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Cat pattern
Mackerel tabby
Narrow parallel stripes running down the sides from a line along the spine.
45 Cat breeds list Mackerel tabby. It is in a club standard for 40 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 1 breed.
Breeds whose standards accept Mackerel tabby
| Breed | CFA | FIFE | ACFA | WCF | GCCF | TICA | LOOF | CCA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Bobtail | Standard (“Mackerel Tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Curl | Standard (“Mackerel Tabby”) | Standard (“mackerel”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Shorthair | Standard (“Mackerel Tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Wirehair | Standard (“Mackerel Tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Aphrodite Giant | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Mc Tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Arabian Mau | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“mackerel”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian cat | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Mackerel”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Asian Semi-longhair | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Mackerel”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British Longhair | No ruling | Standard (“mackerel”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Mackerel Tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| British Shorthair | Standard (“Mackerel Tabby”) | Standard (“mackerel”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Mackerel Tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cornish Rex | Standard (“Mackerel Tabby”) | Standard (“mackerel”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cymric | Standard (“Mackerel Tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Devon Rex | Standard (“Mackerel Tabby”) | Standard (“mackerel”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| European Shorthair | No ruling | Standard (“mackerel”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Exotic Shorthair | Standard (“Mackerel Tabby”) | Standard (“mackerel”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Mackerel Tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Foldex | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Mackerel Tabby”) |
| German Rex | No ruling | Standard (“mackerel”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Highlander | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“McTabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Japanese Bobtail | Standard (“mackerel”) | Standard (“mackerel”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Kurilian Bobtail | No ruling | Standard (“mackerel”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| LaPerm | Standard (“Mackerel Tabby”) | Standard (“mackerel”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Lykoi | No ruling | Standard (“mackerel”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Maine Coon | Standard (“Mackerel Tabby”) | Standard (“mackerel”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Mackerel Pattern”) | Standard (“mackerel”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Manx | Standard (“Mackerel Tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Norwegian Forest Cat | Standard (“Mackerel Tabby”) | Standard (“mackerel”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Mackerel Pattern”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental Bicolor | Standard (“Mackerel Tabby”) | Standard (“mackerel”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Mackerel”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental Longhair | Standard (“Mackerel Tabby”) | Standard (“mackerel”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Mackerel”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental Shorthair | Standard (“Mackerel Tabby”) | Standard (“mackerel”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Mackerel Pattern”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Persian (modern) | Standard (“Mackerel Tabby”) | Standard (“mackerel”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Mackerel Tabby Pattern”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Peterbald | No ruling | Standard (“mackerel”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Pixie-bob | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Broken mackerel pattern”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ragamuffin ( Liebling) | Standard (“Mackerel Tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Scottish Fold | Standard (“Mackerel Tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Selkirk Rex | Standard (“Mackerel Tabby”) | Standard (“mackerel”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Siberian ( Siberian Forest, Neva Masquerade [colorpoint variety]) | Standard (“Mackerel Tabby”) | Standard (“mackerel”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Mackerel”) | Standard (“mackerel”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| SphynxSkin and scales | Standard (“Mackerel Tabby”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Tonkinese | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“mackerel”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Toyger | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“modified mackerel tabby”) | Standard (“Modified mackerel tabby”) | Standard (“mackerel”) | No ruling |
| Turkish Angora | Standard (“Mackerel Tabby”) | Standard (“mackerel”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Turkish Van | No ruling | Standard (“mackerel”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |