+COMMENT ON PALLID VS PARINO PRINCESS DEBATE+

Posted by woody60 (Central VIC, VIC) on 22-Mar-20 10:35 AM AEST
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Further to my underlying advertisement, some Petlink viewers would be aware of an ongoing debate amongst Princess breeders regarding the use of Pallid or Parino to describe a particular type of mutation.

The name Pallid is now internationally used to describe any partial sex-linked Lutino mutation, which can vary from almost Normal (green in colour) to almost Lutino (yellow in colour). In some countries the paler forms are called Platinum.
Not surprisingly the eye colour in adults varies from rusty brown in the darker forms to plum in the paler forms.
The particular Princess mutation under debate is a darker form Pallid (pale green in colour or pale grey when combined with the Blue mutation), with a rusty brown eye.

Similarly, the name Lime is internationally used to describe any partial non sexed-linked Lutino mutation, which again has darker and lighter forms.

By contrast, the term Parino (an abbreviation of partial ino) is internationally used to describe any partial lutino mutation including the Pallid, Platinum and Lime mutations as indicated above, and therefore refers to a group of similar mutations rather than a specific type of mutation.

Consequently, whilst the Pallid mutation is a type of Parino, the Princess mutation in question is more correctly called a Pallid.
Most Princess breeders are now adopting the name Pallid, to reduce the confusion caused by previous names used for this mutation such as Dilute and Cinnamon, particularly as the real Cinnamon Princess mutation has appeared in recent years.

I hope this helps to clarify the current situation.

Regards Martin Woodward