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JimD
Thu, 15th Apr 2004, 02:59 PM
Can anyone positively ID this clownfish?
Thanks,
Jim
alexwolf
Thu, 15th Apr 2004, 03:30 PM
looks like a maroon clown to me
RobertG
Thu, 15th Apr 2004, 04:43 PM
I think they call him a tomato clown, not a Maroon for sure. I have two.
BA
Thu, 15th Apr 2004, 05:01 PM
no way it's a tomato, they look like this http://www.noltestockphoto.com/minervanolte/image-1274.html

i agree with Alex, it is probably a very lightly colored maroon clown
BA
Thu, 15th Apr 2004, 05:03 PM
he basiclly looks like this maroon http://www.sereneaquatics.com/fish_marine/clown/maroon.html
Moonrs
Thu, 15th Apr 2004, 10:11 PM
Looks just like my false perc to me. :D
alexwolf
Thu, 15th Apr 2004, 10:16 PM
it has 2 dorsal fins, its a maroon, not a gold stripe maroon, just a light maroon. Tomato's only have one stripe
reefer
Thu, 15th Apr 2004, 10:24 PM
BOZO!
z28pwr
Fri, 16th Apr 2004, 09:14 AM
WhiteStripe Maroon Clown Fish.
DeletedAccount
Fri, 16th Apr 2004, 10:02 AM
He is a cutie pie!
RobertG
Fri, 16th Apr 2004, 10:41 AM
So I'm wrong, looks nothing like my gold Banded Maroons. White Strip, Okay One Strip sums it up to not be a tomato.
Looks more orange red to me. My maroons are MAROON!

Jim he looks happy! Enjoy
malofish
Fri, 16th Apr 2004, 10:56 AM
It could be a white stripe maroon???? I've had those in the past. I know tht the goldstripes are white when the clown's young???
dan
Fri, 16th Apr 2004, 12:20 PM
oh ya it's a maroon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JimD
Fri, 16th Apr 2004, 05:03 PM
Well, Ive come to the conclusion that Im pretty sure he might could be a white stripe maroon, I was uncertain at first because of the unusual coloration of this particular speciman. Most maroons Ive seen are maroon, this one is a much brighter shade of orange as you can see. Also, the shading on the pectoral and anal fins through me off. I initialy introduced a pair of these guys to my tank, one orange the other maroon, unfortunately, the orange one beat the snot out of the maroon one so I had to relocate the maroon. Im hoping to find another one more like this one to possibly become a pair. I dunno tho, this guys a little brute so Im gonna have to find one quite a bit larger.
Tim Marvin
Fri, 16th Apr 2004, 06:20 PM
I think it is a blue spotted grouper.
RobertG
Mon, 19th Apr 2004, 11:37 AM
Tim I always knew you were NUTTS!
GaryP
Mon, 19th Apr 2004, 12:48 PM
I think I can help clarify this. Apparently there are two color patterns for the Maroon clown (Premnas biaculeatus) based on the area they come from. Take a look at the following link.

http://www.saltcorner.com/sections/zoo/800frameset.htm

In addition, the orange type are apparently much more aggressive than the maroon type. This pretty much follow's Mike's empirical observations.

Gary