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The mackerel tabby pattern has vertical, gently curving stripes on the side of the body. The stripes are narrow, and may be continuous or broken into bars and spots on the flanks and stomach. Often, an 'M' shape appears on the forehead. Mackerels also feature a 'peppered' nose, where black spots appear along the pink tip of the nose. Mackerels are also called 'fishbone tabbies' probably because they are named after the mackerel fish.[5] Mackerel is the most common tabby pattern.
Markings can be various shades of brown to black on a ground color that ranges from hot tones of orange and gold, to cool tones of tawny and gray. All brown spotted tabbies must have a black tail tip and black paw pads these black markings make them genetically a black tabby (term used in international registries). The brown coloring comes from rufinism, a layering of yellow pigmentation on the hair shaft. Rufinism can affect the coloring of the pattern causing a fading effect on the adult. Pattern that holds contrast well lies deeper on the hair shaft, often going from the hair tip to the skin.
These three brown spotted tabbies reveal the broad range in color. GRCH Akerrs Pickadilly faces the camera, she reveals little rufinism and black spotting. SGC Akerrs Laser Light, reveals the whited tummy, tricolor rosetting, and the rich yellow-gold coloring. SGC Akerrs Bear Cat shows the dark righ coloring and jet black spotting. All are brown spotted tabbies with black tail tips and paw pads.
The brown tabbies have black tail tips and black paw pads. Eye color green to gold. The background color can vary in intensity of rufinism (yellow tinge) , the markings are to be in sharp contrast to the ground color. Pattern should be random to horizontal. The black spotted cats take longer for color to develop
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