🐠 Super Black Snowflake Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris)
A Deep, Velvety Black Body With Jagged White Bars • Darkens From Orange-Brown as It Matures • A High-Contrast Designer Clownfish
 
📋 The Super Black Snowflake Clownfish is a striking designer morph of the Ocellaris Clownfish, featuring a deep, velvety black body marked with irregular, jagged white bars that break away from the smooth vertical bands of a standard Ocellaris, often displaying sharp, interlocking, or "jigsaw" edges.
This is a captive-bred designer strain, originally pioneered by crossing a standard Snowflake Ocellaris with a naturally occurring Darwin Black Ocellaris found near Darwin, Australia, meaning this specific pattern does not occur naturally in the wild and has no wild counterpart. Every Super Black Snowflake Clownfish we ship is feeding well.
A fascinating detail: juveniles of this morph typically start out with a dark orange or muddy brown base colour alongside their white patterns, with most or all of the base colour darkening to black as the fish matures. Despite its unique heritage, the care and temperament of the Super Black Snowflake Clownfish are virtually identical to the standard Ocellaris Clownfish: hardy, adaptable, and easy to care for. It's fully reef safe, and doesn't require a host anemone to thrive, though it may accept a Bubble Tip Anemone or similar species if provided. As with all designer clownfish morphs, individual patterning varies significantly between specimens, so some variation in exact markings should be expected. It reaches up to 8cm, so a 75L tank suits it well.
 
💡 Highlights
🎨 Velvety Black Body With Jagged White Bars: A striking, high-contrast designer clownfish
🧬 A Designer Morph: Created through selective captive breeding, no wild counterpart
🌿 Fully Reef Safe: Won't harm corals or invertebrates
🎨 Juvenile Colour Transition: Starts orange-brown, darkening to black with maturity
💪 Hardy: Care and temperament identical to standard Ocellaris Clownfish