Guppy X Swordtail

[Esfa]

This was an unexpected hybrid pairing, so if it is really common, dont yell

But i had one female swordtail in my tank, because all the other ones and the males died (about 2 and a half years old) and many male guppies, which i took off my next door neighbour because hers were breeding like... guppys.

But i have had fry for a few months now, and i have silver swordtails with orange streaks, and a male guppy with a clear tail with a yellow sword, both came out of a female swordtail.

Cool, huh? I might take pics later.

 

[kewskills]

like to see the pics sound kinda weird

 

[Esfa]

like to see the pics sound kinda weird

i will take pics after school tomorrow

the guppy looks like anormal guppy, but has luminous yellow and orange on his body, and a sword. The swords are just like swords, but grey like a guppy, with a orange stripe down the middle

 

[~T~]

Not possible.

 

[The-Wolf]

definatly not possible as guppies belong to the Poecilia genus
and swordtails belong to the Xiphophorus genus.
inter genus hybridisation is not possible outside of introvenus fertalisation
and even then it is doubtfull that there will be any viable offspring

 

[GuppyDude]

We need to have a generic copy/paste bullitin box for livebearer hybridizeing. I lose count of how many people ask/claim of odd livebearing pairs.

Your female sword must have retained sperm from your dead males, a swordtail/guppy hybrid would be like crossing a great dane and a pony, not happenin.

 

[~T~]

You can get swordtail guppies, they are selectively bred like this though and are nothing to do with swordtails.

 

[dwarfgourami]

inter genus hybridisation is not possible outside of introvenus fertalisation
and even then it is doubtfull that there will be any viable offspring

It can just happen if the genera are close enough- John Dawes records a case of interbreeding between a molly and a hybrid limia, but then limias are so close to poeciliids anyway that scientists have been debating whether they ought not to be in the same genus- and that is definitely not the case with poeciliids and xenophorus (swordtails).

And btw Dawes' "lollies" were not viable.

 

[Esfa]

inter genus hybridisation is not possible outside of introvenus fertalisation
and even then it is doubtfull that there will be any viable offspring

It can just happen if the genera are close enough- John Dawes records a case of interbreeding between a molly and a hybrid limia, but then limias are so close to poeciliids anyway that scientists have been debating whether they ought not to be in the same genus- and that is definitely not the case with poeciliids and xenophorus (swordtails).

And btw Dawes' "lollies" were not viable.

okay then, it just that i have never seen silver swordtails. =D

or a swordtail that looks like a guppy

 

[~T~]

inter genus hybridisation is not possible outside of introvenus fertalisation
and even then it is doubtfull that there will be any viable offspring

It can just happen if the genera are close enough- John Dawes records a case of interbreeding between a molly and a hybrid limia, but then limias are so close to poeciliids anyway that scientists have been debating whether they ought not to be in the same genus- and that is definitely not the case with poeciliids and xenophorus (swordtails).

And btw Dawes' "lollies" were not viable.

okay then, it just that i have never seen silver swordtails. =D

or a swordtail that looks like a guppy

Well the only way to convince us is to post pics.

 

[dwarfgourami]

inter genus hybridisation is not possible outside of introvenus fertalisation
and even then it is doubtfull that there will be any viable offspring

It can just happen if the genera are close enough- John Dawes records a case of interbreeding between a molly and a hybrid limia, but then limias are so close to poeciliids anyway that scientists have been debating whether they ought not to be in the same genus- and that is definitely not the case with poeciliids and xenophorus (swordtails).

And btw Dawes' "lollies" were not viable.

okay then, it just that i have never seen silver swordtails. =D

or a swordtail that looks like a guppy

Well the only way to convince us is to post pics.

Please note that I did specifically say that hybridisation can NOT happen between guppies and swordtails because these two genera are too far apart.

What I wanted to convey was that genus is a bit of a loose concept, some genera are much further apart than others, and scientists not infrequently change their minds about what genus a fish should belong to (but it doesn't mean the fish will consequently change their minds about who to breed with). On the whole though, interbreeding between genera is extremely rare and when it does happen does not usually result in viable fry.

 

[Esfa]

okay, i believe you more experienced people

maybe i just got mutant fry.. too much radiation

but yeah.. its just that i have never seen any silver swordtails before.

 

[~T~]

Swords come in a variety of morphs, silver is defo possible.Sounds like a variation of the green sword.

Swordail guppies look like this.

 

[helterskelter]

Well nothing more i can add.

Still be nice to see a pic though

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

Swordail guppies look like this.

Thats a Double Sword or Lyretail guppy, there aren't any guppys specifically called swordtail guppys as there are so many variations and tail types in guppys, although there are Bottom and Top Sword guppys;

http/www.fancyguppies.co.uk/page11.htm


This is about as close as guppys come to looking like swordtails, pic examples of bottom sword guppys;

http/www.guppy.or.kr/member/board/data/g...bottomsword.jpg

http/www.ccg.org.br/images/wgc2.jpg

However these aren't SwordtailXGuppy hybrids, just guppys which have been selectively bred to have a particular tail type and are 100% guppy.