How To Type Guppies.

[lmbhdsa]

Hi. I want to get serious on breeding guppies. But up until now I have very limited - if not none - knowledge of the basic types of guppies. I've tried to search everywhere and all of them don't help at all. Because I believe if I know the basic types of guppies I can make good breeds or crossbreeds. Maybe I can get help form this forum. Thank you

 

[Blitz]

So your question is how to tell the difference between different types of guppies??
There's all sorts, since people have crossbred them and now there's like some that don't even look like a normal guppy.
To start off, there's many tail types. The most common is 'wide' tail.
Type of Tail

Guppies not only have a variety of color but different types of tail too.

1) Wild: most common tail fin

2) Pin: the middle of the tail fin made longer

3) Spade: a tail fin shaped like a spade

4) Top Sword: the upper end of the tail fin made longer

5) Bottom Sword: the lower end of the tail fin made longer

6) Double Sword: both ends of the tail fin made longer

7) Lyre Tail:shaped tail with the middle part shorter

8) Delta: a triangular shaped tail fin

9) Fan: a tail fin shaped like a fan

10)Long Fin Type
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Maybe this'll help. http/www.arihood.com/azgenetics/guppygallery1.html