Types Of Mollies...

[twilight_angel]

I know alresdy what are marble, swordtail, ballon, sailfin, black mollies are...

but I'm curious about the other types...

especially platy and molly...lol...

can I have also pictures for each...

 

[wendywc]

Here's just a few that I quickly found...

Poecilia latipinna - sailfin molly, black molly, dalmation molly, black sailfin molly, golden sailfin molly, black lyretail molly, balloon molly
Poecilia velifera - platinum lyretail molly
Poecilia sphenops - marble lyretail molly
Xiphophorus maculatus - mickey mouse platy, blue platy, topsail platy, hi fin platy, gold twin bar platy, red platy, red wag platy

 

[twilight_angel]

what types of mollies are you taking care of...

 

[Butch]

Actually most petshop mollies are hybrids, made up of three species or four species. You forget the variatus platy which is another species of platy.

All "petshop" livebearers are already hybrids. Even the new color strains of limia are hybrids.