They seem to get a light grey translucent stripe down their lateral lines when I get them in the right light
Are there any guppy experts that can help me ID these live bearers?
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Yup it's a wild-type platy after all. Try grow them out and you will be amazing how colorful the males are.
Rebel, do you see any wild live bearers up in your area? I was under the impression that they all tropical, but had never thought anything about it.
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I agree rebel , I was thinking they were xiphophorus maculatus at first but them being so young I couldn't be positive thanks again for all your help ,you guys kick bass
No I don't collect the livebearers in Minnesota. But the wild-type platies are often found in the feeder guppy shipments since most feeder guppies came from Florida which have a feral populations of random livebearers. That is how I get mine from the feeder tanks at a LFS. You can find lot of random cool things in the feeder tanks if you look more closely.
Just for your information, they are likely be Xiphophorus variatus since that is what I have. But I won't be surprised if you have a swordtail fry mixed in your guppies/platies. Happened to me few times when I get some young platies out of the feeder guppy tanks.
variatus makes sense since it's the only possibility that's known to be established: http://www.myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/nonnatives/freshwater-fish/
That being said I did witness a rogue population of green swordtails in a ditch one summer, but they all disappeared over the winter.
That being said I did witness a rogue population of green swordtails in a ditch one summer, but they all disappeared over the winter.
