I Need Help Identifying!

[kribensis12]

Okay, i rescued theese 2 littl eplaties, and i need help identifying. Here is a video, they are the orangish ones:


Thanks in Advance!

 

[JenCliBee]

they look like sunset platies

 

[Davo86]

I can't view the video on this comp but the two fish i can see on the preview are mollys?

 

[JenCliBee]

I can't view the video on this comp but the two fish i can see on the preview are mollys?

the 1 on the preview is a black sailfin molly by the looks of it the other a platy!!!




just had another look at video and u may be rite seems a bit long and slender 2 be a platy lol

 

[helterskelter]

Yep it a sunset but the full name is "Sunset variatus", male develop a stunning red and yellow contrast.

 

[kribensis12]

But why are they both that color? They are females, and they have a very pretty red on them. And they both appear pregnant.

 

[LauraFrog]

There are two species of platy, xiphophorus maculatus (the fat one) and xiphophorus variatus. Most fish sold as platies are hybrids between those two species largely but also some swordtail species. Those look like pretty pure variatus. Mollies don't come in that colour, but yes, the black thing in the preview is a molly. If it's the one I think it is, he's stunning. (oh no it's not, that ones a female.)

 

[kribensis12]

There are two species of platy, xiphophorus maculatus (the fat one) and xiphophorus variatus. Most fish sold as platies are hybrids between those two species largely but also some swordtail species. Those look like pretty pure variatus. Mollies don't come in that colour, but yes, the black thing in the preview is a molly. If it's the one I think it is, he's stunning. (oh no it's not, that ones a female.)

Thanks Laura, i ctually understood that, so now i know what kind they are! And yes, the black one is a Female Dalmation molly. Thanks Laura! Do you remeber that male Molly that i showed you? Well, he's dieng poor thing!

 

[helterskelter]

But why are they both that color? They are females, and they have a very pretty red on them. And they both appear pregnant.

U mean haivng the red in the tail?
It's normal, the line dose show faint red in females mainly but your red is normal.

 

[kribensis12]

^ yes. Thanks! I was getting worried that i had a pair of cross dressers!

 

[Duck and Dive]

Look at the fin by its bum (gonopondieum Spelling!!!) if it is pointed it is a male and if it iss rounded it is female. This applies with mollies and platies.

D&D

 

[kribensis12]

^ duckanddive, im perfectly aware of how to sex livebearers =]. They both appear to be female, but when he said males show red, i was confused.

 

[OldMan47]

Most of the sunset variatus that I have seen can not be identified male from female by color. Both sexes seem to have the same amount of color so I'm not surprised when yours are that way too.

 

[helterskelter]

Most of the sunset variatus that I have seen can not be identified male from female by color. Both sexes seem to have the same amount of color so I'm not surprised when yours are that way too.

Thats funny males are usualy better colouring and have more of a metalic look to them is this line of platy yes i know their usualt very simular, but the sunset is one that their is a large difference between males and females.
Here is a example of the usualy pair look like.

 

[modaz]

i used to breed these by the mass full and they are typical colours of the male, the females are a duller coluor and gold in appearence compared to the males even at a young age.