Clownfish aberrations are now so common with basically all captive bred fish being an amplification of these mutations, that we don’t bat an eye when we see a solid white clownfish anymore. However when the aberrant clownfish is wild caught,…
Aberrant Chaetodon octofasciatus is just like finding a ‘Shiny Pokemon’ in the wild
We’ve all heard of “mis-barred” fishes whereby the stripes are either missing, misaligned or totally warped. Such aberrations are usually mistakes in the expression of these traits, but luckily for these fishes, mis-barring is usually a plus point for fish…
Unusal wild caught Ocellaris clown is spotted from the Philipines
Two wild Amphiprion ocellaris from the Philippines were recently collected with a ‘natural’ mis-barred Picasso pattern. People who have seen man made clownfish such as the Picasso, Snowflake, or the Platinum varieties may easily overlook unusual clownfish with a small…
Misbar Maroon clownfish video show piebald stripes with age
[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcrAb-iihYg[/youtube] The misbar maroon clownfish is a domestic strain that we always knew would eventually arise out of the mass culture of Premnas biaculeatus. What we didn’t expect from the misbar maroon is for it to develop totally…