I picked up this misbar Clown about 2 weeks ago. I don't remember if it was labeled as a tank raised True or False Percula. What do you guys think?
Full Version: ID my misbar Clownfish
True
False
Count the dorsal spines
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# 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).
# 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).
False
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# Typically orange in color with three white bars, with the middle bar having a forward-projecting bulge.
# Has 11 (rarely 10) dorsal spines.
# The spinous (anterior) part of the dorsal fin is taller.
# May have no black margins present, but most often has thin, never thick black margins around its white bars.
# Distribution of this species in nature: Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Andaman Sea), Indo-Malayan Archipelago, Philippines, northwestern Australia; coast of Southeast Asia northwards to the Ryukyu Islands.
# Has 11 (rarely 10) dorsal spines.
# The spinous (anterior) part of the dorsal fin is taller.
# May have no black margins present, but most often has thin, never thick black margins around its white bars.
# Distribution of this species in nature: Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Andaman Sea), Indo-Malayan Archipelago, Philippines, northwestern Australia; coast of Southeast Asia northwards to the Ryukyu Islands.
Count the dorsal spines
QUOTE (uwwmatt @ Mar 7 2010, 04:55 PM) 
True
False
Count the dorsal spines
False
Count the dorsal spines
I'm glad you can count that.......
I never got the whole count the spines thing. Sure it's an accurate test, but I don't know where the dorsal spines are. Lol! Imma guess false, because the true percs tend to have "messy" black lines and false tend to have "neat" black lines. However, if somebody knows how to count the dorsal spines then they can probably give you a sure answer.
its an oscellaris
It looks like 11 spines/rays to me, which would mean an ocellaris.
It's not hard to count the rays with a clear picture of the fish, which tekwrx provided. Dorsal fins are on the back of a fish, and in this case, you want to count the "first" dorsal fin (the one closest to the head. Here, you can the first ray is kind of stubby, followed by 6 rays that are mostly orange. Rays 8-11 are mostly white.
It's not hard to count the rays with a clear picture of the fish, which tekwrx provided. Dorsal fins are on the back of a fish, and in this case, you want to count the "first" dorsal fin (the one closest to the head. Here, you can the first ray is kind of stubby, followed by 6 rays that are mostly orange. Rays 8-11 are mostly white.
QUOTE (lakshwadeep @ Mar 8 2010, 04:23 PM)
It looks like 11 spines/rays to me, which would mean an ocellaris.
It's not hard to count the rays with a clear picture of the fish, which tekwrx provided. Dorsal fins are on the back of a fish, and in this case, you want to count the "first" dorsal fin (the one closest to the head. Here, you can the first ray is kind of stubby, followed by 6 rays that are mostly orange. Rays 8-11 are mostly white.
It looks like 11 spines/rays to me, which would mean an ocellaris.
It's not hard to count the rays with a clear picture of the fish, which tekwrx provided. Dorsal fins are on the back of a fish, and in this case, you want to count the "first" dorsal fin (the one closest to the head. Here, you can the first ray is kind of stubby, followed by 6 rays that are mostly orange. Rays 8-11 are mostly white.
It's not hard to count the rays with a clear picture of the fish, which tekwrx provided. Dorsal fins are on the back of a fish, and in this case, you want to count the "first" dorsal fin (the one closest to the head. Here, you can the first ray is kind of stubby, followed by 6 rays that are mostly orange. Rays 8-11 are mostly white.
It looks like 11 spines/rays to me, which would mean an ocellaris.
It's not hard to count the rays with a clear picture of the fish, which tekwrx provided. Dorsal fins are on the back of a fish, and in this case, you want to count the "first" dorsal fin (the one closest to the head. Here, you can the first ray is kind of stubby, followed by 6 rays that are mostly orange. Rays 8-11 are mostly white.
OIC!!! Haha. I see a lot of clown IDs so maybe I can help someone next time.
Some sites call this type of misbar clownfish tear drop. I have one too.
most of the time you can tell just by the eyes of a clownfish. If the eyes are dusky then it is most likely a oscellaris like yours. Look at my sig. those are percs and have a well defined eye. This is most cases not all cases though
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