Talk:Guppy

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The class is wrong. Pisces is a superclass. GerardM 08:45, 24 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Should be okay now. Hadal 20:48, 24 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Contents 1 Naming 2 Can we find the "2004 study"? 3 "Surprising degree of salinity" 4 Commented out "Fishes of 12 cm are the norm." 5 "Guppy" picture 6 "Don't survive well in closed environemnts"?

[edit] Naming

The fish should be at just "guppy", because all the other meanings are far less common. Stan 17:01, 3 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Hi, This is my first contribution. GuppY is also a CMS (Content Managment System). www.freeguppy.org Esteban

[edit] Can we find the "2004 study"?

It would be nice to have that study as a reference; unfortunately, not even the author names are given! - Samsara _contrib ^talk 21:21, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

• The Social Organisation of the Guppy (Poecilia reticulata) - Darren Paul Croft - PhD Thesis - University of Leeds, School of Biology, October 2003. pdf link
• D. P. Croft, J. Krause, and R. James. Social networks in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biology Letters, 2004. (from research proposal at [1])
• See also http://www.darrencroft.co.uk/

Guettarda 21:48, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Surprising degree of salinity"

This wording is unsuitable for an encyclopaedia. Anyone have info on how much salinity they can withstand? Guettarda 15:53, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

I take that back - 58 ppt is surprising! Guettarda 16:04, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Commented out "Fishes of 12 cm are the norm."

[2] Originally placed 24 February 2004 by User:GerardM, I have searched at the library, on the web, and at the American Livebearers Association website. Nowhere is there a reference to any guppies of this size nor can I find a reference to them being introduced in the area stated. The entry is not deleted just commented out until GerardM can provide sources/citations/references. →ΣcoPhreek_Δ 05:27, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Sorry Guettarda didn't realise you had already approached the original author of that statement, however that was over 6 weeks ago and the information still hasn't been provided, I think its more important to comment out the posssibly wrong information until it can be verified rather than leave it in the article and it end up being disseminated onto the net as fact (which has already happened). Let me know if i'm wrong. →ΣcoPhreek_Δ 05:37, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Guppy" picture

I noticed that the picture on this page is actually a related livebearer: Endler's Livebearer (Poecilia wingei), rather than a "guppy" (Poecilia reticulata). Though Endler's as a separate species has been historically disputed, it's accepted now. Could we rename this picture as Endler's and move it to the Endler's article, and perhaps find a guppy picture? Chrisverde 18:28, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Don't survive well in closed environemnts"?

What is meant by this statement? Is a closed environment a fish tank? If that is the case then the above statement is in direct conflict with the statement that guppies are one of the hardiest aquarium fish. Hello

• I have no clue. Looks like it was added back on the 29th of Sept, by 67.70.119.203. I suggest it be removed... it makes no sense in the context, has no citation and it out of place in the reproduction section. 70.105.91.228