Hi guys my question is that if true perculas can breed with false ones. Because i really like the true percula clownfish and then i saw i realy nice false black clownfish. Are they compatable? has anybody had success in mating or even just keeping them together?
false and true percula breeding
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The answer is yes. They can and will interbreed quite readily. This can also make identifying some tank raised specimens fairly difficult. The fish will possess characteristics of both. Very dissimilar species will also interbreed, like A. ocellaris (ocellaris or "false percula" clownfish)and A. frenatus (tomato clownfish). There have been others, as well.
Having trouble finding good pictures. Google only wants to pick up whitebonnet clowns (A. leucokranos), which are a naturally occurring hybrid. I'll try to see if I can't find some more pics. The colorations can be very interesting.
I didn't find the same tomato x ocellaris pics I had seen years ago (absolutely no photoshopping--saw them firsthand).
Anyway, I did find an official study that had done this as well. The funny thing is that they get credit for it, despite the fact that people had been doing it for many years before: http://www.cababstractsplus.org/abstracts/Abstract.aspx?AcNo=20073204064
That's probably the one cross that won't happen, I'm afraid. They've diverged too much. Not to mention that it has been attempted many a time and has never succeeded.