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Tadpolly Color Chart #1 of 3
Andrew Girling Collection

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? - Denotes color name and/or color code not known

Green, Black Back GRBK
Nickel Plate, Red Head NPRH
Nickel, Red Head, Black Shore?
NRHB?
Gold, Black, Red Head NGBR
Blue Herringbone? BHW
Copper
COPR
Golden Bay Shiner
GFL
Gold, Green Stripe or Gold Green Shiner
GGR
Nickel, Green Scale or Silver Green Shiner? SGR?
Metallic Gold, Red Spine? - MGRS?

Nickel Green, Yellow Scale? - GY
Metallic Green
VGE

Nickel, Chartreuse Head, Black Spine? NCHB?
Nickel, Chartreuse Head?
NCH?
Blue Shiner
NPB
Nickel Plate
NP
Green Spook
GRF
Baby Bass
BB
Yellow/Brown
YSB

Yellow Crackleback
YBC
Black & White Shore Minnow
XBW
Black & White Shore Minnow (w/gold eyes) XBW


Black & White Shore Minnow (w/white eyes)
XBW


Golden Perch?
GL?

Bloody Mary
NFL
Bloody Mary
(Variation) - NFL
Brown, Gold Scales BGS
Metallic Pink,
Black Head - MPBH
Blue Spook
LBL
Bluegill
BGL
Bone, Orange Belly? BOR
Bone Orange Dot
BOD
Brown Crawdad
BRS
Brown Crawdad
(variation)
BRS
Brown, Orange Scale BOS
Bull Frog
BF
Bull Frog (white eyes) BF
Bull Frog (white eyes, yellow face)
BF
Bull Frog (gold eyes, yellow face)
BF
Yellow Anchovy
YF
Yellow Fluorescent - YFB
Yellow Fluorescent, Black Dots?
YFBS
Yellow Fluorescent, Red & Black Spots
YFBRS
Yellow Fluorescent, Red Head with Spots? (white eyes)
YRHS?
Yellow Fluorescent, Red Tail with Spots? (Black eyes)
YFRTS?
Yellow Fluorescent, Orange Spots?
YOF
Yellow Fluorescent, Red Ribs (Variation with no color spine) YFO
Yellow Fluorescent, Red Ribs (Variation with red spine and eyes)
YFO
Yellow Fluorescent, Red Ribs (Variation with black spine and eyes) YFO
Crawdad
CRD

Gold, Red Scale, Green?
GRSG?
Herring
HR
Fluorescent Green Crawdad (variation)
GRA
Fluorescent Green Crawdad
GRA
Blue Shore Minnow
XBL
Black Scale, Red Spots
BSR
Blue Scale, Red Spots?
BSRS?
Shiner Scale
P
Fluorescent Rainbow Trout - FRT
Pink
PK
Mackerel
GDS
Red Crawdad?
RCRD?
Nickel, Cyan Blue? NCB
Pearl?
PRL?
Green Fluorescent, Black Spots?
GFBS?
Green, Yellow Fluorescent, Red Spots?
GYF
Crawdad
CRD
Shad
SD
Frog
F
Metallic Pink
MP
Metallic Rainbow
VRB
Nickel Plate Coachdog
NPC

Golden Muskie - MG

Striper - HN
Chartreuse Mullet
FY

Green Shad Chrome - NSD

RBB - Red, Black Bone?

Nickel Shiner?
NS?

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Andy Girling, July, 2016
England

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