What kinds of angel fish colors are there?

HI all,

My boyfriend have been wanting to get a pair of angels for our 55 gallon tank. Now that it may be coming to fruition soon, I was hoping to look at all the different color patters online with him, so we can choose which one we like best. However, all the websites I visit only have half a dozen or so varieties, and none include some of the ones I've been interested in. My google-searching actually turned up an old FishLore thread, but again, there weren't very many types of angels listed.

If it wouldn't be too much trouble, could you all list the varieties you know of? I'll edit this post to keep a running list. If you could also supply a picture, that would be super neat, then this could turn in to a reference thread of sorts.

Thanks a bunch!


Here are the few I'm familiar with, though I'm not certain proper names were used. I'll add pictures later (for now, descriptions).


Colors:
-- Domestic silver (silver with black stripes)
-- Double Dark (shiny black)
-- Marble (silver with black marbling)
-- Gold (mostly silver with gold on the head)
-- Gold marble (same as Gold, but with black marbling)
-- Pearlscale (any color, but shiny pearlescent scales)
-- Koi (white with orange and black spots)
-- Platinum (bright silver)
-- Blue marble (blue with black marbling)
-- Leopard
-- Half black (half black, half silver)


Fin types:
-- Veil tails (longer caudal and analfins) (post #5)
-- Wide fins (wider caudal fins) (post #6)



I know there are others like Pinoy, Phillipine, Paraiba, etc, but those didn't come up in my search and I'm afraid there are other awesome ones I'm missing.

**The links to posts in this thread do go to the correct post number

 

Koi's are my favorite! Tied pretty closely with the darker Marbles. As much as I like darker fish, I love the ones that really pop out at you with out being obnoxiously colorful.

There are also Zebra's, Blushing.... My brain can't think of anymore. I know what they are, but I can't think of them >.<

 

I suppose it would help if I made a list of the ones I'm familiar with first Though I'm not sure the names were listed quite correctly and everything. I'll be editing the first post shortly...

 

That might help, yeah lol

 

Here's a picture of one of my juvie Blue Zebra widefins:

 

Thanks for the pictures, guys!

Shayla, could you post a link to where you found those pictures? Don't want to run in to any copyright problems

Matt, I was familiar with veiltails, but not the widefins; those are neat!

I have to run now unfortunately but I'll update the list at the top. For pictures that members post, I think I'll just put a link to each post with the pictures (if that makes sense).

 

Leopard and Half-black are two I can think of off the top of my head.

 

Thanks for the pictures, guys!

Shayla, could you post a link to where you found those pictures? Don't want to run in to any copyright problems

Sure, didn't think of that and should have.

 

I have a super veil tail blushing Angel, they are pretty different looking I think but I think he looks great.

 

I have a super veil tail blushing Angel, they are pretty different looking I think but I think he looks great.

Picture?

 

goodness, when I had angelfish 40 yrs ago, there was only black and marbled available at local store!

 

This is my Breeding pair of Angels. The male is a Gold, my female is a Smokey.

 

Dont forget wilds and wild crosses.
I have a veil tail zebra, ghost, pb ghosts, pb marbles, and a wildcross silver and wildcross ghost.

 

Good afternoon,


Please make sure any photos that you post are photos that you have personally taken. If not, they can not be posted due to possible copyright issues.

Thanks!

Ken

 

Good afternoon,

View attachment 100138Please make sure any photos that you post are photos that you have personally taken. If not, they can not be posted due to possible copyright issues.

Thanks!

Ken

Can they not be posted with credit given either? It'll be hard to find members who own every type of angelfish! Can people still post the link to the picture?


Thanks for the pictures, Cichlidnut! I'll update the list this evening.

 

Good afternoon,

Simply giving credit for the photos will no longer suffice.

Please post links if you can't provide photos that you have personally taken.

Angelfish Genetics - Types of angelfish

Ken

 

Things are always changing! Thanks for keeping us posted, and thanks for the links

 

In case anyone is curious, I found this website:

Each thread has many pictures, and they're all huge and very clear. Ken Kennedy has quite a few threads!

I think this one is gorgeous:

 

Ken is one of the top Angel breeders in the US.

 

I know! I really like the fish in that one picture, but I'm sure it's very expensive.

 

Here's a few of our best photos.






DSC_0360 by jetajockey, on Flickr

 

Wow, those are amazing pictures! Thanks for sharing them! What kind is the one in the first picture? I've not seen a rainbowy one like that.

 

It's just a Gold veiltail that caught the glare just right.

 

I have an angelfish and he is SOOOO beautiful. He is a mixture of black and yellow, and I think a little bit of white. They a great fish to have.

 

Heres another one of mine, it looks like clown markings in kind of a zebra pattern wierd: