Sexing Guppy?

[stacec]

Hello!

Is this a male or a female guppy? What type is he/she?
Excuse the terrible photos, he/she is an absolute mover!

 

[blewishblue]

I believe that's a male endler?

 

[Bryangar]

Those look like lyretail guppy/endler hybrids. Top looks like male, unsure on the the 2nd picture.

 

[aussieJJDude]

All males.

 

[emeraldking]

All males and no endler influence. Swords shaped like that are guppy traits.

 

[Obi3ice]

Wow. That’s a beautiful male endler. Lovely specie you got there. I have 2 male endlers but they are not as lovely as yours.

 

[The Aquatic Weasel]

Wow. That’s a beautiful male endler. Lovely specie you got there. I have 2 male endlers but they are not as lovely as yours.

Pretty sure they are just semi-wild guppies. No endlers as emeraldking said. You can tell if a livebearer is male/female by looking at their analfin. If there is a gonopodium (extension of analfin used to breed) it is a male.

 

[emeraldking]

Pretty sure they are just semi-wild guppies. No endlers as emeraldking said. You can tell if a livebearer is male/female by looking at their analfin. If there is a gonopodium (extension of analfin used to breed) it is a male.

Well noticed about the semi-wild guppies...
The pattern on his body does show characteristics of wild influence. So, that's correct. But I do have to say that this is a commercial guppy. Overhere in Holland you see similar ones in the mix at an average lfs. But yes, also wild traits are still used to create new strains.

A small note on the gonopodium story:
A transformed analfin into a gonopodium only refers to males belonging to ovoviviparous livebearers. With real viviparous livebearers such as goodeids, halfbeaks and so on... the male analfin will develop a small notch on the front of the analfin which is called the andropodium.

A lot of people don't know that there are both ovoviviparous and viviparous livebearers. Therefore most people will call all livebearers viviparous. Which is technically not correct.

 

[Obi3ice]

Well noticed about the semi-wild guppies...
The pattern on his body does show characteristics of wild influence. So, that's correct. But I do have to say that this is a commercial guppy. Overhere in Holland you see similar ones in the mix at an average lfs. But yes, also wild traits are still used to create new strains.

A small note on the gonopodium story:
A transformed analfin into a gonopodium only refers to males belonging to ovoviviparous livebearers. With real viviparous livebearers such as goodeids, halfbeaks and so on... the male analfin will develop a small notch on the front of the analfin which is called the andropodium.

A lot of people don't know that there are both ovoviviparous and viviparous livebearers. Therefore most people will call all livebearers viviparous. Which is technically not correct.

Interesting read.

 

[Guppy_Lover713]

The guppies are males, couldn't tell you the type though.

 

[stacec]

Thank you everyone! Looks like they are a he! Which is fantastic, I thought they looked beautiful and didn’t even think to ask the gender, which is great because they are in a all male tank at the moment (imagine the horror if he was female lol, definitely not a breeder at the moment!)