Albino, Leucistic, Xanthic, Melanistic, etc. Fish
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id call it xanthic/pied... nice lookin cat for sure.
Thankyou, but i have another question
I still confused about morphs
Platinum & leucistic
I don’t know what the different
or people just name it cause grade of the whiteness or the morph is different ?
platinum is real / natural pigmen or genetic manipulation ?
because when i see platinum gar, i think that morph is leucistic
if the case is platinum RTC, why it can change color when i put on the dark tank / pond ?
Why the color mutation and going back to normal (For RTC Case) ?
I’m sorry if i have many question, i need to learn because i feel confused when my RTC change to normal when i put it on dark pond
Has nothing to do with tank color... true "platinum" will not color morph at any time... Leucistic usually refers to all white pigment with blue eyes... I agree leucistic/platinum are used as a general or "blanket" term these days... The rtc you have is neither platinum or leucistic. None of these golden/xanthic rtc's are "platinum" to begin with. They are xanthic..
In the genetic mutation xanthic, pigment is golden/yellow and they also exhibit black pigment and red pigment... They can also change pigment spots throughout their lives. In your case i would side with "piebald" a term used for a calico pigment similiar to a cow... these pigments can change often throughout the fishes life which is why u notice a change on a darker bkg. Search "xanthic" and "piebald" fish and u will see similiar markings on other species of fish. It is infact unique/rare to get a piebald specimen... def. one of a kind.
some examples of "xanthic" fish like urs... notice the patches of black pigment. they are subject to change at any time.
If it's not just super stressed, it'd be leucistic. (a condition in which there is partial loss of pigmentation in an animal resulting in white, pale, or patchy coloration of the skin, hair, feathers, scales or cuticle, but not the eyes. Unlike albinism, it is caused by a reduction in multiple types of pigment, not just melanin.)
