Proper terms.

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Raetak

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All dogs are the same species, there are breeds in the species. Our example fish will be a Jack Dempsey. Fish are kind of like dogs you have strains in the species, dogs have breeds. Now when two dogs from different breeds have a litter, those puppies would be refered to as mixed-breeds.

Now lets say our Jack Dempsey spawned with an EBJD what you you call the fry??? I don't believe "Hybrid" would be the proper term. But I've never heard a term like "mixed-strain".
So the fry are still JDs but their parents are different strains. What are the JD fry refered to as?
 
An Electric Jack Blue Dempsey
 
I believe your argument is flawed. EB is a gene and is recessive. An EBJDxJD offspring would be heterozygous (poss), and not a mixed strain. Your example implies references to genetics and argues strains.
 
It's not an argument I asking, what do you call fry from two parents for different strains. Perhaps I chose a bad example, I am wonder what you call them?

I'm not well educated in genetics. I thought they were strains, there is no argument here just questions.
 
Perhaps a better example would be an oranda mating with a black moor. The offspring will of course still be goldfish, but what would they be called?

I have also not heard the terminology for this, perhaps mixed-variety? Mixed-something.
 
YES!!! MUCH BETTER EXAMPLE THANK YOU!
 
I don't think there might be a name for that. I think I remember learning that mixed-breed dogs were also called mutts? I think the reason there's no name for that is that people seem to not do it, as it is frowned upon. Something purist about preserving genetic integrity, or something.
 
ballinouttacntrol;4771634; said:
it'd be a hybrid, only hybrids that are sought after are given names just like with mutts.
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Hybridization involves two distinct species. Animals like flowerhorns, mules, hinnies, and Ann Coulter are hybrids. All the different dog breeds are still Canis familiaris (or some would argue, Canis lupus familiaris, I'm not sure where that debate ended, or if it is still ongoing).
 
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