How do you tell if a fish is a molly or platy?

Miguel0llb
  • #1
I have about 3 kinds of mollies and 3 kind of platies in my tank. I have these gold colored ones but I can't tell if they are mollies or platies. The reason why I want to know this is because I am planning to breed them and I want to avoid cross-breedings.
 
AnonymousCatfish
  • #2
It looks like a molly to me. I did a bit of research about orange platy's and molly's and the backfin does not look like a platy to me.
 
Miguel0llb
  • Thread Starter
  • #3
What is a back fin?
 
AnonymousCatfish
  • #4
As in he fin at the back of the fish
 
Miguel0llb
  • Thread Starter
  • #5
So the only major difference is the backfin?
 
Airth
  • #6
Hard to tell from these pics. . . but looks like a platy to me. Could you try to get a picture of them flaring their fins and attach as a thumbnail?
 
Miguel0llb
  • Thread Starter
  • #7
Okay I will try
 
SnarkyXTS
  • #8
Platies & mollies cannot cross-breed. Platies/swordtails, mollies/guppies those pairs can though.
 
llgarfield90
  • #9
Molly! Looks like a gold panda Molly.
 

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