Mystery Clownfish
Update: As of now, we’ve received feedback with several possible explanations.
(a) This is a juvenile Amphiprion clarkii,
(b) this is a genetic anomaly of Amphiprion clarkii,
(c) this is a genetic anomaly of Amphiprion sebae,
(d) this is a genetic anomaly of a juvenile Amphiprion polymnus
…so we’re still trying to get to the bottom of this.
We think the fish in this video is a normal Clark’s anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii), but we can’t figure out what the long things hanging down from the fish are. We took the video with a compact digital camera while on a dive recently at Roach Reefs Resort in Sabah, Malaysia.
Can anyone help us figure out what this is? If you know, please email us here.