He/she Guppy

[helterskelter]

This Guppy was given to me as it was unknown what was happening, this is a young fish at around 2.5cm long. It's the size and colouration of a female guppy but it then started to develop a gonopodium (male breeding organ).

This fish was also getting fatter and fatter. Sadly a week after getting this clip it died. I did a little autopsy on it and it was full of fry!!!!!
Although i could not see any testes on the fish but it had decomposed a little first.




http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBgXuNLVP1w

 

[K.J.]

huh! Maybe it was deformed? Like, a birth effect/mutated fin? Either way, it's too bad she died. She wasn't full term enough to save any fry?

 

[Esfa]

Wow, thats pretty cool. I guess.

 

[kribensis12]

Nice Find! I wonder what it was, or if it was both!

 

[helterskelter]

huh! Maybe it was deformed? Like, a birth effect/mutated fin? Either way, it's too bad she died. She wasn't full term enough to save any fry?

It was able to move the fin like a male so it had the right muscel groups, when i found it, it was several hours dead, so no chance to save fry.

Nice Find! I wonder what it was, or if it was both!

I did try to see if it had testes but it had decomposed to much by then.

 

[monica]

-huffs-
Maybe it was a hermaphrodite fish?
I have heard of bettas laying htie own fertile eggs. Could it possibly be the same with her/him?
Interesting fish.

Also I was thinking, maybe that one fin just got pointed while she was swimming and just ended up staying that way?

 

[helterskelter]

The fin was not quite fully developed gonopodium, the gonopodium has a different structure than the normal fin so it's defo a strange fish