Tomato, Cinnamon or none?

[Armando]

After two years I'm still confused on ID'ing this pair. Some places picture them as Tomato (actually I bought them as Tomato from MD live). Other places say this is cinnamon. What do you say?

 

[KAS]

Tomato

 

[Armando]

i thought so but Today I found this ORA page pictures Tomato different that them.

http://www.orafarm.com/clownfish_species.html

so now i'm confused (again)

 

[gordonzoo]

They look identical to My Tomato

 

[Nikkoli110]

My tomato looks the same, but when I first got him he was that lighter red in the picture on that website. I believe when they are young, they might have two stripes, then one fades and they get darker. Let me see if I can find the page on that.

 

[KAS]

My tomato looks the same, but when I first got him he was that lighter red in the picture on that website. I believe when they are young, they might have two stripes, then one fades and they get darker. Let me see if I can find the page on that.

I'm not sure about the two stripes and one fading as they age but I do believe they get darker in color as they age. I have seen many young tomatos and they are pretty brightly colored and then I have seen many older tomatos and they are all very dark (almost black).

 

[ReeferMedic]

I have a mated pair of tomatoes also. The female is alot darker than the male. The cinnimons have more of a dark saddle than just an overall dark color. I can't tell by the pick but what color are the fins? The cinnimons appear to be more yellow than the tomatoes. They are very similar, maybe we are all just guessing.......

 

[saltwaterB]

No, Reefermedic you are right. The Cinnamon Clowns (Amphiprion melanopus) tend to have much more yellow in the fins than Tomato Clowns (Amphiprion frentus), and Cinnamon clowns very often will have a blue color/hue to their stripe. Also closely related are the Fire Clown (Amphiprion ephippium) They tend to have a much smaller band behind the eye. and a very deep red color. But all in all it can be hard to tell some idividuals of these species apart.

Armando,

my guess on your guys are Tomato Clowns


-B-

 

[nunofs]

Armando, now that you have some good comments, I can make one I've been itching to make since the beginning, but didn't want to derail your thread: with that "lid" on top of them, they look more like sardines in a can than clownfish... how's that for an id?

Nuno

 

[Armando]

hehe Nuno, that's just the picture, there's plenty of space for the clowns and more.

the ID on the "lid" is a piece of plastic sheet I had to put there to stop the BTA from stinging an SPS nearby.

definitely the Clowns are not "Sardine Clowns"

 

[Nikkoli110]

Heres a link about the second line when they are young, and a little more about the color.

http://saltaquarium.about.com/library/blank/bl_prtomatoclown.htm