2007-03-17 23:40:42 · 7 answers · asked by angellokito 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
Fish need to be fairly closely related to each other to breed. Swordtails and platies belong to the same genus, Xiphophorus, and can interbreed, but guppies and mollies are both Poecilia and even that is not a close enough relation to interbreed.
2007-03-18 02:28:05 · answer #1 · answered by Lady G 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Swordtails and platies can hybribise, but I have never known guppies or mollies to hibribise with other species. I have been keeping all sorts of tropical fish since I was in my teens and now own a pet and aquatics store in the UK.
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2007-03-18 00:22:27 · answer #2 · answered by stevehart53 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
However, Swordtails, Xiphophorus helleri can mate with Platies Xiphophorus maculatus however, and often the ones you find in the store have a little of the other in them.
2007-03-18 01:18:42 · answer #3 · answered by something_fishy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. I've had them in my tank and that's never happened. But.. the other fish tend to eat the baby guppies, yum. :)
2007-03-17 23:49:35 · answer #4 · answered by Destiny Palmist 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can horses, deer, and moose?
2007-03-18 03:47:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not. Their cells are different.
2007-03-17 23:43:50 · answer #6 · answered by amishpantry 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-03-18 02:59:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋