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. 2014 Aug 4;5:251. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2014.00251

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Examples of commercial fish strains with improved skin pigmentation and body shape. (A) A wild-type tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) with normal black pigmentation; (B) a red strain tilapia (red Yumbo) with improved red skin pigmentation; (C) a wild-type rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) with normal pigmentation and (D) a Blue Back rainbow trout with improved intense bluish back, whitish belly, and a reduced number of dark spots; (E) a common carp (Cyprinus carpio) of var. haematopterus (or Amur wild carp) with a spindle-shaped body and steel-gray skin color; and (F) a common carp of var. wuyuanensis with improved broadly elliptical body (red skin color).