Re: Speaking of Color Morphs - About My sp. Emerald Male

[Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@bewellnet.com>]

Doug Brown wrote:

> I think I asked this once before and got no response. The threads on
> Emeralds and color morphs has inspired me to ask again.
>
> I got 5 young Emeralds about 6 months ago. 2 males. They are allegedly
> F1's. One of the males has always been much lighter than the other 4 fish.
> The other male died so I have no direct comparison, but the "light" one is
> maturing into a fish that looks like it might almost be an albino.
>
> Here is a description:
>
> The body shape certainly looks like sp. Emerald/geisleri, but the only
> markings are a strong suborbital stripe and a little black on the fronts of
> the dorsal and ventral fins, along with some growing blue spots around the
> face. There is no anal blotch and no other body markings except a change in
> the scales where the lateral stripe should be. The whole body is a very
> light cream (almost white) with traces of pink and maybe a slight
> iridescent blue-green sheen. He does have the normal blueish spot pattern
> in the caudal and anal fins. I have observed him under a variety of
> conditions and the appearance is constant. The other male looked normal (or
> at least very different and what I expected) before he died, and the
> females look normal, according to photos and descriptions in the books.
>
> So do albino apistos exist?

I would assume they do, but I don't recall ever reading of one.  Albinism occurs
in other fish so why not apistos?

>
>
> Is mine one, and if not, what is going on?

Possibly, true albinos have pink eyes, does yours?

>
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> -Doug Brown
> debrown@kodak.com
>
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