Well, it's resorted to me asking questions on this because I'm lost. A while ago a friend of mine and president of my local club bought some fish from Germany and they came in not quite what he ordered. They were these "Calico bushy nosed pl*cos". He had them forever and never even thought twice about them until they started to breed for him and now he produces them available on large quantities...however I cannot find what these are? Are they a hybrid, a cross of something, a line, or is it an actual species and if so what is the L number?
Any info would be great in finding exactly what this is...
Calico bushy nosed pl*cos?
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Yes, that is exactly like my fish, however this really doesn't make any sence. If I am correct, an albino cannot be crossed with the wild form to produce blotches... isn't albanism a recessive trait? Your wild form is dominant? How can you get blotches, alternative spicing..? Little lost here, as it doesn't match what I know about genetics...
Notes on ID: Probably a colour sport produced by crossing albino Bristlenose back with the wild colour form.
Of course, human genetics and animal genetics are not identical. Also, it may not be "albinism" in the true genetic sense. For instance, albino horses are not really albinos. It is also possible the the wild coloring is an incomplete dominant. This means instead of one gene obliterating the effect of the other, there is a "mix" of traits. Incomplete dominant genes are partly what's responsible for a calico cat. Maybe too in the catfish?