clown question

[alyssia]

What exactly does "false" perc and "true" perc mean?

 

[whitebird]

this is what i was told the other day
True Percula clowns are fish from breeding in the wild.
False Percula clowns are from fish breeding in captivity

 

[alyssia]

Originally Posted by Whitebird
this is what i was told the other day
True Percula clowns are fish from breeding in the wild.
False Percula clowns are from fish breeding in captivity

Okay, that is what I thought but I wanted to be sure.

 

[viper_930]

Originally Posted by Whitebird
this is what i was told the other day
True Percula clowns are fish from breeding in the wild.
False Percula clowns are from fish breeding in captivity
This is actually incorrect.
True percula = Amphiprion percula
False percula = Amphiprion ocellaris
They're two different species. Both can be found in the wild, and both can be found as captive breds.

 

[jakebtc]

viper the generally appear like this correct or does this just vary?

 

[thegrog]

Those pics are a good representation of the two species of clown. Pretty easy to tell appart when side by side, gets more tricky when they are not together. It is a little tougher I think when they are still young juveniles as the perculas dark areas may not come out until they mature a bit.