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German Zebra Pinto — historical grading and lineage evidence

Red/black body with three to five white dorsal crossbands

Genus, dated source family and confidence

Caridina: German Zebra Pinto

Illustrated breeder/grade evidence tree

German Zebra Pinto: sourced trade appearance; individual parentage and genes not documentedSOURCE-REPORTED GROUPGerman Zebra PintoSELECTED APPEARANCERed/black body with three to fivewhite dorsal crossbandsPARENT GENOTYPESNOT DOCUMENTED
Reported source: 2024 source attributes early German Taiwan Bee crossing projects, without a mother/father pair or complete species-cross sequence.. No line connects the observed appearance to unknown parents. A show classification and source history are not a mother/father family tree.

Distinctive appearance

Red/black body with three to five white dorsal crossbands

Reported breeder background

2024 source attributes early German Taiwan Bee crossing projects, without a mother/father pair or complete species-cross sequence.

Historical source record

German trade selection; nickname 'German Pinto' or 德P

Grading and selection method

Zebra striping category, not automatically equivalent to any non-spotted offspring of Taiwan Bee.

Documented contest awards, if any

not recorded

Inheritance evidence

None. Commercial grade labels and show classes do not identify inherited single-locus genes.

Scored F1/F2 outcomes

Unreported; any percentages in source are unscored opinions unless explicitly qualified.

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