One ugly zebra for sale.

lrry93 · Post by **lrry93** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 4:55 am

Is it even right to not cull these fish. It might be rare but its dang ugly. Can breeding these cause fry to also have a different patern?

http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/ ... 1146993720

INXS · Post by **INXS** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 2:29 pm

When zebra fry are very young the stripes are broken and irregular, they eventually grow together and straighten out. I would guess that the fry is very young and small.

thebuddy · Post by **thebuddy** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 3:36 pm

it says its 3 inches

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 4:17 pm

Yup definately says 3".

I'm duboius as to whether it is L46 however, the shape seems a little wrong.

Anyone any other ideas.

Plastic Mac · Post by **Plastic Mac** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 4:49 pm

I'm in agreement...although the pics are crap the overall shape does not seem to resemble a zebra. No idea what it might be though.

dj_speed_uk · Post by **dj_speed_uk** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 6:38 pm

perhaps a hybrid

twinspots_goby · Post by **twinspots_goby** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 6:39 pm

I agree. It doesn't seem to be L46 to me from the shape of its head as well as the overall shape of its body. Never seen one so far, and wondering what it is.

Raul-7 · Post by **Raul-7** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 9:09 pm

I know who the seller is, he's from cichlid-forum.com - the day before he posted it on aquabid he had a chat about what kind of Zebra it was. It definately isn't 3" though, he told me it was a juvenile. He's just hoping that he will get more because it's an "adult". That's the problem with Aquabid, it isn't secure like eBay is.

About the fish, the eyes are pitch black. The body is more flat, but it does look like a juvenile Zebra. Maybe the quality isn't too good.

INXS · Post by **INXS** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 11:34 pm

IMHO, I think the picture is of a juvenile zebra - in the last picture the eyes are too big to be adult in relation to the body.

I have noticed that my juveniles usually have the broken pattern until they reach around an inch. I think the pictures of Robs show the pattern coming together at a younger age but I'd like to think it may be individual as is the striping.

Just because someone says it's 3" doesn't mean it is and even if the fish is 3" the picture could be from when it was a juvenile.

I think "khblock" on this site has a picture of a juvenile zebra in his avatar that is shaped similarly to the one in the picture.

Thanks to Raul-7 for shedding light on the size of the fish.

khblock · Post by **khblock** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 12:40 am

I think "khblock" on this site has a picture of a juvenile zebra in his avatar that is shaped similarly to the one in the picture.

Here is my avitar picture.

Oh, FYI...khblock is a girl.

My feelings are hurt, you are comparing my beautiful baby to a ugly fish.

Mommy fish wags her tail at you.

Seriously, I agree, the fish that started this thread is ugly.

Here is another angle.

These pictures were taken shortly after the egg sack was gone.

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 12:37 am

Looks like I'm in a minority of one here as I quite like the "zebra" variant up for sale on Aquabid. Then again I am partial to "mismarked" zebras. As for whether the fish in question is indeed L173/L098 I would have to see better pictures that include both dorsal and caudal fins in order to be sure.

We are looking at the possible reclassification of L173/L098 as the current thinking is that these zebra variants may be a different species. I for one am not entirely convinced, IMO the odd "variant" caught in the locale of L046 hardly merits it.

Khblock, there's nothing wrong with your fry. It looks perfectly healthy and normal to me, cracking second picture by the way.

Both pattern and body shape conform with what I have experienced of similarly aged fry. Perhaps when you "cropped" the image for your avatar it distorted the proportions a bit.

Mommy fish can stop wagging her tail now.

Adam

gemjunkie · Post by **gemjunkie** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 12:15 am

You're right, that poor fish is F-ugly! DANG!

jerms55555 · Post by **jerms55555** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 7:19 am

If im not mistaken I believe this is glockfu's fish. He is a member here. I was trying to find some of his older post in which he showed he had a few different looking zebras in his collection. Im not 100% sure, but im almost positive.

JazzyKnots · Post by **JazzyKnots** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 7:32 am

Would the anomolous markings breed true in its offspring?

One ugly zebra for sale.

One ugly zebra for sale.

Would you allow it to breed?