Table 1. Angelfish Gene Mutations Categorized According to Characteristic Group
Order
Characteristic Group
Gene Mutation (notation)
1st
color
marble (M), black (B), gold (g), and gold marble (gM)
2nd
stripe
stripeless (S), zebra (Z)
3rd
fintype
veiltail (V)
4th
half-black
half-black (h)
5th
smokey
smokey (Sm)
6th
pearlscale
pearlscale (p)
7th
albino
albino (a)
Differences between our abbreviations and other gene abbreviations in use: black (B) = dark (D) because black is a better description of the gene; gM (gold marble) = Gm (gold marble) because the gold of Gold Marble is recessive and the marble of Gold Marble is dominant.

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