware of any natural populations of A. clarkii (which is probably a complex of species) that have such large pelvics. If it is captive bred, however, just about anything is possible. I am becoming a little concerned about the various captive bred clowns currently available. Aside from the unnatural colour patterns (which I guess is a matter of personal taste), my preliminary studies suggest that many of these inbred strains suffer from serious skeletal defects (particularly in the caudal skeleton).

Tony

 

[somethingsfishy]

I don't know much about sw, but I did see an onyx clownfish that looks similar.

 

[acolotto]

I believe it's a veil tail clarkii from Vanuatu

 

[Flreefer]

Although I've never seen a Clarkii with pecs that big, I think it is a Clarkii. I looked at the 2- band, Sebae, and orange fin, all of which resemble the Clarkii, and it wasn't any of them. IMO its just a Clarkii with unusually large pectoral fins

 

[Tony Gill]

I wasn't aware of the veil fin clarkii in Vanuatu. The pelvic fins do seem to match up pretty well with your fish. Nice fish.

Tony

 

[acolotto]

Yea if u google images "vanuatu veil tail clarkiis" is pretty much looks like the exact fish I got...I think I've got some awesome clowns for a killer deal I can barely find any info on them beside on rareclownfish.com and I've never seen any like this before they seem to be doing good already hosting my rbta and eating

 

[Flreefer]

Wow ...good score!!

 

[acolotto]

Here's some better pics...and I know the cyano I'll get it out when I do my water change Thursday...was out of town for the weekend brother fed everyday instead of just once