L144 or Albino

I did ask before but I had two answers

Is my bn an L144?



As a baby he looked like this

i would say l144 because of colour and the eye colour colin.

100% L144

816johnv wrote:

100% L144

Thanks

yep defo L144

100% L144........

Possibly L144, defo not Sp.3 Albino ( lack off red eyes) but could could be one of these Sp.3 colour morphs-
white fish with blue black eyes, I'm not trying to be difficult but you asked
J

Would it be right in saying then that the difference between albino commons and L144 are the colour eyes and that the L144's dont seem to be spotty like the common albino's???
I have just picked up 3 juvi fish that the owner said were albino longfins but as soon as I got a look at them im pretty sure they are L144's...
They are very pale with no spots at all and have, what looks like, dark blue eyes (could be black though!)
Will post some pics when I have taken some lol!

that fish is defo 100% l144!

What about this one???

Your fish is in my opinion an L-144 long fin. It can not be albino as the eyes are black/blue and not red.

This whole L-144 thing is sort of mixed up. There was originally the L-144 species. This was a color morph of some sort of Paraguayan Ancistrus, species unknown, that was inbred to fix the dark eyed yellow color. These are now extremely rare. I do not believe they showed body spotting, as I have never come across any reference to that, just that they were a muddier yellow then most L-144 today.

Then there is the color morph of the common aquarium strain BN. This is what is commonly known as the L-144 today. I do not know if these occurred spontaneously or represent some hybridization with the species L-144. Usually these are a smaller orange yellow fish with dark eyes. Most do not show body spotting, but I have heard of a few cropping up that do. While some would reserve the term L-144 only for the original species, most today use the term L-144 to describe a yellow body color and dark eyes, with or without a pattern of light body spotting. I have never heard of an original species L-144 with long fins, but know they occur in the common color morph.

As to why your fish are whitish rather than the typical orange yellow, I don't know, it could be related to condition, but is probably genetic. I have seen photos of white L-144 before.

i would say l144 longfin as some l144s can be a bit lighter in colour the l144s i breed are very yellow but i have seen paler l144s for sale that look like albinos with dark eyes i hope this might help you

Thanks guys!
The pic is a bit misleading as he isnt quite that pale now... He is almost a very pale lemon now he has settled down and got comfy!

tilkifox wrote:

Thanks guys!
The pic is a bit misleading as he isnt quite that pale now... He is almost a very pale lemon now he has settled down and got comfy!

I have found that as they age they get their colour, and those that remained really pale tended not to make it.

I know this thread is old, but i was curious, what is the difference between an L144 and an albino common bn?

the albino bristlenose is a white fish with pink eyes were as the l144 are usually yellow with a blue/black coloured eyes and like you said the l144 is a solid coloured fish were as the albino can have a blotchy appearence but is totaly white or can be pale pinkish depending on were you source your fish from hope this helps you.

Albinos in any form always have red eyes.If it hasn't got red eyes it isn't albino

The fish sold as L144 are not usually the fish originally described and are only a colour morph.

There is a profile of the L144 on This German site showing a fish that is more like the original description.

i know this post is pretty old but i have one adult female that is almost white but has dark eyes and a few males that have red eyes but are orange. what are they?

If they have red eyes they are albino and the one with dark eyes is probably a lemon (so called L44) All fish have varied colour shades according to environment,genes and feeding etc.



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