I know they are Tal's. We're friends. In fact, if you look at the "about me" section on my website, I personally thank Tal for his advice.
But back to the Panadas/Racoons. It's funny that you say the Panadas have less orange, because they clearly don't. I see orange on almost every single fin in the top down picture of Tal's pandas, including the anal fin. The Racoon I posted has less orange, but that's probably due to age. I can tell that his Panads are a few months behind the Racoon.
The Panda/Racoon is a common morph that I get from my Picassos and is evidently showing up in Tal's Picassos as well. The fish has a black mask, like a panda or racoon.
I'm going to post pictures of 2 of my platinums from the same batch. These both hatched on June 24, 2011 so you get an idea of the age.
The first one lacks the face mask. No rings around the eyes, no color on the nose.
This is the picture I posted earlier. Again, exact same spawn. But this fish has the mask (and less orange than the younger Panda).
I don't mean to burst your bubble, but we ARE talking about the exact same morph. In a few months Tal's fish will probably darken up a bit and match the coloration on mine. It's not a unique morph.
I mentioned Doni because most people who are breeding her fish are probably getting the same variation and don't even realize it!
To me what makes them special is not the black outlines, but the 1/3 black body near the tail, almost a greyish, and then 2/3 head and body white on one of the two in that pair. I have a platinum that has the same 1/3 tail black, which is very rare, I've only seen two like it, yours and mine. They are a match made in heaven, just that one is in your tank and one in my tank...
