not necessarily; they are genetic anomalies, yes, and normally these fish wouldn't make it in the wild (compared to "normal" fish). we see them in captivity more because this would be an artificial environment, so anomalies survive where they wouldn't in the wild.xander;3641273; said:that's interesting, i was under the impression short bodied fish were a result of genetic inbreeding? hence usually seen in captive bred fish?
(again, mfk still doesn't have a damn yoda smiley...)E_americanus;3641317; said:not necessarily; they are genetic anomalies, yes, and normally these fish wouldn't make it in the wild (compared to "normal" fish). we see them in captivity more because this would be an artificial environment, so anomalies survive where they wouldn't in the wild.
if a fish farm uses the same stocks over and over for their spawning, then yes, you would see an increase in said anomalies relative to a form of inbreeding.
this is also why you see more pigment anomalies in captivity than in the wild (a gold gar would be more easily picked off by predators than a normal pattern).--
--solomon
PS-- also, our fish were spawned from "parent" fish from multiple populations.
gotcha. yeah, when i say "our fish" i mean my fish for the experiments. these were fish that richard and myself collected from various inland lake populations, this way we would have a decent genetic mix in the juveniles.xander;3641410; said:(again, mfk still doesn't have a damn yoda smiley...)
when you say our fish, do you mean everyone's fish in general or the cubans? i dont really get that last line.