[norman]

hello all, here is one for you all, someone has told me osselaris & percula clowns are the same species, one wild caught, the other tank bred. comments please. cheers, norman.

[ben]

percs have more black on them as far as i know. ocellaris have very little or none

[karnivor]

norman, on Mar 27 2009, 06:49 PM, said:

hello all, here is one for you all, someone has told me osselaris & percula clowns are the same species, one wild caught, the other tank bred. comments please. cheers, norman.

http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/clownfish...l/blpercula.htm

[ben]

this should help a bit

http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=...67&aid=1656

http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=...67&aid=1843



karnivor beat me to it,lol

[norman]

hello & thanks both, i would think easiest way to recognise is thickness of black line around white, or lack of it.cheers, norman.

[jenelia]

Clownfish and anemonefish are fishes from the subfamily Amphiprioninae in the family Pomacentridae. About twenty eight species are recognized, one in the genus Premnas, while the remaining are in the genus Amphiprion. In the wild they all form symbiotic mutualisms with sea anemones.
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[tommo]

I think you will find that there are now two in the genus premnas

P. biaculeatus and P. epigramma


Tom

[dylan]

check out the jaffa clowns

[Social D]

Why? do they eat jaffa cakes

[dylan]

tim that's not even near to being funny