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THE POND-THE FRESHWATER PLACE => Angelfish => Topic started by: Ron Sower on January 26, 2019, 05:50:14 PM

Title: Does this hold any truth to it?
Post by: Ron Sower on January 26, 2019, 05:50:14 PM
From a friend in a club...Any blue angelfish, is Phillipine Blue, and its basically only called Philippine Blue because of Ken Kennedy. So blue zebra, blue ghost, blue anything...is all a Philippine Blue variant.
Title: Re: Does this hold any truth to it?
Post by: Mugwump on January 26, 2019, 06:05:09 PM
Quote from: Ron Sower on January 26, 2019, 05:50:14 PM
From a friend in a club...Any blue angelfish, is Phillipine Blue, and its basically only called Philippine Blue because of Ken Kennedy. So blue zebra, blue ghost, blue anything...is all a Philippine Blue variant.

...pretty much so.....yup....across the phenotypes....
Title: Re: Does this hold any truth to it?
Post by: Ron Sower on January 26, 2019, 06:38:17 PM
What's the story on this Ken Kennedy fellow?
Title: Re: Does this hold any truth to it?
Post by: Mugwump on January 26, 2019, 06:59:40 PM
Quote from: Ron Sower on January 26, 2019, 06:38:17 PM
What's the story on this Ken Kennedy fellow?

...did the first work to uncover(discover) and isolate the pb gene...

..Ken on the right.....Dr. Warren Burgess on left..

http://www.pafs.info/the-father-of-the-philippine-blue-angelfish-gene/ (http://www.pafs.info/the-father-of-the-philippine-blue-angelfish-gene/)
Title: Re: Does this hold any truth to it?
Post by: Ron Sower on January 26, 2019, 10:33:09 PM
..just got a good education...thanks, Mugs!