Is the black Ocellaris a separate species?

[Zionas]

Are they a separate species from the regular orange ones with white stripes? Or are they just a color morph? Will a black one pair up with the regular orange one?

My LFS gets the black ones in (Captive Bred) at slightly larger sizes than the orange one so the black one will most likely end up the female.

 

[Lasse]

Here is a list of clownfish species

Amphiprion polymnus also exist as a black variety in the wild

A black variety of A.ocellaris should also exist in nature


Sincerely Lasse

 

[Mattiejay6]

You can easily pair clownfish from percula and ocellaris.

 

[Zionas]

I think both of these are Ocellaris.

 

[Beluga]

It would be a “color morph” of the species.
Similar to “Picasso” etc, same genus, same species, just a mutation that causes a variation in color.

Or are you asking more specifically if it is a percula or ocellaris ?

 

[Zionas]

I thought it was a separate species, neither Ocellaris nor Percula, but now I know it’s just a color morph of the Ocellaris.

 

[Mattiejay6]

There are orange and white stripe ocellaris as well Black and white ocellaris.

 

[Beluga]

As Lasse pointed out, there are other species of clownfish that come in a black variation. But most likely they are indeed ocellaris. Unless their body structure looks completely different, then I would ask for a photo to identify.

As Mattie said, they can come in many different colors. Hope this helps.

 

[Zionas]

Definitely helps. Thanks!

 

[Zionas]

These.

 

[Mkvc]

Yeah it's most likely an ocellaris. I have a "black" clownfish like you described paired with a normal ocellaris and they don't seem to know the difference.

 

[Zionas]

Good to know that the pairing works! I’ll be going for one black and one regular.

 

[ca1ore]

Simply a brunette version of the redhead. I'm semi color blind, so looks red to me.

 

[ca1ore]

Simply a brunette version of the redhead. I'm semi color blind, so looks red to me.

 

[Zionas]

Now I’m curious whether these two color varieties associate with each other around the Coral Sea / Great Barrier Reef. Even more curious what their babies would look like.