Iridescence in Clownfish

[MolaMola]

I don't follow fish breeding, but this bit from the folks at Coral Magazine caught my eye:

 

[Twisted]

That’s so beautiful! I need to get rid of my maroon clowns eventually and get a pair of these or storm clowns

 

[Flagg37]

Man, how’d they breed iridescence into a clown?

 

[kinetic]

wait, are we being sarcastic or is my taste for a beautiful clown really far off? that looks scary.

 

[bluprntguy]

To each their own. I think it looks great. If I was in the market for another clown, I'd definitely get one of these.

 

[Flagg37]

I’ve always been a purest when it comes to clowns. Maybe the black and white ones too.

 

[JVU]

I’m not a purist in the sense that the original is better because it’s the original. But I haven’t seen many if any designer clowns that I thought looked as good as the normal colorations. This one definitely included.

 

[gmdcdvm]

I would call it a panda clown. Pretty interesting look.

 

[Flagg37]

I would call it a panda clown. Pretty interesting look.

There you go, market it to the Chinese.

 

[Wlachnit]

I'm not a fan either.....beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

 

[NanoCrazed]

So they've been trying to breed the blue in clowns for awhile now. It was first discovered a few years back by one of the breeders but was not consistent. A lot of this has to do with inbreeding...to yield designer clowns.

if you look at most the clowns (occs and maroons, at least) closely, they all have a hint of blue... just a matter of bringing it out more apparently.