🐟Guppy
Der Guppy (Poecilia reticulata; früher Lebistes reticulatus) ist einer der beliebtesten Süßwasserzierfische innerhalb der Lebendgebärenden Zahnkarpfen (Poeciliinae). Der lebendgebärende Guppy vermehrt sich im Aquarium meist sehr schnell, weshalb Guppys in vielen Ländern der Welt auch den Populärnamen „Millionenfisch“ tragen. Der Guppy stammt ursprünglich aus Süßgewässern der Karibik sowie den küstennahen Gewässern des nordöstlichen Südamerika, vor allem Venezuelas. In Venezuela ist Poecilia reticulata natürlicherweise im Einzugsgebiet des Rio Orinoko verbreitet.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.
- Body mass
- not recorded
- Body length
- 0.03 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 5 years
Everything we know about the Guppy
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body length0.03 mrecord 0.05 m · FishBasetypical adultFishBaseOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Record: largest individual on record
Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0
By sex
- Female0.06 mFishBasev25.04
Maximum lifespan5 yearsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Trophic level3.2FishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0
DietcarnivoreaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
From trophic level 3.2 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.
Danger to humanspotential pestFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Guppy yet: body mass, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›orderCyprinodontiformes
- ›familyPoeciliidae
- ›genusPoecilia
- ›speciesPoecilia reticulata
- superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
- suborderCyprinodontoidei
- familyPoeciliidae
- subfamilyPoeciliinae
All 14 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
- classActinopteri
- subclassNeopterygii
- orderAcanthomorphata
- superorderAtherinomorphae
- orderCyprinodontiformes
- suborderCyprinodontoidei
- familyPoeciliidae
- subfamilyPoeciliinae
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