Pregnant Occ.

E30 E T A · #1 12/05/2007, 06:22 PM

Anyone have pics of a pregnant Occelaris clown? I think mine might be.

Fishboy42 · #2 12/05/2007, 07:16 PM

Although not an ocellaris, here is an image of a gravid female percula clown; you can see that her abdomen is swollen with eggs:

HTH,
Matt

E30 E T A · #3 12/05/2007, 09:36 PM

The belly on mine is kinda dark,DK if it's coloration or what. Will the bellly get dark?

Fishboy42 · #4 12/05/2007, 09:47 PM

I have never noticed the belly darkening before spawning on clownfish (as it sometimes does with freshwater livebearers).

If spawning is imminent (within a day of spawning), the female's egg-depositing tube (ovipositor) will be extended.