tell me more about my "pink" black ghost knife

[perfectshotsphotos]

Tell me more about this colour? The shop had him labelled as a white ghost knife fish. A few people say hes albino but albibos usually have red eyes. Is this a captive bred colour? Recessive gene?
I just love unusual coloured fish really and im quite nosey so would love to know.

 

[perfectshotsphotos]

Also oddly, the shop was selling them at £5 cheaper than the regular blacks.

 

[Aquanero]

I would consider this fish either a leucistic or Amelanistic (absences of black pigment), not a true albino. This would be naturally occuring and not a man made variant. Very cool looking fish, I wouldn't mind finding one.

 

[Aw3s0m3]

Id say leucistic. Amels still have red eyes


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[Aquanero]

This is true in mammels not necessarly true in fish, where the presence of other pigments will allow the eye to have color just not black. However I would agree this fish probibly does lean more towards the definition of leucistic.

 

[Aw3s0m3]

Did not know that. I knew amels in reptiles are also just a different type of albino so I went by the assumption that it was the same for others. Either way, it is still a very unique fish. I've never seen a BGK like that before.


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[perfectshotsphotos]

The shop has another 1 if anyone in the north east uk woyld like to know where. £15.99

 

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[justarn]

cool fish and a great pic, what camera?

 

[perfectshotsphotos]

Thanks. Its a Nikon d7000 with an off camera strobe. He is so hard to photograph!