Are hybrids found in the wild?

[woofy]

I believe there are likely more hybrids in nature than what science or people believe. Hybrids would often have different coloring or traits that might make them easier to pick off in the wild , fish such as the blue JD's are a good example of this, the gene is naturally occuring in nature and is a recessive gene, the resulting blue fry are be easily seen and eaten before reaching adult hood . There could be 1 inch blue JD fry all over the place in nature and we would never know cause the fry do not reach the 1.5 inch size due to predation. I believe that is why there are so many different species of cichlids with such radical differnces in appearance or behavior traits in the world today, a fish with a slightly different look or ability is all that was needed to make a species more productive and therefore more successful. That fish then goes around and spreads its genes around and eventually we end up with a known successful cichlid in the hobby etc..

i agree and i think i heard that happen before with some saltwater fish no? that tthere was something being born and odd color but it would never make it cuase predators foudn that color more appealing ro something? or am i

 

[cichlidgirl]

No , your not crazy LOL. That is my point exactly with the blue JD's, its a recessive gene, when these fry occur in the wild they are snapped up like a buffet at Denny's because they dont blend in to the surroundings like the normal colored fry, thats why we dont see very many if any blue adults in the wild.

 

[NotoriousSway]

I believe there are likely more hybrids in nature than what science or people believe. Hybrids would often have different coloring or traits that might make them easier to pick off in the wild , fish such as the blue JD's are a good example of this, the gene is naturally occuring in nature and is a recessive gene, the resulting blue fry are be easily seen and eaten before reaching adult hood . There could be 1 inch blue JD fry all over the place in nature and we would never know cause the fry do not reach the 1.5 inch size due to predation. I believe that is why there are so many different species of cichlids with such radical differnces in appearance or behavior traits in the world today, a fish with a slightly different look or ability is all that was needed to make a species more productive and therefore more successful. That fish then goes around and spreads its genes around and eventually we end up with a known successful cichlid in the hobby etc..

While this is true and very good point. This is genetics not hybrids.

 

[NotoriousSway]

...so does the technicality that some of these un-natural, aquarium strains of fish are mutations of a given species...and not two species bred together...make them OK?

Yes, in fact if you have noticed people will pay good money for genetic mutaions like albino, Leucistic, EBJD, shortbodies....ect.

There is a hole list.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38534

If you found out that a koi angel had "blood" from a different angel species in it...all of a sudden turn it "bad"?

I don't think they are bad but if you are breeding them its a different story. If it is a hybrid that's OK, IMO, but you need to state that they are hybrids so the buyer knows exactly what they are getting.