Or even worse is, "False" Percula Clowns and "True" Percula Clowns. When in reality the "False" Percula Clownfish out sell the "True" Percula Clownfish by a large margine because of their availability, as compared to the availability of the "True" perculas. So in reality,
"The No Spin Zone", the
"True" Percula Clownfish has built a reputation based on the popularity of the
"False" Percula Clownfish. We live in a too tolerant world and perpetuate the false naming of things because it's easier to say true or false instead of saying, your clownfish, in all likelyhood based on the picture you presented, is an
Amphiprion ocellaris, one of the many popular clownfish often wrongly referred to as the "False" Percula Clownfish because of the similarities between the two closely related species.
So,
Dreams, what you have,
IMHO, is
A. ocellaris, the ever popular Ocellaris Clownfish of which this looks like a fine speciman. Ocellaris clownfish are sold by the millions world wide, breed regularly in captivity and are sometimes referred to as the "Guppy" of marine fish. You could get your friend a mate and it could be either another
A. ocellaris or you might indeed find an
A. percula that would get along fine with your
A. ocellaris. In that event you might even have the unfortunate experience of a breeding of the two. Unfortunate because then you'd have to decide what you'd call the youngsters,
"True-false" Perculas or
"False-true" Perculas. This world is confusing enough lets do our part in untangling the mess and call our fish by their real name. Be proud to tell everyone,
"I have an Ocellaris Clownfish and I just love him because he's so "Perky". That ought to confuse your friends who haven't figured out the difference.
I could drag this dribble on and on but I think you get the picture. You have a very nice
A. ocellaris, dreams. Good luck in your reef keeping.
Dick
