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[King_oF_Ranchu]

New article....about SVR.

Paul, if you want to post the full article here, you may do so. We ask that you do not post the link to your site. Thanks!

[bigbettadan]

I like this article. I am going to make a point to start calling JBSVR by their thai name, Japanese lionhead.......

Dan

[suphi]

In Thailand, ranchu refers to TVR only and the term is used with fish whose shape conforms to a strict or exact standard (same as Japan). As Paul's article suggests, everything else is considered a lionhead variant. Side-view ranchu is the term mostly used in the west (and might have been popularized by the Chinese).

[eros]

Thanks for posting the article, Paul. Id love to acquire some Japanese lionhead in the near future.

[marlin08]

Wow, Great article!!
Thanks for sharing that, I'm still trying to understand the difference myself.
(I'm on vacation and vowed to stay off the computer but glad I was able to sneak in and read this, LOL!!_)

[bigbettadan]

Yes, it was popularized here because most "ranchu" coming in the US were Chinese bred. These fish were developed by breeding the tail tuck into the lionhead strains and shortening the body. But these fish were diffenately not bred for TVR standards, but for the aquarium trade....

Dan