Smokey
Blushing
Multiple Locus Phenotype
Non-wild
alleles that interact to form this phenotype:
Smokey (Sm), Stripeless
(S)
The smokey
blushing angelfish is a smokey (Sm/+) with 2 alleles for stripeless
(S/S). It has the genotype:
Sm/+ - S/S
As a fry
and young juvenile, the gill area will be pink. An adult smokey blushing
can be distinguished from a non-blushing smokey by the absence of any
striations in the dorsal fin and absence of any lacey patterning in the
tail.
Approved by The Angelfish
Society Standards Committee on March 11, 2007.
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