is it common

[fish tamer]

at a pet shop i saw a jack demsey and it wasnt the normal color it was white with orange shiny scales. and i was wondering if that is common

 

[FSM]

There are gold jack dempseys, which are pale yellow I believe. It may have been that.

 

[fish tamer]

perhaps but it had like very shiny and glowy scales

 

[gilkm]

If they are in a tank with light colored gravel that can happen to a regular JD.

 

[balton777]

It would be cool if it were xanthic.

 

[Toby_H]

This is a "Gold Dempsey"

Which I have been told are Leucistic, not Xanthic... although through searching online I cannot find distinct differences in the terms and they seem to overlap in a few places...