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Saizakura

Medaka strainUnverified attribution

Group: Ornamental Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes)

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: Saizakura; Japanese romaji: not verified; Japanese characters: not verified. 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 1Normal-body Mint (original breedingstock)REPORTED INPUT / STAGE 2Yozakura Lame (initial cross; laterbackcross)FOCAL STRAINAMERICAN / ENGLISH NAMESaizakuraJAPANESE NAME (ROMAJI)Not verifiedJAPANESE LETTERS (日本語)Not verified
Dashed connectors show breeder-reported input or selection history; they do not prove genetic parentage. Not a confirmed genotype or parent-fish identification.

Breeder-house and contemporary specialist-reported stock crosses; staged backcross, not exact parental fish or DNA pedigree Source: Ando Aquarium creator-house account and 2022 Pisces specialist interview; later Yozakura backcross is a separate selection stage

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Identity, developer, and history

Saizakura (彩桜; さいざくら) is credited to Kaoru Ando (安藤薫) of Bushu Medaka / Ando Aquarium, Saitama. A specialist catalogue dates its development to 2022. This is a trade line name, not a scientifically demonstrated distinct genotype.

Appearance and diagnostic traits

A normal-bodied line described as having aurora-related pale or translucent coloration, pinkish head tones and green-reflecting lame from Mint stock. Photographic identity and grade criteria are breeder/stock dependent; no quantitative grading or fixed inheritance ratios are established.

Breeder-reported family tree

Keep all chart edges dashed, attributed, and documentary. No asserted genotype, dominant/recessive allele, sex of mating pairs, parental fish identity or pedigreed offspring percentage.

Husbandry, breeding, health and compatibility

General conditioned-water medaka husbandry applies. Maintain stable temperatures and oxygenation, appropriately sized foods and quarantine of introductions; no strain-specific controlled water optimum has been established. To confirm a breeding line, record provenance, spawning pairs and subsequent generations. No known unique medical susceptibility has been verified.

Claim-level evidence

1. Breeder-house statement — named Mint × Yozakura Lame cross (first-party creator-house attribution)

2. Contemporary 2022 specialist account — normal-bodied Mint × Yozakura and a later Yozakura backcross (strong published contemporary reporting)

3. Specialist strain index — creator Kaoru Ando, 2022, appearance and named cross (secondary)

Public research references

Listed research leads are not automatically supporting evidence for every individual claim.

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