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Well of my anery hatchlings I got, this one just keeps making me wonder. He just looks completely different from the others. Does it look just like a lighter anery or maybe something different?

Anery is probably not necessarily an all or nothing trait. It is the reduction of red pigments, and like hypomelanism, can probably be expressed to various degrees. If not mistaken, some folks get pastels in their anery clutches. These are usually males that exhibit more peach like pastel colors for some reason. I have had clutches containing anerys in the past that ranged from some with a more brownish twinge, to some that appeared stark black and silver. All in the same clutch. Very variable for sure. You may have some hidden genes in the parents like hypomelanism, or even Anery A/Anery B. Who knows??

Yea. So far I've found a few hidden genes in the father. All I knew was he was an anery root beer. I've since found out he's also het for amel and motley. And I know the mother was 50% for hypo. Doesn't quite look like a ghost. But who knows...

Well the emoryi genes in the mix may have changed the complexion of the babies. Not sure what 50% hypo means. Are you saying the female is het. hypo? The male would have to have hypo in him to produce hypos. If he is also het for hypo, it could be possible. Still doubtfull. Looks like anery to me.

I pretty much suspect it is a lighter colored anery. I have had many in the past that looked basically identical to that on that were straight-up anery's het for nothing decades ago.

If you think about it, the subdued "ghosty" portion of the blotches there in a normal corn would also have deep red pigment expressed there too, so when totally void of ALL red pigment as yours is, that can often be the look of the only underlying dark pigment remaining.

Not absolutely definite, but extremely likely in my opinion.

~Doug
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