Guppy Facts and Information - ListAnimals

Guppy is tropical freshwater fish. It is local to South America. Guppy can be found in the moderate streaming waterways, little streams in the waters.

Guppy Quick Facts

Common Name	Guppy
Scientific Name	Poecilia Reticulata
Origin	South America
Skin Type	Scales
Habitat	Rivers in the Amazon
Favourite Food	Algae
Size (L)	4cm - 7.6cm (1.5in - 3in)
Optimum pH Level	5.0 - 7.0
Water Type	Fresh
Diet	Omnivore
Prey	Algae, Shrimp, Fish
Predators	Fish, Birds, Mammals
Average Clutch Size	80
Lifespan	2 - 4 years

Interesting Guppy Facts:

• Guppy can arrive at 1.5 to 3 crawls long. Females are bigger than guys.

• Guppy is otherwise called rainbow fish as a result of the brilliantly hued body and balances. Females are commonly more blunt in shading (or even dim hued in nature). Guys are brilliantly hued and secured with spots, stripes and sprinkles.

• On account of specific rearing, there are many various kinds of guppy today. They vary in size, shading and examples on the body and state of the tail.

• Guppy has little head, lengthened body and conspicuous tail that can be cover , ribbon , banner or lyre-formed. Despite the fact that littler in size, guys have bigger and more beautiful tails than females.

• Guppy is named after Robert John Lechmere Guppy who found this fish in Trinidad in 1866.

• Guppy is an omnivore. It eats green growth and hatchlings of different bugs in the wild, and tropical fish chips and saline solution shrimps in the imprisonment.

• Guppies have been acquainted with various streams in Asia to decrease number of hatchlings of mosquito and help in the battle against malaria.

• Natural foes of guppy are fowls, (for example, kingfisher) and huge types of fish.

• Guppy can mate lasting through the year. Females mate with various guys (marvel known as polyandry) and store sperm in the body for the sometime in the future. Females can deliver posterity during the following 8 months without help of guys on account of the reserve of sperm in their body.

• Females bring forth live infants that can be seen even before birth on account of transparent body of a female.

• Females in the imprisonment bring forth 20 to 60 children (fry) every month, while females in the wild produce 2 to 3 litters for each year. In uncommon occasions, pregnancy can end with 100 to 200 infants.

• Guppy is otherwise called Million Fish since it recreates effectively and produces various posterity in brief timeframe.

• Children (fry) can battle for themselves from the snapshot of birth. The absolute greatest dangers for their endurance are grown-up individuals from their own species that eat fry to forestall congestion of their natural surroundings.

• Guys arrive at sexual development at 2 years old months, females at 3 years old months.

• Guppy has a normal life expectancy of 1 to 3 (once in a while as long as 5) years.