只要有鱼类，小丑鱼就很混乱，许多人都能够形成杂种。只有两种银莲花鱼，用单调型Premnasplaying host to the pugnacious maroon clownfish, and the rest being placed inAmphiprion. Many examples of interspecific hybrids have been documented in the wild, as well as “man-made” ones in aquaculture facilities. Intergeneric hybrids betweenPremnas和Amphiprionare also not uncommon, and are occasionally seen.
Amphiprion“thiellei“是在属的两个物种之间自然发生的杂交Amphiprion.A. Ocellaris.xA. sandaracinosare the usual suspects to produce such an offspring, and in places where both species are sympatric, these hybrids are occasionally found. There are photographic evidence ofA. Thiellei.in the wild, and they’re mostly females with smallerA. Ocellaris.serving as subordinate males.
在贸易中，A. Thiellei.很少见，但从印度尼西亚的时间不时出现。标本通常用全头条纹烧伤橙色，其可以通过发动机罩连接在顶部。随后的第二条和第三条纹通常还原为短树桩。我们已经看到了标本A. Thiellei.拥有更桃花的色调和透明的尾巴，这可能表明臭鼬复杂的其他成员也可以交叉A. Ocellaris..
If it is possible, then the “thiellei type” hybrids may not be exclusively reserved forA. Ocellaris.xA. sandaracinos， 和A. Ocellaris.可以与“臭鼬复合物”的其他SympaTric构件杂交产生，导致与“Thiellei类型”模板类似的混合动力。然而，已经证明了很少的证据和明确的分析，因此这些都是怀疑的。
The photo above taken from a video still shows the “peachy clear tailed thiellei” type hybrid that we mentioned just before. A quick consult with various clownfish authorities such as Matthew Pederson and Yuri Barros raised suspicions thatA. Perideraion.,A. akallopisos甚至A. frenatuscould be in the mix.
Amphiprion thiellei是沿着Sunda架子的边界发生的亚洲物种。另一方面，在澳大利亚Sahul架子中，还存在类似涉及臭鼬综合体的类似混合动力车。A. Ocellaris.is replaced byA. chrysopterus和杂交种ises withA. sandaracinosto giveAmphiprion leucokranos, a superficially similar looking hybrid toA. Thiellei.. The geographic occurrence of both hybrid clownfish means that they don’t usually overlap in range, and come from different places.
This raises a flag in hybrid documentation.A. leucokranosis not usually found in the Asiatic Sundanian range, but very similar looking specimens have been collected out of Java, Indonesia. In the usual range ofA. leucokranos例如，在所罗门岛，母体物种是A. sandaracinos和A. chrysopterus.
发生A. chrysopterusin Java is sketchy, and hybrids withA. sandaracinos为类型产生纯粹的“leucokranos.” hybrids may be unlikely. It may be possible that substitutions ofA. chrysopterusfor another member of the same complex could have occurred, and hybrids of those withA. sandaracinos可以产生“leucokranos.键入“混合动力。在这个范围内，即Java，Amphiprion Clarkii.是最合理的替代品A. chrysopterus.
The photo above shows two very similar looking hybrids of the “leucokranos.类型“在Java中收集的地方A. chrysopterus不太可能被发现。A. clarkiiwould be the best fit and is quite similar toA. chrysopterus. We spoke to Dustin Dorton of ORA if this paring could be possible and he said it shouldn’t be too farfetched, and entirely possible.
另一件好奇的事情要记笔A. Thiellei.和A. leucokranos是“臭鼬复合物”父母的过度强大的遗传影响。混合类型缺少第二和第三个条，很明显遗传投入A. sandaracinosor any other member of that complex immediately steamrolls all other traits from the three-barred parent.
But enough of our musings, we would like to know how many of you guys personally own either a thiellei or leucokranos clown, and where it came from. If you have one, post a photo comment in our Facebook page under this article link and discuss!
*edited – Theleucokranos.clowns from “Java” were eventually revealed to be collected out of Iran Jaya, and exported via Java. At this location,A. chrysopteruscan be found and so these are true to type “leucokranos.” hybrids.
