Tropical Aquarium Fish

It is a specie similar to Poecilia latipinna. These fish are spread in Yucatan peninsula (Mexico), where it lives in freshwaters. This specie also needs a salt add in the water of the aquarium, same one spoon with salt at every 4 liters of water. The dorsal fin of the male is very large. The male can reach 15 cm length and the female is larger, but in aquariums they remain smaller.The flanks of the mail are blue-green or olive, with lots of small spots silvery green to dark blue, between these spots they have longitudinal lines colored in blue-green. These lines can reach the base of the tail. In the abdominal fins area they have 3-4 transversal lines, short and dark colored. The abdominal area is colored in blue or orange. On the tail and dorsal fin, it has small pearly spots, with a dorsal fin hem colored in brown-orange or black. The female has the flanks colored in bleu-green, with small dark colored spots. The fins are transparent or they may have a dark colored drawing. This specie also has lots of color varieties. Some of them are: black or spotted with the dorsal fin hem-stitched in brown-red or orange. Rarely, there are some albino varieties. It`s recommended to cover the aquarium with a lid because they are likely to jump out of the water.

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