Variatus platy

[emeraldking]

Red/black variatus platy

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I see quite often on the net that online shops sell maculatus platies as being variatus platies because of the different colors. But to the serious world of platy keepers and breeders, there's no such maculatus platy by the name of "variatus platy".
The only variatus platy is the "Xiphophorus variatus" which come in several colors and patterns as wild and breeding forms.

 

[Innesfan]

Though they do have variatus blood and are hybrids as most commercial platies and swordtails are. That said, I loathe the names that are slapped on to so many species and hybrids for the sake of commerce. Rather than illuminate they confound.

 

[emeraldking]

Though they do have variatus blood and are hybrids as most commercial platies and swordtails are. That said, I loathe the names that are slapped on to so many species and hybrids for the sake of commerce. Rather than illuminate they confound.

Well, that's the big problem with teh commercial trade. Anything to rate up the sales...! But even strains that I've developed that went to wholesalers got a new name. Funny thing is that I stick to my original name giving at vivaristic events. Sometimes I do get the question: Aren't they called differently? And I just tell them that i'm the original breeder and called them differently. But also strains that I have that were developed by other serious breeders that were named differently by the commercial trade will be labeledby me as the original name.

For instance, bumble bee guppy. That's just name that exist for the past two years by the commercial trade. Before that that strain was always called pingu (an abbreviation of "pink" and 'guppy").

Bleeding heart platies aaare now called "coral red tigers" and "tiger platy". This becomes so confusing to others.

Alpha swordtails are actually called "red hamburger swordtails". A red variety of the normal Hamburger swordtail (named after the pace "Hamburg' in Germany. But in the US they were called alphas.

And there are so many more that were named differently than their original names.

Yes, most breeding forms of platies and swordtails are esults of crossbreedings among eachother. But there are also breeding forms that were derived from natural mutations that were linebred.

 

[Innesfan]

Bleeding heart platies aaare now called "coral red tigers" and "tiger platy". This becomes so confusing to others.

That is a particular pity since that name--Bleeding Heart Platy--was coined by the iconic geneticist, Myron Gordon, in 1940 when he developed the strain. So by changing the name, for no good reason, they erase that history and the work of a great man.

 

[emeraldking]

That is a particular pity since that name--Bleeding Heart Platy--was coined by the iconic geneticist, Myron Gordon, in 1940 when he developed the strain. So by changing the name, for no good reason, they erase that history and the work of a great man.

But the truth is that the commercial trade just doesn't care... The irony is that the commercial trade tries to present themselves as serious participants on the ornamental fish market but are willing to do things to raise their sales. For another name can create a thought of being it another strain. And let's be honest, a lot of buyers within the retail of ornamental fish don't have the very good knowledge of fish species and fish strains. They'll just buy those fish under a different name and will offer them by the new made up name. And they call themselves specialists... This is sadly how the commercial market works...! Money is te main the main thing... Knowledge and respect to the serious world of fish keepers and breeders seems of non importance...!

 

[Uberhoust]

Impressed with the deepness of the color. That is quite a nice platy.