Please id this clown fish
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Looks like a orange skunk
92GallonReefer
It Is What It Is
Same here id say orange skunk
Pitcom
Not Reef Safe
Take a look at a white bonnet clown, It may actually be what you have pictured. I just dont know enough about them to know thier markings.
Amphiprion leucokranos is the name.
maroonytunes
Reefing Without Coral
Thiellei are just about impossible to come by, if I recall correctly, Julian Sprung was able to get 1 and only 1 other string of this clownfish have been id'ed in the aquarium trade.
Refer to here for more details:
http://www.rareclownfish.com/forums/f15/a-theillie-1810/?highlight=thiellei
http://www.rareclownfish.com/forums...ere-do-they-come-from-1377/?highlight=thielli
http://www.rareclownfish.com/forums/f15/thiellei-or-leucokranos-753/?highlight=thiellei
Hope we're allowed to link to other forums, if not feel free to remove the links.
Refer to here for more details:
http://www.rareclownfish.com/forums/f15/a-theillie-1810/?highlight=thiellei
http://www.rareclownfish.com/forums...ere-do-they-come-from-1377/?highlight=thielli
http://www.rareclownfish.com/forums/f15/thiellei-or-leucokranos-753/?highlight=thiellei
Hope we're allowed to link to other forums, if not feel free to remove the links.
THose are extreamly rare in the trade if not impossiable to find.....Good luck with your search, if you do find one it will be very expensive as well......The ID you have is correct as well....
Eklikewhoa
Fish Thumper!
Yep, looks like a clownfish.
Amphibious
Oldest Salt
Ahhh, the debate goes on and on about A. thiellei. Here's the A. thiellei I bought at a LFS. It came in a shipment from the Philippines in a bag marked "saddleback clowns". All the rest of the clowns from that bag were the usual A. polymnus (predominately black and white). I asked the owner, how much for the "odd one"? When he said, $15. I said, I'll take the "odd one". What's he worth? Don't know but, more than $15. He wouldn't eat much for two days and looked pretty weak. He's in my 135 with my fishy pigs and he soon got the idea, what I was dropping in is food.
If you look on page 110/111 in Dr. Gerald Allen's book "Anemone Fishes" (co-authored with Daphne Fautin), you will find the original description and two pictures of what was identified then as Amphiprion thiellei by Burgess in 1981 from specimens of unknown origin. It appears that (according to Dr. Allen) the species was described from two specimens obtained from a pet dealer.
I e-mailed the picture of my fish above to Dr. Allen and received the following response. It's not a direct quote because the e-mail is locked in my "frozen" PC. I now own and operate from an iMAC.
A. thiellei is not a distinct species but a hybrid possibly betweem A. ocellaris and A. sandaracinos. Not enough specimens have been scientifically studied to make a definite determination as to origin because people who are fortunate enough to find one are reluctant to give it up to science for dissection.
Mine has paired up with my A. percula and both host in my RBTA.
When I bought the fish six months ago, it was very emaciated with ragged fins. Now it's in great shape. As soon as I get the aquaculture building finished and tanks set up the "pair" will have their own quarters for, hopefully, breeding. Their offspring should be interesting.
Dick
If you look on page 110/111 in Dr. Gerald Allen's book "Anemone Fishes" (co-authored with Daphne Fautin), you will find the original description and two pictures of what was identified then as Amphiprion thiellei by Burgess in 1981 from specimens of unknown origin. It appears that (according to Dr. Allen) the species was described from two specimens obtained from a pet dealer.
I e-mailed the picture of my fish above to Dr. Allen and received the following response. It's not a direct quote because the e-mail is locked in my "frozen" PC. I now own and operate from an iMAC.
A. thiellei is not a distinct species but a hybrid possibly betweem A. ocellaris and A. sandaracinos. Not enough specimens have been scientifically studied to make a definite determination as to origin because people who are fortunate enough to find one are reluctant to give it up to science for dissection.
Mine has paired up with my A. percula and both host in my RBTA.
When I bought the fish six months ago, it was very emaciated with ragged fins. Now it's in great shape. As soon as I get the aquaculture building finished and tanks set up the "pair" will have their own quarters for, hopefully, breeding. Their offspring should be interesting.
Dick
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