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Wild type

P.Scalare -   The natural coloring of the Pterophyllum Scalare is overall silver with two main black vertical stripes.

P. Dumerili -

P.Altum

Dark Gene

BlackLace -   This gene displays a darkening effect. In its heterozygous form, the fish shows an overall darkening appearance compared to a wild type silver. The stripes are still visible, but the whole body is much darker compared to a silver type. The fins are affected dramatically giving off an attractive and desirable lace appearance.

Black -

Hybrid Black

 Gold Gene

A very attractive fish with no black markings and an overall yellow/light orange  color. The orange pigment intensifies on the crown area, which can vary from a few spots to most of the upper part of the fish.

Note- *There are two different types of genes, which produce marble angelfish. 

Marble Gene

The regular marble carries either one or two marble genes. If it is heterozygous (one marble gene), it displays less black marble over a silvery body. If it is homozygous (two doses of marble), it is much darker, almost black, with lighter marbling.

Gold Marble Gene

The other type of marbling gene is the gold marble; which is a single gene despite the name and appearance. Like gold this gene removes most of the wild coloration which gives a yellow / orange appearance along with some black marbling. The amount of black marbling can have wide variations in both heterozygous and homozygous forms. Generally a fish displaying lots of black marbling is homozygous and one with little marbling is heterozygous.

Zebra Gene

Silver Zebra -  This mutation will add another stripe or two along with sometimes a scattering of small dark dots on the silvery part of the body.

Zebra Lace -  Dark body, much like a black lace, with more than 2 main body stripes.

Zebra Black -

Albino Gene

 A colorless fish usually with a yellowish-whitish body with pink pupils. In homozygous state the fish will breed true. In heterozygous state the gene is recessive and will appear hidden in any variety.

HalfBlack Gene

 From the rear stripe forward this fish looks like a wild type silver, but rear of the stripe it is solid black. This gene also is recessive and only displays its trait in homozygous form.

HalfBlack zebra

Halfblack lace

Smokey Gene

This mutant gene rearranges the pigment of a wild type fish giving a Smokey rear half with a sooty grey/brown overtone. In homozygous state the affect in increased / enhanced and covers most of the front half as well. This form (homozygous) is usually called a chocolate.

Smokey - Bronze colored fish with the back 1/2 to 1/3 of the body a darker brown

Chocolate - Darker brown body. Just the tip of the face should not have the chocolate color.

Leopard - Light brown body with tiny black freckles as juveniles. Adults will lose the freckles as they mature.

Smokey Lace - Darker color body with the back 1/3 to 1/2 a very dark brown.

Chocolate Lace - Darker brown body with more pronounced lace in the tail.

Leopard Lace -

Smokey Leopard Lace

Stripeless Gene

In its heterozygous form, usually called ghost, the body color is sometimes reduced, without dark body stripes, and sometimes has one or two black vertical oval patches near the rear half of the body where the stripes normally would be without stripeless. In the homozygous form, the iridophores are eliminated on the gill covers. This translucence reveals the red gill filaments beneath the gill covers, hence the name a blushing angelfish.

SilverGhost - Silver body with no stripes. May have a black spot in front of the caudal fin.

BlackGhost - Dark silver body usually with a black spot in front of the caudal fin.

Blueblushing -

BlackClown -

SilverClown - The Silver Clown is a Zebra with a single dose of stripeless. The markings can change intensity (fade) depending on the mood of the fish much like a silver type.

BlackBlushing

Hybrid blushing

Turquoise blushing- Dark grey or blue body with black fins.

Other mutations that can change the appearance in angelfish.

 Veiltail Gene

 This mutation will exhibit an elongation factor within all of the fins of the fish. The overall height and length of the fish increases giving a larger appearance. The tail becomes longer and much more flowing. In homozygous form, the trait is often expresses with even longer fins. These are called superveiled. Veiltail can be found in all color forms of angelfish.

 Pearlscale Gene

 This unique mutation is manifested in the skin. It controls the appearance of imbedded scales to create a body surface, which reflects light from any angle, producing a glistening pearly effect.

 Streaked Gene

This mutation acts as a modifier to the Dark gene. It can cause white or clear streaks in the fins and iridescent patches on the body in varieties with the Dark gene. The streaks can be one or two fine lines or a bold white stripe. An underlying mottling can also be seen in (DD) and (Dg) that contain the gene for Streaked.