Percs

[cprdnick]

Is there a visible difference in False Percula's and True Percula's? I'm pretty sure mine is a true perc, but not 100%.

 

[ross]

True percs have darker and bigger black bands around the white part.

 

[bdhough]

Usually you can tell by color but the only true way to tell, no pun..., is the top fins of each species. True perc i think has 11 spines, while a false has 10. Not sure on those numbers. True percs are more pricey as well.

 

[ozadars]

Actually sometimes they can both have same colours and can both have 10 dorsal spines. I m not really sure if thats true but i heard the best way to tell the difference is the circle around the eyes' of true percula are orange and ocellaris' are brownish-darker. You can see this on Melody's pictures also

 

[bang guy]

Melody - Count the spines of the fish in your pictures. The first one (A. Percula) seems to have 9 and the second (A. Ocellaris) appears to have 11.

 

[cprdnick]

SO NEMO WAS A FALSE PERC? I wonder if pixar knows they got screwed.

 

[bang guy]

In Joyce Wilkerson's book she states that A. Ocellaris have 11 dorsal spines and A. Percula have 9 or 10.

 

[ozadars]

Actually i read this both can have 10 spines thing at http://www.globaldialog.com/~jrice/f...ge/percula.htm
but it says "in rare individuals", dont know which website to thrust these days
A. percula has 10 (but in rare individuals 9) . A. ocellaris has 11 (but in rare individuals 10) fin rays

 

[bang guy]

Ozadars, I believe they can both have 10. There are also cross breeds between these two species.