Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-01-22 10:35:22 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 7B25EFE586DD04739DF99E09ABE8E74F08613C62FC4D97F5C1C50AE5719557BE
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Original Note:
Video is misleading. These fish are real, but are not created by breeding the two fish shown, as gar and cichlids cannot crossbreed. Instead, the fish shown are gar exhibiting xanthochroism. Fact-check from an ichthyologist specializing in gar: https://twitter.com/SolomonRDavid/status/1749280302919282691 More on fish xanthism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanthochromism https://thefisheriesblog.com/2022/08/29/rare-orange-smallmouth-bass-caught-in-michigan/ https://www.chesapeakebaymagazine.com/theres-gold-in-the-james-river-angler-makes-rare-catch/ https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/17827-yellow-chub
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