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Offline Steve

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Yellow Lab coloration
« on: March 30, 2013, 05:28:14 PM »
While I was at the LFS today they must have got in a recent order of yellow labs because they had 2-3 tank fulls of them. In the one tank they had one that was larger, probably around 4", and it had even though the body was bright yellow the face and lower jaw was almost a dark blackish color. I have never seen a yellow lab like that. Is that something normal? hybrid/cross?
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Re: Yellow Lab coloration
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2013, 05:50:31 PM »
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Re: Yellow Lab coloration
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2013, 06:02:33 PM »
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Re: Yellow Lab coloration
« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2013, 06:33:47 PM »
They look good?
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Re: Yellow Lab coloration
« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2013, 06:54:26 PM »
Yeah they had a real nice variety of them today from 2" to about 4". Most of them looked nice and healthy/bright.
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Re: Yellow Lab coloration
« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2013, 07:22:04 PM »
Maybe it was a female with a bruised throat,  from too much jawbone?
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Re: Yellow Lab coloration
« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2013, 07:44:12 PM »
Quote from: Steve on March 30, 2013, 05:28:14 PM
While I was at the LFS today they must have got in a recent order of yellow labs because they had 2-3 tank fulls of them. In the one tank they had one that was larger, probably around 4", and it had even though the body was bright yellow the face and lower jaw was almost a dark blackish color. I have never seen a yellow lab like that. Is that something normal? hybrid/cross?

I have a male like that.  The rest of them were all yellow, but the male has a darker face, and lighter on the lower half.  I don't have a pix, but I did catch a video of him and a female. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nWbZeLUajU
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Re: Yellow Lab coloration
« Reply #7 on: March 30, 2013, 07:55:07 PM »
Yep that is pretty close to the one they had. The one at the LFS didn't have the white lower half body, it was all yellow, and the face was a tad darker, but yours is close to it. I almost bought it because I thought it was pretty cool looking.
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Re: Yellow Lab coloration
« Reply #8 on: March 30, 2013, 08:08:40 PM »
Quote from: Steve on March 30, 2013, 07:55:07 PM
Yep that is pretty close to the one they had. The one at the LFS didn't have the white lower half body, it was all yellow, and the face was a tad darker, but yours is close to it. I almost bought it because I thought it was pretty cool looking.

Last fall I had a case of bloat in that tank.  He was one of the survivors.   He's very active and quite full of himself since spawning.  His face has gotten alittle darker since then.  Had him about a year and he's still growing.
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Re: Yellow Lab coloration
« Reply #9 on: March 30, 2013, 09:11:30 PM »
Generally, the labs in the video would be considered poor quality. High quality labs are considered to have yellow bodies with black on the fins and pretty much nowhere else.

However, that male in the picture is very cool looking. I'm wondering if it's some sort of variant. I've seen other fish with similar coloring...
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Re: Yellow Lab coloration
« Reply #10 on: March 31, 2013, 07:48:27 AM »
Looks like a really poor grade yellow lab to me. It doesn't even have yellow across the lower half of it's body.
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Re: Yellow Lab coloration
« Reply #11 on: March 31, 2013, 08:53:22 AM »
Quote from: Ron on March 31, 2013, 07:48:27 AM
Looks like a really poor grade yellow lab to me. It doesn't even have yellow across the lower half of it's body.

I agree, not a 100% pure yellow lab.
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Re: Yellow Lab coloration
« Reply #12 on: March 31, 2013, 09:31:59 AM »
Ron & Josh, isn't there some other mbuna with it's body half colored like that? I swear I've seen something similar before...
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Re: Yellow Lab coloration
« Reply #13 on: March 31, 2013, 10:27:59 AM »
FWIW, I don't think that it's necessarily a cross and believe it could just a complete lack of breeding standards. The average person with a fish tank wouldn't care about the quality of the fish.  :(

Quote from: Super Turtleman on March 31, 2013, 09:31:59 AM
Ron & Josh, isn't there some other mbuna with it's body half colored like that? I swear I've seen something similar before...
Yes there are. I can't think of any with yellow/white off hand though. One example would be G. moorii. Another would be the guy top center in this photo (having a brain fart right now and can't recall what the scientific name is ...):
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Re: Yellow Lab coloration
« Reply #14 on: March 31, 2013, 11:05:38 AM »
Quote from: Ron on March 31, 2013, 10:27:59 AM
FWIW, I don't think that it's necessarily a cross and believe it could just a complete lack of breeding standards. The average person with a fish tank wouldn't care about the quality of the fish.  :(

Quote from: Super Turtleman on March 31, 2013, 09:31:59 AM
Ron & Josh, isn't there some other mbuna with it's body half colored like that? I swear I've seen something similar before...
Yes there are. I can't think of any with yellow/white off hand though. One example would be G. moorii. Another would be the guy top center in this photo (having a brain fart right now and can't recall what the scientific name is ...):


Mine has the yellow/white coloration like that, but the fins have the black also.
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