Pluppy?

[Olly]

I think this may be a plattie guppy cross

Is that possible?

I had a lone male plattie that used to have a go at mating the guppies sometimes

This young fish took longer to grow up than his bros and is getting the same colours as the plattie male

[Guest]

It looks like a cross between a guppy and a platie. I'd say it's more of a guppy than a platys as it has the guppy shape with a platy tail and a platy like head. Also platys take longer to grow than a guppy so it may be the platy in him 8)

[Keri Anne]

Sorry to burst your bubble but that is a guppy. Guppies and platies can not cross naturally. There are about 13 standard tail shapes for guppy which are used for judging and this is one of them.

[Dixon1990]

Crossbreeding does happen between these species but it is rare

[Whiskeysgirl]

Is this not a female guppy??

[HummingBird]

I've actually seen this happen before, a friend had a female guppy that was living with a male platy - she had three offspring, similar looking. They were slow growing - two of them died after 6 months and the third died after a year. I think it's kind of freaky, really. I encouraged him to euthanise them as freaks of nature.

[Olly]

It's body, especially post anal, is much deeper than similar length guppies - the main reason for wondering about his family tree

Its a different body colour to a normal guppy

It has a gonopodium so is definately male

Not gonna breed from him or sell him (unless anyone wants a freak? ) just incase. I just thought it was interesting