Percula or Ocellaris

[marmar]

Hey guys I got 2 clown fish, and they were both labeled as ocellaris, but when checking out they said that the darker orange one might be a percula. Can anyone help confirm and id these fish?

 

[LAReefer4Life]

they look like ocellaris to me, not true Percula.

 

[Blake423]

What advantage does percula have over ocellaris? They look very similar, why some people are after true percula?

 

[Gtinnel]

Hard to tell from the picture but looks like ocellaris to me. The easiest way to tell them apart as far as I know is to look at the color of the eye. Percula have a lot more orange around the pupil.

 

[marmar]

Hard to tell from the picture but looks like ocellaris to me. The easiest way to tell them apart as far as I know is to look at the color of the eye. Percula have a lot more orange around the pupil.

Just got some better photos. What do you think?

 

[marmar]

What advantage does percula have over ocellaris? They look very similar, why some people are after true percula?

I heard they're really similar. I just want to know for the sake of knowing my fish lol. Some people say ocellaris are hardier than percula, and percula might be a tad bigger than ocellaris though. No idea if that's 100% true.

 

[BroccoliFarmer]

Based on the eyes, I say occellaris

 

[Gtinnel]

Just got some better photos. What do you think?

I’d still say ocellaris.

 

[vetteguy53081]

To add - Occellaris

 

[laezur]

You can tell true percula by how thick the black lines are around the white I believe, ocellaris have thunder black lines.

 

[i cant think]

Just got some better photos. What do you think?

I’d say a juvenile Percula.
11-12 dorsal spines is occelaris whereas 9-10 dorsal spines is Percula. Yours has what appears to be 9 dorsal spines.
I could be wrong with that however I do remember it being something like that.

 

[old salt reefer]

Could also be a mix of both. As captive breed have been mixed a lot for a long time.