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Valentine Red Male/cyprinodontiformes/poeciliidae/poecilia/reticulata/2.jpg "Poecilia reticulata")
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Female/cyprinodontiformes/poeciliidae/poecilia/reticulata/6.jpg "Poecilia reticulata")
Female
 All Fishes Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Poecilia reticulata Peters, 1859 |
| Common Names | Guppy Barbados Millions, Guppy (Germany), Million Fish, Mosquito Fish |
| Type Locality | Guayre River, Caracas, Venezuela. |
| Synonym(s) | Acanthophacelus guppii, Acanthophacelus reticulatus, Girardinus guppii, Girardinus reticulatus, Haridichthys reticulatus, Heterandria guppyi, Lebistes poecilioides, Lebistes poeciloides, Lebistes reticulatus, Pocilia reticulata, Poecilia reticulate, Poeciliodes reticulatus, Poecilioides reticulatus |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 35mm or 1.4" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | South America: Venezuela, Barbados, Trinidad, northern Brazil and the Guyanas. Widely introduced and established elsewhere, mainly for mosquito control, but had rare to non-existing effects on mosquitoes, and negative to perhaps neutral effects on native fishes. Africa: Feral populations reported from the coastal reaches of Natal rivers from Durban southwards, as well as in the Kuruman Eye and Lake Otjikoto in Namibia. Several countries report adverse ecological impact after introduction. Southern Atlantic Draining Rivers, North East Brazil Coastal Rivers (click on these areas to find other species found there) Venezuela Caribbean Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) Trinidad rivers (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding | Livebearers with internal fertilisation and mother carrying the babies until they are ready to be released as little copies of the parents. |
| Breeding Reports | There is but a single breeding report, read it here. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preuss[ischen] Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1859, pp 412. |
| Registered Keepers | There are 13 registered keepers, view all "my fish" data. |
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| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There are 4 records of this fish being seen, view them all. |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:7.32.541.3310 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 13:02 (species record created: 2011 Apr 14 05:48) |