Identifying Angelfish

[TroutFarmerGal]

I have noticed a lot of terms thrown around to identify angelfish (pinoy, blusher, pearl), but find them a little confusing at times when trying to label angelfish in photographs. Could the experts here please post pictures of various angelfish along with a description of what you looked for (striped fins, visible gills, etc.) to identify it? It would be incredibly helpful. Thanks in advance!

 

[nikond70s]

im too lazy to post pics and stuff. but go to this site. all you need to know about angels and wild angels. hope it helped.

http://www.angelfish.net/VBulletin/index.php

 

[TroutFarmerGal]

I looked and did find lots of info in general, but couldn't find a clear-cut guide on how exactly to identify all the different strains... The forum is extremely helpful, thank you, and I'll probably register, but I am still unfortunately at a loss

 

[Andrewtfw]

blushers refer to transparant gill plates. Pinoy is a strain of angel that shows an iridescent blue sheen throughout the body (lighting considerations help enhance this). Pearl refers to the scales. In pearls, the scales are not as flush to the body and thus reflect light more giving them a "pearing" look. All of these terms refer to line bred strains of scalare angels. To my knowledge, altums and dumerils are not being bred for color variation in the hobby.

 

[GudEnuf]

Here's a link to the old and 2007 Phenotype Libraries of the The Angelfish Society(TAS). It shows some of the basic types of Angels. From the link you may navigate to the other info on the TAS web site:

http://www.theangelfishsociety.org/phenotypes/index.htm

http://www.theangelfishsociety.org/phenotype_library_2007/NewIndex.html

 

[Twofish]

good job andrew! that was very helpful

 

[TroutFarmerGal]

GudEnuf, that second link was just what I'm looking for, thank you! Now I stand a chance at identifying my own angelfish and am learning to tell the difference between (for example) a Koi vs. a Gold Marble. May seem basic to some, but hey, ya gotta start somewhere!