02-27-2010, 12:45 PM
Fishrmn,
My mistake. There have been several folks jump in here to "quell the misinformation". One of them even has a name "albinotrout". Pretty tough to argue with someone named after the beasts. I just had a hard time swallowing your guidance when your reference did not back your statement. Also interesting that some of us use the fact that we called something by a certain name for years as proof that they are one. I am no biologist like the rest of you but did shoot a white rooster pheasant years ago. That is when I learned about the difference between albino and mutant color variations. One is the total lack of pigment (albino) that happens very rarely. The other is simply a color variation (like white fox of the red fox specie). The ones with no color pigment - or albinos are easy to tell because they are absolutely white and have pink eyes. I will paste a reference I found on a similar forum below. At any rate, you folks are going to call them albinos and you are welcome to it.....
"True albino fish have pink eyes, although there is a white strain of rainbow trout that biologists have developed that is a genetic mutation instead of albino. All these fish come from 1 mutant fish that was found, interesting story. These fish are commonly stocked at least in the west, but are not albinos."
FR
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My mistake. There have been several folks jump in here to "quell the misinformation". One of them even has a name "albinotrout". Pretty tough to argue with someone named after the beasts. I just had a hard time swallowing your guidance when your reference did not back your statement. Also interesting that some of us use the fact that we called something by a certain name for years as proof that they are one. I am no biologist like the rest of you but did shoot a white rooster pheasant years ago. That is when I learned about the difference between albino and mutant color variations. One is the total lack of pigment (albino) that happens very rarely. The other is simply a color variation (like white fox of the red fox specie). The ones with no color pigment - or albinos are easy to tell because they are absolutely white and have pink eyes. I will paste a reference I found on a similar forum below. At any rate, you folks are going to call them albinos and you are welcome to it.....
"True albino fish have pink eyes, although there is a white strain of rainbow trout that biologists have developed that is a genetic mutation instead of albino. All these fish come from 1 mutant fish that was found, interesting story. These fish are commonly stocked at least in the west, but are not albinos."
FR
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