Smokey
Lace
Multiple Locus Phenotype
Non-wild alleles
that interact to form this phenotype:
Dark (D), Smokey (Sm)

A smokey lace
angelfish is a black lace with the addition of one smokey allele. It has
the genotype:
D/+ - Sm/+
The dark and
the smokey alleles are co-dominant, with both traits appearing in the
smokey lace phenotype. The distribution of color follows the pattern seen
a smokey. The front (anterior) of the body is lighter than the rest of
the body, and shows some of the brown coloration typical of a smokey,
although darker than in a smokey. The rear (posterior) of the body and
the dorsal fin, anal fin, and tail are dark, nearly black in coloration,
with a distinct lace pattern showing in the fins and tail. As in a smokey,
the demarcation between the lighter colored anterior of the body and the
darker posterior part is an irregular vertical line approximately mid-way
through the body.

Approved by The Angelfish
Society Standards Committee on March 11, 2007.