Leopard
Multiple Locus Phenotype
Non-wild
alleles that interact to form this phenotype:
Smokey (Sm), Zebra (Z)
A leopard
angelfish has two alleles for smokey and either one or two alleles for
zebra. It has one of the following two genotypes:
Sm/Sm - Z/+
Sm/Sm -Z/Z
The leopard
angelfish got it name because as a fry and juvenile it is characterized by
a speckling of small dark spots on its body. As it matures, darker
coloration develops across the body and the spots are not longer present.
An adult leopard is similar in appearance to an adult chocolate
angelfish.
Approved by The Angelfish
Society Standards Committee on March 11, 2007.
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