pictish_samurai Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Hi bought some new fish sold as a golden snakeskin dwarf guppies but look more like endlers to me does anybody now if they are guppies , endlers or a hybrid thanks . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penny Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 I have no idea, but he's beautiful 😍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Ellison Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Pretty certain it's a endler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadestrider Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Hello, As far as i am aware there is not any "pure" endlers being sold to the hobby anymore. Almost all fish labeled as endler are a endler/guppy mix and most of the guppies usually have some endler mixed in because it makes them more robust and more colorful. That being said the fish on the picture is a mix and usually would be labeled as an enlder in most stores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltinthedesert Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Agree with @Fadestrider Pure endlers are very uncommon, and almost all of them labeled as such are mixes. Yours is a mix for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Ellison Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 I wasn't aware they where mixing I had read a lot that discouraged mixing the breeds 🤔. But that being said I always thought the snakeskin/cobras had endler patterns so it makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenP2003 Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 I have what would be sold as endlers: And then I have what I intentionally bred as endler guppy hybrids: And then in this pic below you can see endlers in the background and endler hybrids in foreground. Now, I'm not up on farmed endler genetics, but at the very least you can see the difference between what is sold as an endler and the result of those endlers crossed with mutt guppies. A size difference is the first thing I notice. I also got one (and only one) red type endler / guppy hybrid, which I love and want to make more of: On another note, one day I hope to be better at fish photography. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shkote Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 I would say in big box stores and some, or probably most LFS you may not find pure strain Endlers, but they are still available. Pretty much all strains labeled "dwarf" guppy are Endler hybrids and as @pictish_samurai has shown, can be quite beautiful. Very stunning looking fish. 😍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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