BigA Posted November 30, 2007 Report Share Posted November 30, 2007 I've seen in several post and books, that a person can obtain fish that are listed as "OB". Now I know this stands for orange and black, but what is the cause of this? Is it some sort of genetic defect or recessive gene? Is it only in cichlids? I've seen lots of examples of rift lake cichlids that are "OB", and a few New worlds as well. What about other types of fish? Tetras? Barbs? Cats? Does this occur in Marine fish as well? Can an "OB" breed with a "norm" from the same species? What would the offspring turn out like? Thanks in advance for any info you can give. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JORG Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 O.B's (orange blotched) cichlids occur naturally in lake malawi.The color variation is expressed mainly in some species of female mbuna.I believe all hap type OB's are hybrids such as the OB peacock---I'm unsure of the S.A cichlid types Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD. Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 http://hcgs.unh.edu/staff/kocher/pdfs/Streelman2003b.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 mbunas were natural peacocks/haps hybridized with mbuna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD. Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 (edited) ......... Edited December 2, 2007 by RD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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