Clownfish stripe is fading

[elise]

Hi I'm new to saltwater and have had 2 clownfish for over a month now and have noticed the stripe near their back fin is slowly disappearing so from one side it looks like they only have 2 stripes, is this normal?? They are ocellaris clowns


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[vlangel]

I don't know about ocellaris clowns but tomato clowns often have more stripes as young fish and slowly lose the stripes near the tail til most of them just end up with one stripe like a collar.