Doug they are most certainly the illustrious A. polymnus. They were sold to me by Aquarium Illusions in Edmonton as percs, however. Apparently they were brought in from Australia, although this may in fact be untrue. Apparently they are very bad shippers. However I have also heard that someone is breeding them.
Once I identified them as A. polymnus (I believe it was Deb who first noted that they didn't look like percs), I let the store know. I think they may have been aware of their mistake but everyone wants black percs (which don't even exist, what they are actually thinking of are black ocellaris) and no one even knows about black saddlebacks.
I really like mine, as they have a great deal of personality. The female is a real b*tch, and recently I have seen the male viciously attacking a large shell next to their anemone. In the past few months they have begun to do the shaky-shaky mating dance, but I haven't noticed any eggs yet. They host in an LTA, which apparently is not natural. They don't seem to know the difference. I am rather pleased as they have almost no orange on them. The female has very small patches on both pectoral fins, and the male has an off-white nose. Otherwise they are pure black and white.
There has been some good discussion on the Clownfish and Anemone forum on RC about the various types of black clowns.
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Man, n. ...His chief occupation is extermination of other animals and his own species, which, however, multiplies with such insistent rapidity as to infest the whole habitable earth, and Canada. - A. Bierce, Devil's Dictionary, 1906
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