Guppy Fish

Facts Of Guppy 
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:  Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Poeciliidae
Genus: Poecilia
Common Name: Guppy
Scientific Name: Poecilia Reticulata
Origin: South America
Diet: Omnivore
Size (L): 4cm - 7.6cm (1.5in - 3in)
Water Type: Fresh
Optimum pH Level: 5.0 - 7.0
Lifespan: 2 - 4 years
Conservation Status: Least Concern
Colour:
Skin Type: Scales
Favourite Food: Algae
Habitat:  Rivers in the Amazon
Average Clutch Size: 80
Main Prey: Algae, Shrimp, Fish
Predators: Fish, Birds, Mammals
Distinctive Features: Brightly coloured body and fins and give birth to live young

The guppy also known as millionfish is a little bright types of freshwater tropical fish that is discovered normally in the waterways and pools of South America. There are almost 300 unique kinds of guppy spread all through Barbados, Brazil, Guyana, Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. The guppy is a standout amongst the most prominent sorts of aquarium tropical fish on the planet as they are little, beautiful and simpler to keep than numerous different types of fish. The guppy by and large lives from 3 to 5 years of age in imprisonment and marginally less in nature.

The guppy has been acquainted with most different nations predominantly as a technique for mosquito avoidance as the guppy eats the mosquito hatchling before they can fly, in this way backing off the spread of intestinal sickness. The guppy is a greatly brilliant fish and frequently shows expand designs on its tail balance. The female guppy and the male guppy can be distinguished effortlessly as the female guppy has a little, designed tail where the tail of the male guppy is any longer and for the most part has less markings. The female guppy additionally has a tendency to be bigger in measure than the male guppy.

The guppy brings forth live youthful, implying that the eggs are first brooded inside the female guppy and bring forth there as well. The brooding time of the guppy is about multi month after which the female guppy can bring forth up to 100 child guppies, which are called sear. When they are conceived, the guppy rotisserie can eat and swim around openly. The guppy rotisserie are additionally ready to detect and stay away from peril which is critical when around more established guppies as they frequently eat the broil. The guppy rotisserie have developed in grown-up guppies inside two or three months.

Subsequent to mating only once with a male guppy, the female guppy can conceive an offspring various circumstances. The female guppy stores the sperm of the male guppy inside her and hours in the wake of bringing forth her sear, the female guppy is prepared to end up pregnant again and will do as such utilizing the put away sperm (consequently why the guppy is regularly called the millionfish. The guppy is an omnivorous creature and eats an extensive variety of natural issue that is accessible in the water. The guppy predominantly encourages on green growth and saline solution shrimp, and regularly eat particles of nourishment from the water that have been left by a bigger fish.

The guppy has numerous characteristic predators in the wild (and in tanks) primarily because of their little size and their detailed blades frequently draw in undesirable consideration. Flying creatures, for example, kingfishers and bigger fish are the essential predators of the guppy, so normally, guppies that are kept in a tank ought to be kept with other little fish to keep them from being eaten.