differences between clowns

[willray]

What's the diff between percs,false purcs,true purcs....?

 

[willray]

Anyone???

 

[Behrmon]

I'm NO clown expert, the only difference I really know of is in coloration. True percs having a bit more contrast and being a little darker.

 

[George]

Percs or true percs are Amphiprion percula false percs are Amphiprion ocellaris.

 

[S Hunter]

Percula: Has 10 dorsal spines.

Oscelaris: Has 11 dorsal spines.

 

[gweston]

I read an article the other day, if I can find it I'll post a link.

The article stated that the different types had different levels of aggressiveness. Supposedly the maroon is the most aggressive of the bunch. The false perc being the least aggressive. Certain ones may also grow slightly larger than others. If you are trying to get a clown to pair up with an anemone, they have differing preferences.

I think it also said not to keep a false perc and a true perc in the same tank. But you could potentially keep two different colored true percs. If the tank is large enough.

 

[fanaglethebagle]

A percula's eye is orange with the exception of a black pupil. Ocellaris have entirely different color eyes.

 

[willray]

I want to another for this onehttp://www.bostonreefers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=90980 that I've had for a few yrs I like his markings.

 

[naturebatslast]

Differences are specie to specie, or differences in genus, all are under the family of Pomacentridae. Geographic distribution, and/or isolation of a particular habitat, symbiotic relationship with Cnidarians in a particular habitat, with symbiotic relationships playing the most important role of speciation in clownfish.
I think there's 70(+/-) species of Amphiprion, 5 or so of Premnas.
Here's the fishbase.org on Amphiprion...
fishbase.org
And the wiki...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clownfish
Lastly a field guide with a basic species identification key...http://www.nhm.ku.edu/inverts/ebooks/ch2.html#latez

 

[fanaglethebagle]

I want to another for this onehttp://www.bostonreefers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=90980 that I've had for a few yrs I like his markings.

That's a perc. A perc and a true perc are the same thing, a false perc is an occellaris.

 

[Takara]

true and false percs host in defferent types of anemones don't they?

 

[fanaglethebagle]

A clown will host a powerhead or xenia if it wants too, I don't really think anemones are the best indicators.