? about jag's is there such a thing
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It seems like 1/2 the jags on MFK look like the one in mos video and the other 1/2 look like the darker ones. Ive only seen that xanthic on here and never anywhere else on the web...so Id say the xanthic is pretty rare.
Quote: Golden individuals of P. managuense are very infrequently encountered in Lakes Managua and Nicaragua (Astorqui 1971). Their rarity may be due to the fact that contrary to the case in other naturally occurring oligomelanic Neotropical cichlid morphs, the fry of such P. managuense are golden at hatching, which puts them at a substantially greater risk of predation than their normally pigmented counterparts. Oligomelanism in P. managuense is determined by a single gene that behaves as a Mendelian recessive. A complex of polygenic modifiers appears to control the extent of the residual color pattem (Loiselle, l973). First imported into the United States in 1964, P. managuense was the first Central American guapote bred in captivity.
Extract from this article. A good read actually. Link http://www.cichlidae.com/article.php?id=92
Extract from this article. A good read actually. Link http://www.cichlidae.com/article.php?id=92
greenterra;3879901; said:
Nice. Thanks for the link. That same reason their fry dont live long would explain why its illegal to fish for bass with goldfish here in the states...
xanthic is the term used to refer to a morph of fish that has an excess of yellow pigment, there was a good thread on this recently (i think it was called "technical term for pink convict" or something like that)NWatson;3880092; said:
Sarah88;3880108; said:
yep, heres the link
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=306668
Well dissapointed in my friend so far no show though he did phone to say he had talked to the guy and was going to be bringing the fish over for me.
Will give him a week or two to produce before I give him a call guy is busy so time will tell .
Will give him a week or two to produce before I give him a call guy is busy so time will tell .
Mmmmm bacon...
Oh yeah thats a cool looking fish I have seen that photo before. Fingers crossed for you I hope you get one of thoes beauties.
Oh yeah thats a cool looking fish I have seen that photo before. Fingers crossed for you I hope you get one of thoes beauties.
Xanthics are pretty rare. As far as I know, there are only three advertised in the hobby. I'm still waiting on fry from Ken's pair.
