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Pure White Hikari — Yukihotaru

ピュアホワイトヒカリメダカ / 雪蛍

Historical Oba named morphology/house selectionEvidence by claimIndependent review ongoing

Pure White Hikari — Yukihotaru is a documented Hikari body form selected within the Pure White (Yukikomachi) family.

Picture gene & lineage tree

Visual pedigree of breeder-reported inputs, where available. Dashed arrows represent documentary claims or selection history, not DNA-tested genes.

Horizontal branching Medaka lineage. American name: Pure White Hikari — Yukihotaru; Japanese romaji: not verified; Japanese characters: ピュアホワイトヒカリメダカ / 雪蛍. Dashed connectors show breeder-reported input or selection history; they do not prove genetic parentage. Documented source links and evidence qualifiers follow the diagram.AQUAPEDIA / MEDAKA LINEAGE ATLASSTRAIN PEDIGREEREPORTED LINEAGEDASHED BRANCHES • REPORTED INPUTS / SELECTION STAGESNot an individual-fish pedigree or DNA / dominance test.REPORTED INPUT / STAGE 1Pure White (Yukikomachi)REPORTED INPUT / STAGE 2Hikari body-form selectionFOCAL STRAINAMERICAN / ENGLISH NAMEPure White Hikari —YukihotaruJAPANESE NAME (ROMAJI)Not verifiedJAPANESE LETTERS (日本語)ピュアホワイトヒカリメダカ /雪蛍
Dashed connectors show breeder-reported input or selection history; they do not prove genetic parentage. Not a confirmed genotype or parent-fish identification.

Hikari form selection of Yukikomachi stock Source: Oba historic White Medaka body forms

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Lineage review · Batch 19: Historical source describes the breeding stock or selected form shown by dashed connections. This does not establish individual parentage, genotype, or dominance. Original specialist source ↗

Overview

This is an original breeder-catalogue named morphology selection, not a separate genetic founder. Milky white body color in Hikari morphology, distinguished from the ordinary-body Yukikomachi.

Claim-by-claim evidence

Research findingEvidence classDirect references
Medaka no Yakata attributes Pure White Hikari — Yukihotaru to Yukio Oba (大場幸雄), Hiroshima.Original-breeder historical variety recordEARLY ↗
The archive explicitly describes its form as Hikari body form of Pure White (Yukikomachi).Founder-to-form relation; NOT a documented individual parent matingEARLY ↗ MAP ↗
Milky white body color in Hikari morphology, distinguished from the ordinary-body Yukikomachi.Archived ornamental appearance description; no standard DNA assayEARLY ↗
Source describes only a Hikari form of Pure White; it does not authorize inferring a separate whiteness allele. The record appears in the 2003 catalog group.Historical identity/year-scope limitationEARLY ↗

Evidence labels refer to documentary strength. They do not assert independently tested genetics.

Known research gaps

  • Breeder parent fish IDs and the exact crosses introducing the chosen Hikari/Daruma body form are not available in the cited public source.
  • No independent allele, genotype, Mendelian fixation ratio or current breeder-authenticated retail stock claim is established.
  • Source-owned photos are not reused without explicit rights permission.

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Original research sources

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