what's the difference between the human bred female guppy and the human bred male?

Answer 1

mainly the more intense color and big tails. Females originally did not have any color to them. The big fancy tails were selectively breed into existence.
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UPDATE:

Sorry I was a bit lazy giving you a answer yesterday. Just tired.
To be more specific. wild guppies don't have much color to them. the wild male guppies only have a few spots of color. Nothing like todays guppy.

human selective breeding in the female guppy has produced a female guppy that has color. the original female guppy was colorless.
the male guppy was selectively breed to create a intensely colored male guppy with color all over it body and tail. also the original tail has been breed to be longer and wider. see the links for the before & after photos of the wild guppy and the more modern fancy guppy.

WILD MALE GUPPY:
http://www.jbraunwarth.de/images/wildgu1.jpg
http://aquarich.jp/tsuhan/image/WildGuppy.jpg
http://www.h-nds.de/fische/poecilidae_domrep3.jpg




MODERN FANCY GUPPY:
fancy pattern
http://www.fishlore.com/Pictures/Profiles/Guppy.jpg
orange guppy
http://www.pepes.freeserve.co.uk/m1.jpg
yellow
http://www.kokosgoldfish.com/MB/tropicalmess.jpg

oh almost forgot: Contrary to popular belief, Guppies don't need a heated tank. Room temperature water is just fine. The higher the temperature in which a guppy lives, the shorter it's life span will be.
The guppy is named after the Rev. J.L. Guppy of Trinidad, an early collector of the species from the late 1800's.
http://guppyplace.tripod.com/Facts.html


There, now you have detailed information, photo's and a little known fact about the guppy. I hope this answers your question.


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Tisk, tisk 8 in the corner, fibbing? could it be you copied and pasted info from the same exact link I gave this person for ALL the info about the guppies? ( don't believe...check it, click the last link). hmmm, And if you are truly as knowlegable about the guppies as you say, then you know they are more comfortable in a cooler water. Not COLD, just cooler. 17 years of guppy breeding has tought me this. I don't like to reviel this infomation because I don't like my e-mail packed with guppy questions. I would rather answer on my own when I have time & feel like it. tisk, tisk 8in the corner, shame on you.
pssss. room temp water is 72 degrees......check your non-heated tanks 8

Answer 2

Well... human female and human male bred guppies apposed to alien bred guppies (i'm sorry had to put the joke in) are wonderful, but honestly, there is little to know difference, other then you will most likely get more color as a human breeder when breeding because they will be more selective in the mating pairs resulting in a more specified breed of guppy.
In nature guppies are free to choose their mates on their own. So you can come up with anything. Luck of the draw is what we call it in natural habitats.
Also in human breeders you may get a healthier fish as there is less stress on them being captured and then packaged and shipped to their destinations. So in the need depending on how the breeder keeps their tanks, you may get a all around better fish.

Good luck in choosing the correct one for your tank, guppies are fun.

Answer 3

Dont understand?? But the difference in a normal bred guppy male and female is that the males have the colourful bodies and tails and the females are usually just the one colour with a small tail fin.

Answer 4

Purebred is matings between individuals of an established type. Two beagles mated together would produce purebred puppies. If those two beagles were brother and sister or mother and son, etc, that would be in-breeding, but they would also be pure bred beagle. If the genetic pool is very small inbreeding is inevitable. The larger the genetic pool there is the less likely in-breeding is going to happen in a given population. In-breeding is also more likely to produce genetic defects than unrelated pure bred matings. In animal breeding if you mate two individuals no closer than half brother and half sister it is considered line breeding and the chance of detrimental genetics are within acceptable limits.

Answer 5

Many of the answers are good, however, here is an update on temperatures for guppies. From a site called "Guppy Facts."

An ideal temperature for adult guppies is 72 to 76 F. Fry are often raised in warmer water for the first 2 or 3 months (78 - 80 F). However, guppies CAN SURVIVE temperatures as low as 60°F and as high as 90°F. The higher the temperature in which a guppy lives, the shorter it's life span will be. For the first part of their lives, guppies will grow faster in higher temperatures (if sufficient food is given) so it is helpful to keep fry warm.

Surviving in cold water and desired temperature (72-76) are two different things, eyepoppin.....

Answer 6

The male guppy has a fin called the gonopodium. It serves as a penis for the fish during reproduction.
Here is a picture below.

Answer 7

hahaha thats funny 8 in the corner did copy & past eyepoppin link. Yikes with a face like that its a wounder all poppins fish didn't die of fright! But popping is right.
My father owns a trop. store and I help maintain the tanks.

rians pic link looks a bit creepy. but yup,that a male guppy all right lol

Answer 8

Female guppy's have less color smaller tail fins they also have a black spot on there belly's by there tails called there gravid spot.when it turns black and gets big than you no she is pregnant. they are a little bigger than males. The males are brightly colored and there belly fin is pointed and the tail fin is bigger

Answer 9

what she said