Can anyone identify what ocellaris this is?

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when I first got him, he was a lighter color and thought he was a mocha, but as he got older, he got a lot more darker. I looked up some images of mochas and I feel like they didn't match and I'm just not sure anymore, can anyone help? 😅
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I think it is a Black photon. It is a cross between a Black Ocellaris and an Onux percula. They are orange as a juvenile but black as an adult with orange face and orange pelvic and anal fins with orange belly
 
when I first got him, he was a lighter color and thought he was a mocha, but as he got older, he got a lot more darker. I looked up some images of mochas and I feel like they didn't match and I'm just not sure anymore, can anyone help? 😅
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That’s a beautiful fish.
 
I think it is a Black photon. It is a cross between a Black Ocellaris and an Onux percula. They are orange as a juvenile but black as an adult with orange face and orange pelvic and anal fins with orange belly
ohh I see, thank you!
 
when I first got him, he was a lighter color and thought he was a mocha, but as he got older, he got a lot more darker. I looked up some images of mochas and I feel like they didn't match and I'm just not sure anymore, can anyone help? 😅
fcb9ef05-a0ae-4229-8a71-3a954fe90ee4.jpg
ea057a87-d9a0-4718-8eb5-af8fb16e6a69.jpg
That’s a beautiful fish.
agreed, I love him so much. his personality is so close to an orange cat and sometimes his dorsal fin sticks up above the water and I like to think he's pretending to be a shark 😂
 
It's getting harder and harder with all these crossbreeds and variations. But I agree with OrionN. Looks like black Photon.
 
I don't think its a photon, looks like a mocha to me. Reason I dont think its a mocha, not many breeders pairing onyx with occy.. not much of a point.. you will however get mochas from storm/ davicini pairings all day long.
 
Black Photon (not mine) just internet pictures.
Young, not fully developed
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Young Adults
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Full adult just black orange and white.
 
when I first got him, he was a lighter color and thought he was a mocha, but as he got older, he got a lot more darker. I looked up some images of mochas and I feel like they didn't match and I'm just not sure anymore, can anyone help? 😅
fcb9ef05-a0ae-4229-8a71-3a954fe90ee4.jpg
ea057a87-d9a0-4718-8eb5-af8fb16e6a69.jpg
Nice looking clown!
 
The photons typically don't develop, the predominately black pelvic find that early on. Typical trait of Mochas.
https://www.coralreeftn.com/product...3JzRVD1Wf6r_08TccdFqbhK4228AE1C6cpd1py-tt2qKd
That same site has a fish called a chocolate clownfish:

https://www.coralreeftn.com/product...69925&pr_ref_pid=8365013958949&pr_seq=uniform

which is the fish I typically associate with a mocha (overall brownish color, not black, doesn't have orange):

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Now I'm questioning what the correct name is. Is it mocha, caramel, and/or chocolate?

I was originally going to vote "Photon" I'm no longer sure.
 
I would vote mocha or fancy ocellaris, could be any of the clowns mentioned above but mocha clowns do turn darker with age like yours.
 

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