Fish ID?

[PattysAquatics]

Need some help IDing this guppy if possible. Bought it from a lfs and was sold as an orange/red guppy. I’m assuming it’s a hybrid of some kind but not 100 percent sure any help would be great. 

[Theplatymaster]

@Grizzly

Looks like a standard guppy.

Poecilia reticulata

Ill say this about hybrids.

basically all fish in the hobby that have been farmed for a while are hybrids, for example.

You cannot go into a pet store and call a platy "xiphophorus maculatus", that is incorrect. (despite what the label claims).

A platy in a pet store is a hybrid of Xiphophorus Maculatus,Variatus,Helleri and possibly a few species i forgot, so its really Xiphophorus Sp.

Chances are with standard guppies, they have a mix of guppy and endler in them.

so yes its probably a hybrid, but i wouldnt worry, thats normal.

[Beardedbillygoat1975]

Enjoy your mutt guppy. Only way to get true line bred guppies is to go to a convention like the ALA (American Livebearers Association) or a local club auction or online through a reputable breeder. You can DM me on here for information on online sources. Have fun, and guppies are fun!

[PattysAquatics]

@Theplatymaster @Beardedbillygoat1975

so I have a tank full of these and if I were to unload some of them what would label them as? Mutt guppy?, standard guppy? 
just curious cause I don’t want to advertise them as the wrong thing 

[JettsPapa]

On 3/23/2023 at 7:37 PM, Grizzly said:

@Theplatymaster @Beardedbillygoat1975

so I have a tank full of these and if I were to unload some of them what would label them as? Mutt guppy?, standard guppy? 
just curious cause I don’t want to advertise them as the wrong thing 

If you're marketing them to other fish keepers I'd call them mixed guppies.  If you plan to take them to an LFS for cash or store credit you can call them whatever you want, but they will likely correct you can say they're mutt guppies.

[Miska]

On 3/23/2023 at 8:37 PM, Grizzly said:

@Theplatymaster @Beardedbillygoat1975

so I have a tank full of these and if I were to unload some of them what would label them as? Mutt guppy?, standard guppy? 
just curious cause I don’t want to advertise them as the wrong thing 

So when I market my bestie and my fish-  I plan to do so as such:

 

"Chandelle Endler Special- a beautiful Hybrid of Endler Sp, to create the most intriguing colors and patterns. These are specially breed and selected for color and hardiness." Something like that. 🙂 

[Beardedbillygoat1975]

Exactly. Unless you have a line bred guppy - example is I had Blue Hawaiian Moscow guppies from @Bentley Pascoe. I sold them as such. But if I’d bred them to other fish I’d called them a Blue Hawaiian Cross guppy or some marketable term like Blue Midnight etc.  

[The endler guy]

Now endlers are faaaaaaar better then guppies but man I gotta admit that female looks nice!

[AquariumCentral]

First one is a female guppy that is pregnant FYI. the second one is a male 

Edited March 27, 2023 by AquariumCentral