Rob, I've seen the pictures before... killer animals, no question. The reality is that the founding animal from all of this in your words was an "Ihle Salmon male(with an aberrant pattern)". You said it right there... Salmons have a tendency to be "abberant". The hypo gene clearly alters pattern as well as color and when you're dealing with offspring in the range of 15-45 you will get variation. Take the nicest and line breed them to increase the likelihood of making more like them.

Calling it a "line" of animals is the right thing.. calling it genetic is another... it's genetic because that's what the hypo gene does. This ultimately just causes confusion for new people coming into the hobby regardless if you call it a line/morph, but these and others similar in my opinion should only be refered to as a "line".

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