Are there any guppy experts that can help me ID these live bearers?

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JonnyK90

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I know this is MFK and not guppy world lol but I figured that someone may be able to help me ID these ,I have about 30 of them ,they came in with an order of endlers and are not fancy guppies or endlers. Any help would be greatly appreciated . Thanks MFKers

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Looks like the native platies or flagtails I used to net out of florida. Since it showed up in a batch, I would guess its just a random livebearer that got mixed into the breeding pond/tank. I can tell you its female lol, which also explains why it is dull. Without seeing male colors or the fish in person, thats my best guess. It will eat fry, but shouldnt harass your endlers
 
On second thought, with such a round body it resembles a pupfish. I dont know the scientific or the real common name, but if it is, you might get a better answer in the native section. With fish like endlers that are bred in massive bulk ponds and tanks, you never know what else finds its way into the group. Ive found all sorts of livebearers, killies, pupfish, frogs etc in bulk feeder fish tanks
 
Not an expert at all but could it be a gambusia of some kind? It'd probably have a black dot if it was a female mosquitofish though, no?
 
Maybe a goodeid of some sort.
 
there are lots of them here in my pond, i put a few and they breed like hell. xD i dont know what they are actually are but i just call them as guppies. i sumtimes feed them to my oscar. just wanted to share though.
 
It's a wild-type platy...common hitchhikers in the feeder guppy shipments. The mature males were awesome and displayed bright yellow dorsal fin with red highlights. So just grow them out and they will become your favorite.
 
Just to clarify: I don't believe that Florida has native platies, but we do have mollies. And they don't look like that.

But we do have mosquitofish, which is similar to a wild guppy. What you have there might be a mosquitofish (if not a female endlers)...

...or possibly a rainwater killifish. It's a bit hard to tell from the pics
 
The dorsal looks a bit far foreward for a Mosquitofish (Gambusia) but the pictures are a bit distorted due to the round container.
 
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