Misbar clownfish

[Abrar Labib]

Hey there,
Im in a bit of an argument with a friend so need suggestions.
Is a Misbar clown fish considered as a designer clown fish or a deformity?

 

[Mr Fishface]

In my personal opinion - deformity. I can see how some might view as a designer but to me a designer clown has a genetic anomaly like a snowflake or Davinci clown.

The way I understand it, when clown babies are being raised, if water quality is not kept at top notch the chances of a misbar increases. It's possible there is a genetic component there as well, but just from the little research I had done on breeding clowns a while back it seemed like water quality was a big factor for this. Hence why, in my opinion again, I would call misbar a deformity.