IndyReef
Aquarium Advice Activist
Reefrunner and I are having a running debate on the "name that fish" section that would probably be beneficial to everyone.
I'll summerize and, RR, feel free to correct anything if i misspeak on your behalf.
The question really centers around the coloration of the fish. The fish is certainly a type of clownfish and is also certainly a type of Amphiprion. The debate that we are having is which type of Amphiprion. On my site i have a pic of my own clown fish. you can view this as the first attachment below.
The confusuing part is that my fish was sold to me as a Tomato clown (Amphiprion frenatus). The question is on the coloration of the obviously, adult sized fish. I have two more attachemnts below from my reference materials describing the various sections of the Amphiprion. My fish has a darker coloration in the face than would normally be for a Amphiprion frenatus.
My real look into the fish is looking at it's mouth. if you look at the first pic and look at the mouth of the fish, and compare it to the second pic you can see that the second pic, or the Amphiprion frenatus, has a more frown, or upside down smile than that of the Amphiprion melanopus.
if you then look at the picture (bottom) of my fish, you will see that mine has a very deep "un-smiley".
My fish also has a blue stripe at the edge of the white stripe.
RR, did us all a favor at the beginning and didnt add in the Amphiprion frenatus as a choice which made it pretty easy. He added it after our conversation which should make the poll very difficult. I cant really tell if the fish in the "name that fish" has a blue out line or not.
The point of discussing all this is a point well made by RR in our private conversation which is that no online or otherwise retailer is going to take the time to properly ID these fish. And as you look at the fish this close in still frames, imagine how hard it is to ID the moving thing.
The last attachement is of the mate i bought for my clown fish. It is of a juvenile version that was hand raised locally and sold to me as a Amphiprion frenatus.
Clown fish are very territorial. You do not want to add another clown to your tank if it is a different species, and you have to be careful within the same to make sure you are making a matching pair. The behavior of my two fish suggests t me that they are the same type. They swim together and sleep together.
i hope this is helpful and it goes to show that things arent always as they seem.
Indy
I'll summerize and, RR, feel free to correct anything if i misspeak on your behalf.
The question really centers around the coloration of the fish. The fish is certainly a type of clownfish and is also certainly a type of Amphiprion. The debate that we are having is which type of Amphiprion. On my site i have a pic of my own clown fish. you can view this as the first attachment below.
The confusuing part is that my fish was sold to me as a Tomato clown (Amphiprion frenatus). The question is on the coloration of the obviously, adult sized fish. I have two more attachemnts below from my reference materials describing the various sections of the Amphiprion. My fish has a darker coloration in the face than would normally be for a Amphiprion frenatus.
My real look into the fish is looking at it's mouth. if you look at the first pic and look at the mouth of the fish, and compare it to the second pic you can see that the second pic, or the Amphiprion frenatus, has a more frown, or upside down smile than that of the Amphiprion melanopus.
if you then look at the picture (bottom) of my fish, you will see that mine has a very deep "un-smiley".
My fish also has a blue stripe at the edge of the white stripe.
RR, did us all a favor at the beginning and didnt add in the Amphiprion frenatus as a choice which made it pretty easy. He added it after our conversation which should make the poll very difficult. I cant really tell if the fish in the "name that fish" has a blue out line or not.
The point of discussing all this is a point well made by RR in our private conversation which is that no online or otherwise retailer is going to take the time to properly ID these fish. And as you look at the fish this close in still frames, imagine how hard it is to ID the moving thing.
The last attachement is of the mate i bought for my clown fish. It is of a juvenile version that was hand raised locally and sold to me as a Amphiprion frenatus.
Clown fish are very territorial. You do not want to add another clown to your tank if it is a different species, and you have to be careful within the same to make sure you are making a matching pair. The behavior of my two fish suggests t me that they are the same type. They swim together and sleep together.
i hope this is helpful and it goes to show that things arent always as they seem.
Indy
