GUPPY FISH

GUPPY (Poecilia SP)

Fish origin of the United States, Central America, and South America is dubbed as a thousand fish. Its presence can now be found almost all over the world. Guppy originally introduced for mosquito control fish, even in West Java Guppy often found in the trenches. But this time Guppy better known as one of the ornamental fish are quite popular.

 

 

Its small size, rapid growth, varying colors make this fish is also often used as an ingredient in the practice of the science of genetics. Breeding engineering developments undertaken by practitioners and hobbyists have produced many varieties of guppies with color and shapes that vary fins. It is said that the dorsal fin guppy sparkling neon is the result of genetic engineering because the guppy conducted trial included DNA from jellyfish.

In morphology, a slender body shape guppy, somewhat elongated, and has a dorsal fin and tail fin are widened. When swimming, these fins flapping like a flag so that there is also the name of this fish fishing flags. Tail fin is quite unique because it can inflate a half circle with color variations depending on the varieties ranging from blue, red, green to the colors mix.
Similarly, hickey, male guppy fish also has a color and fin shape much better and wider than the females. Therefore, the sale generally is male guppy.