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edetore

Could someone please be so kind as to tell me what my young fish is?

I have platys and guppies (and possibly a molly) and I never noticed a pregnancy but found a lone surviving fry a few weeks ago during a gravel cleaning...and I am not 100% sure what he is.



To me he doesn't look fat enough to be a Platy but too fat to be a Guppy...I'm sure it's obvious to enthusiasts, lol.

Here are two more:





Thanks!!

Mollyfish Breeder

I'm guessing its some kind of tetra :)

SinCrisis

looks like a gold barb..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_barb

edetore

Well, considering it was born to either a Platy, a molly, or a Guppy I kind of doubt that, lol. Maybe some sort of hybrid..?

SinCrisis

well it looks a lot like a gold barb...

Christople

I have to say X. variatus

edetore

Thank you, very helpful. I came across an image of a tuxedo Platy when I googled that and it looks like we have a winner.

alysalouise

Ya i was gonna say, she is a Platy for sure. ive seen that coloraion several times before

pringleman1

It looks like one of my Hawaiian platys but with a yellow tail and less black. Yours has a high fin though.
Here is a picture of my two Hawaiian platys.

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Jayy

Thats what he/she is X. variatus is a hybrid of a Swordtail and a Platy. Thats way it's long like a Swordtail, but looks like a Platy. This also causes them to be mixed in a Platy or Swordtail tank, by mistake.