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uwe;1743067; said:
Hello,

it's a "lutino" endlicheri ... may be the most expensive bichir ...

"lutino" means: Albino with normal eyes - due to some rare local pigments. Lutinos are known from endlicheri, ornatipinnis and senegalus. Sometimes ten ground coloration is that yellowish white - but the pattern is still present.

Greetings

Uwe
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The term for this type of albinism is "Leucism".

When expressed, the fish is "Leucisitc", commonly referred to as 'platinum' in the tropical fish hobby. It is the lack of pigment, not the lack of pigment production (true albinism), which is why the eyes are normal.

'Lutino' is a term used in keeping birds (not an actual scientific term to describe any form of albinism) that is used to label a color variation.

It was adopted incorrectly by the keepers of Oscar's (Astronotus), to describe 'albino' oscars that still had blotches of black pigment (melanin). Why? I'm not sure.
 
uwe;1743067; said:
Hello,

it's a "lutino" endlicheri ... may be the most expensive bichir ...

"lutino" means: Albino with normal eyes - due to some rare local pigments. Lutinos are known from endlicheri, ornatipinnis and senegalus. Sometimes ten ground coloration is that yellowish white - but the pattern is still present.

Greetings

Uwe
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haha! thought you said LATINO haha!

my orna died dammit! stupid pump sucked its fins
 
tezr;1754141; said:
They are pricey but not that bad....

About $6k each.

Rumor has it there is a Plat Bichir Bichir........ That would take a lottery to buy.....
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what!?!? so £3K... screw that. i could get me a huge tank, and a gibson les paul for that:headbang2
 
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