Barrier Reef Anemone Fish

Sweet stuff. How did you position the flash, above and angled down thru the glass?

This is a Percula Clownfish. They live in symbiosis with barrier reef anemones and are immune to its poison. No Anemone here that I can see, only dead coral used for the tank. Nice shot with good exposure through glass with flash.

Very nicely done E.J.

Dennis Olivero wrote:Sweet stuff. How did you position the flash, above and angled down thru the glass?

No flash - just using the tank lights.

Thanks for the ID - Isn't a Barrier Reef Anemone Fish and a Percula Clownfish the same thing - I'm not terribly well versed in fish yet. I left off the Fish part before, its obviously not an Anemone

Our reference says Clownfish - also known as Anemone Fish, so either should be OK.

Just call it Nemo and you won't be far wrong!

Very nice shot E.J.

E.J. Peiker wrote:Thanks for the ID - Isn't a Barrier Reef Anemone Fish and a Percula Clownfish the same thing - I'm not terribly well versed in fish yet.

I have virtually no knowledge of fish, so take this with a grain of salt, but I just did a quick Google... It seems like there are two different Percula Clownfish (called, oddly, true and false) as well as a Barrier Reef Anemone Fish. The sites with what they call a Barrier Reef Anemone have pictures which look very much like this one. The sites with what they call a Percula Clownfish (either one) have pictures of fish with a different body shape--with somewhat of a saddle in the back. Based on this quick search (and with the knowledge that info on the internet is worth what you paid for it ), I'd guess this is a Barrier Reef Anemone Fish, and that the two are not the same.

-Paul

Well, Amphiron Percula is what the world generally knows as a clown fish and is the species that Nemo was patterned after. In my image called "Nemo", (see "Nemo's Cousins") in the Photo Essay section...it's actually "Amphiron Ocellaris" or the flase anemone fish....the main difference being the number of spines in their dorsal fin. Also the Percula is from Australia and the Ocellaris is in the Indo Pacific (in my case, the Philippines).

EJ's Barrier Reef Anemone Fish is the Amphiron Akyndynos which bears a resemblance to the Clark Anemone fish Amphiron Clarkii



Now that that's settled....

Stu

Cool shot, E.J -- it definitely doesn't look like an obvious aquarium shot. It looks like there may have been some fun macro opportunities in the coral, as well.

EJ,

Very nice capture. Shooting without flash certainly avoids having to place the lens directly on the glass.

Jim

scubastu wrote:Well, Amphiron Percula is what the world generally knows as a clown fish and is the species that Nemo was patterned after. In my image called "Nemo", (see "Nemo's Cousins") in the Photo Essay section...it's actually "Amphiron Ocellaris" or the flase anemone fish....the main difference being the number of spines in their dorsal fin. Also the Percula is from Australia and the Ocellaris is in the Indo Pacific (in my case, the Philippines).

EJ's Barrier Reef Anemone Fish is the Amphiron Akyndynos which bears a resemblance to the Clark Anemone fish Amphiron Clarkii



Now that that's settled....

Stu

Stu, I know I completely understand now! Actually a wonderful description. I love saltwater fish, and would love to keep them myself.

EJ, wonderful image. I've always found shooting aquarium fish is a real difficult task.

Nice shot-whatever it is! Definitely better than watching Saturday night TV.

Nice shot regardless of what this fish is called. I wouldn't have known that it was from an aquarium if you hadn't said it.

Awesome EJ..love the coral at the bottom.