Raises stingray in Asia the people. Regarding BD condition in its abdomen and abdomen die plate edge whether has the spot is also one of essential conditions.
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BD the pups birth will have the abdomen spot. The abdomen spot is the heredity from the father and mother.
These type of discriminations between rays spots are entirely subjective and have nothing at all to do with species identification.
Its like saying that a red ferrari is different from and so worth more than the identical but blue ferrari and is complete nonsense. Spots both on their backs and on their bellies are on a continuum between zero spots and hundreds. You can find both and everything in between within any given species. For instance, Leopoldi can have no spots at all and be totally black ( Ross' book has one with only 2 spots) or they can have many spots. Most fall somewhere in the middle on a Bell curve. Both are still just Leos, but at either end of the spot continuum. In rays species ID has little to do with external superficial markings. Black diamond, thousand island etc are all artificial hobby names that are meaningless in science.
Its like saying that a red ferrari is different from and so worth more than the identical but blue ferrari and is complete nonsense. Spots both on their backs and on their bellies are on a continuum between zero spots and hundreds. You can find both and everything in between within any given species. For instance, Leopoldi can have no spots at all and be totally black ( Ross' book has one with only 2 spots) or they can have many spots. Most fall somewhere in the middle on a Bell curve. Both are still just Leos, but at either end of the spot continuum. In rays species ID has little to do with external superficial markings. Black diamond, thousand island etc are all artificial hobby names that are meaningless in science.
genki;2937153; said:
pure BD? wtf is that? wild caught BD is a " pure" Leopoldi variant and some of the other domestics are from various crossings such as Leo X Henlii. The pool is already so muddied that no-one really knows what is what any more, didn't take long either.
