So you think you own L-144, think again.

It's never been a secret that they are rare and that they originated from one wild caught male in Paraguay, linebred to fix the color.
well duh! everyone knows that...even my grandma! lol.[ / end sarcasm]
that is some interesting insight though.
 
The subject is not closed and never will be.
http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=30173&p=193963#p193963

And the confusion and the arguments will only continue since the only proof offered for the "real" L144 is one photo? There is no evidence or documentation that anyone actually owned the fish that Datz saw and bred it the way the story goes. There's no evidence or documentation where the commonly and globally accepted L144 that we are familiar with came from or who started it's breeding. The only breeding documents that can be found on the internet are from a famous breeder (who's fish look just like we "know" them to look: http://www.planetcatfish.com/shanesworld/shanesworld.php?article_id=310

And the common name listed on the Datz L number list for the L144 is Black-eyed yellow. Who gave it that common name in the Datz book? For that is what I am breeding....black-eyed yellows!
 
So if the strain originated with a single male (possibly a rare oddball) from Paraguay, what was he bred with to fix the trait? Are the L-144's a hybrid strain of the common sp(3)? That would explain the quick development of the longfin variety, particularly of the female/s originally bred with the male were or carried the longfin genes.
 
I believe the line is "My brain hurts."
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LOL that was a stupid funny video.

All L144's are mutts but there still cute. Just think of them like dogs. New breeds are always being made. In this case it was done to make more L144's. I could care less L144's are wanted by many to include myself. I got 6 and I still want more lol.

From what ive been told they have smaller and fewer spawns then other BN's and I know they grow extremely slow unlike most other BN's
 
Oh well, these decisions are out of our hands anyway! I will continue to breed my longfin L144's until the fish police haul me away.......:)
 
I like my L144's.
 
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