Ever see one of these before? I have fished these waters out of Ponce Inlet for over 35 years and never heard of one. This was caught on the Pastime Princess next to me yesterday. Really cool looking fish.
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a526/dwebb49/Albino%20Snapper_zpsuwofn1oa.jpg) (http://s1282.photobucket.com/user/dwebb49/media/Albino%20Snapper_zpsuwofn1oa.jpg.html)
Wow that's crazy..!!
Wild, it doesn't have a red eye either!
Wow.. that is pretty cool. Would make a great mount.
Never seen any Albino Snappers of any type and I have seen quite a few. As a youth I commercial fished, even gill netted although I know that is not popular among most recreational fishermen . Did the angler just fillet it or did he/she call the FWC to examine it first?
He is planning to have a mount made. Took quick measurements and back in the water. No season for red snappers. Should end up on a magazine cover in a few months.
I received my FWC shirt two days ago for a tag call in on a red snapper. My fish from a few months ago had been tagged in Oct 2012 and had only moved 10 miles.
Wow! Once in a lifetime fish! Very cool!
Andy
Wow ! :o :o
That's a beauty.
Yeah that's cool.
Cool fish!!
Quote from: Newell Nut on June 13, 2016, 01:20:50 AM
He is planning to have a mount made. Took quick measurements and back in the water. No season for red snappers. Should end up on a magazine cover in a few months.
I received my FWC shirt two days ago for a tag call in on a red snapper. My fish from a few months ago had been tagged in Oct 2012 and had only moved 10 miles.
I keep forgetting that you are in Federal waters up where you are. Where I live, ARS are caught in State waters although they are pretty much a rare catch. We may get one or two a year and they are usually short.
Wow!
Without a red eye you can't call it an albino (well, you can, but you'd be wrong).... but it's a beautiful marvel just the same!
Sid
So educate us Sid what is it if not albino?
Mark
I think that it would be classified as a mutation.
Yep a Fukushima fish!
Quote from: anglingarchitect on June 13, 2016, 10:59:30 PM
So educate us Sid what is it if not albino?
Mark
I'm guessing leucism, but that's a wild guess https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwiu-tKFsKbNAhXBFx4KHe_PDx4QFggcMAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FLeucism&usg=AFQjCNEqESMQ8j4ZGKzbHVQ1-Q59EuuWbA&sig2=1iJm-loPJY3qCXRJo3cEuA&bvm=bv.124272578,d.dmo
Sid
Quote from: sdlehr on June 14, 2016, 01:35:19 AM
Quote from: anglingarchitect on June 13, 2016, 10:59:30 PM
So educate us Sid what is it if not albino?
Mark
I'm guessing leucism...
Sid
Leucistic and hedonistic genetic variations are much more commonplace in the gene pool then albinism. Interspecific variation also can occur.. especially among subspecies.. though this is not likely the case here. Sometimes these things occur more frequently assoc8ated with generic bottlenecking which can be caused by population crashes or isolations. Just remember correlation does not imply causation :)
I'm sticking with my first guess.
Quote from: Tightlines666 on June 14, 2016, 01:44:32 AM
"hedonistic genetic variations"
John, I've heard of "Hedonistic Personality Disorder", but I don't recall this term being used in this context before.... Is this the term given to dolphin sexual behavior? Are there other species that exhibit this type of behavior?
Sid
Quote from: sdlehr on June 14, 2016, 05:47:33 AM
Quote from: Tightlines666 on June 14, 2016, 01:44:32 AM
"hedonistic genetic variations"
John, I've heard of "Hedonistic Personality Disorder", but I don't recall this term being used in this context before.... Is this the term given to dolphin sexual behavior? Are there other species that exhibit this type of behavior?
Sid
No it refers to a genetic variation which expresses physically as darker coloration in a typically l8ght colored species, or typically light colored parts. For instance, here in HI, we often see Laysan Albatross which exhibit some dark coloration... they can be difficult to distinguish from a Laysan-Black footed Albatross (which is dark colored) hybrid. Our observers have seen white colored Marlin.. how cool would that mount be?
John
Quote from: Tightlines666 on June 14, 2016, 05:58:00 AM
darker coloration in a typically l8ght colored species, or typically light colored parts.
John
I thought that was melanism.
Quote from: Tightlines666 on June 14, 2016, 05:58:00 AM
Our observers have seen white colored Marlin.. how cool would that mount be?
John
Very cool, but I'd worry about them getting the paint color right in something seen this infrequently.
Sid
Quote from: Tightlines666 on June 14, 2016, 01:44:32 AM
Quote from: sdlehr on June 14, 2016, 01:35:19 AM
Quote from: anglingarchitect on June 13, 2016, 10:59:30 PM
So educate us Sid what is it if not albino?
Mark
I'm guessing leucism...
Sid
Leucistic and hedonistic genetic variations are much more commonplace in the gene pool then albinism. Interspecific variation also can occur.. especially among subspecies.. though this is not likely the case here. Sometimes these things occur more frequently assoc8ated with generic bottlenecking which can be caused by population crashes or isolations. Just remember correlation does not imply causation :)
FWC classified it as Leucistic due to black eyes.
We don't catch red snapper up here in SE Alaska, but we do catch yelloweye rockfish, a fish often erroneously called "red snapper." Yelloweye are bright red/orange, but occasionally -- like 1 in 50 or 100 fish -- they turn snow white when you bring them up. I was told by a fisheries biologist that it is a reaction to stress. It only happened to me once. The fish was snow white until I conked it on the head and bled it. Shorty after it died, it turned orange again. Had I released it, I would have thought it was a white yelloweye.
Quote from: Tightlines666 on June 12, 2016, 11:56:42 PM
Wow.. that is pretty cool. Would make a great mount.
What fish ?
A fish without pigmentation :-\
Sorry to crop you out as well, Dwight, but the star of the show was getting photo bombed by the paparazzi.
Amazing, very unique fish.
It sure is a beauty. Dominick