Newly DISCOVERED CLOWNFISH Species? Papua/Indonesia

[griMReefer]

What species is it? Chad @ Reefscience says its "newly found in Papua" but it doesnt list the species...

 

[masterswimmer]

It's got a 1/2 second bar. Looks cross bred to me. Maybe a cross between an Ocellaris and Maroon? Ocellaris and Clarkii? Just guessing.

Pretty clown though.

Russ

 

[griMReefer]

i've emailed chad asking what species.

it would be REAL sucky if its being Advertised As "newly found in Papua" and "only 4 prs left" if they are just random oddball hybrid or misbars.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Almost looks like a saddle brown clown.
Dr F&S photo. Ask Ric King for a definate answer.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=147

 

[clownfishking]

Its is not a new species of clownfish it's allways been a round not on the main stream though. It is a Amphiprion Polymnus (Saddle-back clownfish) Yellow variant.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Its is not a new species of clownfish it's allways been a round not on the main stream though. It is a Amphiprion Polymnus (Saddle-back clownfish) Yellow variant.

In otherwords go to a lfs and buy a pair of juveniles for about 25-30 bux and sell them to reefscience for 100 and make some extra cash.

 

[griMReefer]

In otherwords go to a lfs and buy a pair of juveniles for about 25-30 bux and sell them to reefscience for 100 and make some extra cash.

lol yeah since they've always been around just not main stream someone must be breeding or distributing them instead of tomatos, occis and percs.

but somehow this is the only vendor i came across offering them ever with this coloration. maybe i wasn't not looking hard enough?

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

DUde I saw a tank full of them at 3 petco's in the last 2 months, not the yellow ones but the regular brown ones. They're tank bred too.

 

[clownfishking]

No one is breeding these at the moment, they are all wild caught.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Reg ones at petco said tank bred.

 

[griMReefer]

its amazing these fish are the same species!

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-10/hcs3/images/clown275SM.jpg

often sold as "BLACK PERCULAS" lol:

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-10/hcs3/images/clown147SM.jpg

so its not the length of the second bar, but the backward slope of it that is used to help ID an Amphiprion polymnus.

ric was right (of course) -- these fish have been around all along (the first discovered species but the problem is that they are the most self-destructive of the clownfish when wild caught, and hardest to breed. perhaps reefscience is referring to the yellow variant or the fact that this species was previously unknown to papua -- in fact this species was only first "discovered" in Indian waters 3 years ago:
http://www.hindu.com/2003/12/20/stories/2003122003520600.htm
so i guess discovery is "regional" just like europe "discovered" america 10 millenia after asians and nafricans did ... and so on... lol


just saw Saltwaterfish.com offers them, but their description is as elusive as all of the above -- they label the fish as $14.99 and "Wild" but the description says aquacultured. oh well...

http://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_1...ategory=4&category_search=61&root_parent_id=4

 

[Salesbig]

What species is it? Chad @ Reefscience says its "newly found in Papua" but it doesnt list the species...

Hey.. is this $1300 too? :goldfish:

 

[Sean]

No one is breeding these at the moment, they are all wild caught.

Not true CB saddles are available.
The picture loks like a saddle but I've never seen that coloring before.

 

[DRZL]

I think I posted a thread about them on RC when they first had them up for sale at the clownfish and anenome forum.

Supposedly, the only reason they were caught is because they were displaced from deeper waters after the earthquake that caused the Indonesian tsunami. I think there were a few people w. captive adult pics in that thread too.

These have been offered since then, so your maddddd late ..lol