What Is This A Wild Guppy,molly Or Mosquitofish

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antoniolee

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Im not sure if this is a female wild guppy ,molly mosquitofish etc. She is aggressive I think she also killed her female guppy tankmate  because I  see her chasing it and has tattered tail when i found her tank mate dead. can someone confirm or identify  this livebearer if it is a molly guppy etc. cuz I love different types of livebearers haha im new here btw pls be nice. 
 
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it's hard to take photos of her she constantly moves.
 
My money is on female guppy, but, I'm not sure about just how 'wild' it is!
 
I'd agree with that.
 
[SIZE=medium]it looks more like a mosquito fish the gravid spot is higher up in the belly than a gravid Guppy. in good light conditions a mosquito fish will show a yellowish to a gold tint to the lower part of the belly when looking very close at the dorsal and tail fin you can see very fine spots almost like rust color, [/SIZE]
 
Yes, i've seen some colorless female guppies and they don't have such a dark and high up gravid spot.  I'd say mosquito fish.  
 
Thanks for all of your replies.Is this fish pregnant? :)
 
Is this fish a mosquito fish lol.? 
looks pregnant  gravid spot is a bit small may be some time before it drops fry. 
 
Yes, she looks a week or two along.  It's hard to tell....
 
Looks like a Gambusia(mosquito fish) to me, given more picks we could determine what type.
 
holbrooki? where did you get this? looks like gambusia holbrooki to me
 
Heres a pic of G.affinis otherwise known as the western mosquitofish,which is what i'd say you have.
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No doubt the fish you have is a gambusia, these fish are themselves very aggressive and are known to wipe out species of native fish.I wouldn't recommend anything other than a single species tank for them
 
Thanks for all the info,  I got two of them actually they look the same and they are fine together no fin nipping. I separated them from the guppies.
 
DiddleBug said:
Yes, she looks a week or two along.  It's hard to tell....
 
DiddleBug said:
Yes, she looks a week or two along.  It's hard to tell....
btw she gave birth a week ago and her stomach is still like that in the pic, is it possible that she will give birth again without males around?
 

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