clown

[uglyryder]

how can you tell a Ocellaris Clown from a Purcela Clown? they both look a lot alike to me.

[kau_cinta_ku]

a percula will have more black around the bars.

[kau_cinta_ku]

sorry for the basic answer. here are some more features to tell them apart.

Because of its name, Amphiprion percula, it is the True Percula Clownfish.
Typically orange in color with three white bars, with the middle bar having a forward-projecting bulge.
Has 10 (rarely 9) dorsal spines.
Usually has jet black margins of varied widths around its white bars, often of which can be rather thick.
Distribution of this species in nature: Northern Queensland and Melanesia (New Guinea, New Britain, New Ireland, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu).

[InsaneClownFish]

Basically what Sam has said.

Here's some pretty decent descriptions but the pictures leave something to be desired:
http://orafarm.com/clownfish_species.html

[uglyryder]

i ask because i bought another clown to try and pare with the one i already have, and when i got home i relies that the new one looks like the one i have but its a lighter shade of orange so i wondered if its a different species.

[uglyryder]

heres a pic of the clown in my DT and my new one in my QT


http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i196/bb404/100_3033.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i196/bb404/100_3150.jpg

[uglyryder]

bump

[Aquarist007]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12703383#post12703383 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by uglyryder
heres a pic of the clown in my DT and my new one in my QT


http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i196/bb404/100_3033.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i196/bb404/100_3150.jpg

the forward projecting bulge would mean it was a true perc

[uglyryder]

should i get a different pic of the clown in my DT to see if there the same species?

[uglyryder]

after 15 failed attempts i gave up on the pic and took a lil vid.

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i196/bb404/th_100_3156.jpg (http://s72.photobucket.com/albums/i196/bb404/?action=view&current=100_3156.flv)

[Aquarist007]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12703831#post12703831 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by uglyryder
after 15 failed attempts i gave up on the pic and took a lil vid.

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i196/bb404/th_100_3156.jpg (http://s72.photobucket.com/albums/i196/bb404/?action=view&current=100_3156.flv)

IMO the centre white bar pointing to the front is a give away for it being a true perc

[uglyryder]

thank you i just wanted to make sure the tag on the tank at the LFS said the new one i got was a Ocellaris so i wanted to ask the guys that really know.

[jkrentz2515]

Post this over on the clownfish and anemone forum, i'm almost positive it is an ocellaris.

[kau_cinta_ku]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12703849#post12703849 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by capn_hylinur
IMO the centre white bar pointing to the front is a give away for it being a true perc

I would also have to agree ocellaris. both true or false perc will have the center stripe bulge.

either way even if 1 is a true perc. and the other is a flase they will still pair up.