Northwest_Scapes_ Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 This topic came into my mind after I discovered a unique individual within my group of fish. I recently acquired 12 Loreto Tetras (Hyphessobrycon Loretoensis), and at first I thought this guy was a bycatch (not the same species as the rest) but it turns out that its a Loreto Tetra, it just never developed any color! It's totally transparent but besides that, everything else is the same as a Normal Loreto Tetra. Do you have any schooling fish that are unique in appearance to the rest of the group? Albino, Xanthic, Transparent, etc? (1-3 is the Transparent individual, 4 is what a normal Loreto looks like) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettsPapa Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 There is an albino variety of pristella tetras (Pristella maxillaris). The body is yellow instead of the off white of the others, and the fins are lighter colored. Black and white skirt tetras are all the same species, Gymnocorymbus ternetzi. Gold, blue, and opaline are all 3-spot gouramis (Trichopodus trichopterus). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewzero1 Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 Certain species of danios have color variations. I've seen subtle variation in my pearl danios but I've also heard that leopard danios might be a color variant of zebra danios. Rosy red minnows and (grey) fathead minnows are color variants of the same species as well. I've currently got a mix of gold and natural white cloud minnows that school together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 When a species of fish have been captive bred over a long period of time it's not uncommon to get color mutations in nature this usually wouldn't survive in captivity they often survive I have common bristlenose pleco that have the normal coloration they produce a mix of color's in they fry from normal black color to yellow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mynameisnobody Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 I have a piebald Denison barb and a gold Denison barb in a school of 8 “normal” Denison barbs. I also have an albino Geophagus Pyrocephalus (formerly red head tapajos) in a school of 7 “normal” geo pyro’s. They shoal together with no issues other than the gold Denison barbs is susceptible to blindness so I keep a close eye on him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnebuns Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 On 1/2/2023 at 12:59 PM, JettsPapa said: Gold, blue, and opaline are all 3-spot gouramis (Trichopodus trichopterus). I've totally been wondering this lately ty!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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