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The peacock killifish, commonly known as the peacock fish, is native to Venezuela, Guyana, the West Indies, and northern Brazil in South America, and was introduced as an ornamental fish into Singapore, Taiwan, and mainland China.

The peacockfish thrives in the lower reaches of rivers in some tropical regions, and its wild habitat is diverse, mainly in freshwater basins and lakes and marshes. The peacockfish has a strong reproductive ability and is tolerant of polluted waters, and is a gregarious species. The peacockfish has a mild temperament and can be mixed with mild, small to medium-sexed tropical fish. It is usually lively and active, and the peacockfish has a short lifespan. Basically divided into several basic strains dress, mosaic, grass-tailed, sword-tailed, metal, snake king. Peacock fish for omnivorous small fish species, due to the peacock fish to the environment of the adaptability is very tough, so at present almost everywhere in the world can see its traces.

Chinese name: Peacockfish

Latin name: Poecilia reticulata

Alias: Anchovy, Rainbow Fish, Millionaire Fish, Cubic Fish

Family: Animalia

Portal: Chordata

Subphylum: Vertebrata

Organism: Spinopoda

Subclass: Neotropoda

Subclass: Neopterygia

Subclass: Neofinopoda

Subclass: Neofinopoda

Subclass: Neofiniformes

Order: Killifish

Subclass: Killifish

Family: Killifish

Genus: Killifish

Species: Peacock Killifish

Region of Distribution: river basins of Venezuela, Guyana, West Indies, etc.

Water Temperature: 22-24°C

PH: 7.5 to 8.5

Food: red nematodes water worms water worms daphnia synthetic bait

Temperament: mild, can be mixed with small fish

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Developmental history

Peacockfish is scientifically known as Poecilia reticulata, and its British names are Bellyfish, Guppy. Millions, taxonomically it belongs to the Poecillidae family, and is an oviparous (Livebears) fish. It is native to Central and South America (Brazil, Venezuela, and the Amazon) and is commonly known as the GUPPY.

The earliest publication in the literature is in 1886 AD, by the British missionary Robert John Lechnere Guppy, from South America brought back a group of different forms of small fish, presented to the British Museum in the United Kingdom, in order to commemorate his work, so the GUPPY will be the English common name for this fish, the name of the GUPPY will be circulated in the continent of Europe.

The peacock fish was introduced from abroad in Taiwan in order to prevent dengue fever in the early days, which is also known as the "pot-bellied fish" in the early days or what the Japanese call the Guppy fish (Guppy). When the fish was introduced into Asia, it was called the peacock fish because its tail was as beautiful as a peacock. After a long period of artificial pre-breeding and improvement, it is now the peacock fish. Peacockfish has been shrouded in mystery since ancient times due to its treacherous and changeable nature, and because of this, there is a famous saying in aquariums: "Start with a peacockfish and end up going back to a peacockfish", which shows that peacockfish's charms are far better than any other kind of fish! The peacock fish is so varied that there is still no comprehensive conclusion on its species and breeding.

Morphological Characteristics

Peacock Fish

The Peacock Fish belongs to the tropical fish, the length of the body is 4 to 5 centimeters, is the most easy to keep a tropical freshwater fish. Its rich colors, colorful shapes and exuberant reproduction are favored by tropical freshwater fish keepers. In particular, the offspring of the fish will have many species with different colors and shapes from their parents. There is a clear difference between the male and female, with the male fish being about half the size of the female, and the male fish having a colorful body and tail shape.

The peacockfish is also known as the rainbow fish, the million fish, and the cobia. The peacock fish has a slender body shape and an extremely beautiful tail fin. Adult male fish body length of about 3 centimeters, body color colorful base color of light red, light green, light yellow, red, purple, peacock blue, etc., tail length of the body length of about 2/3, the caudal fin on the 1 to 3 rows of well-arranged black spots or a colorful large round spots. The shape of caudal fins include round tail, flag tail, triangular tail, torch tail, gin tail, tooth tail, swallow tail, skirt tail, upper sword tail, lower sword tail, etc. The adult female can reach up to 2/3 of the body length. Adult female body length up to 5 ~ 6 cm

Habitat

Peacockfish

Peacockfish adaptability is very strong, the optimal growth temperature of 22 ~ 24 ℃, preferring slightly alkaline water, pH 7.2 ~ 7.4, a wide range of dietary habits, temperament and active, and can be mixed with other tropical fish. Peacock fish is easy to raise, but to get colorful, beautiful fish from the fry period need a wide body of water, more water plants, fresh bait, suitable water quality and other environments. Peacock fish 4 ~ 5 months of age gonadal development and maturity, but the ability to reproduce is very weak, in the water temperature of 24 ℃, hardness of about 8 degrees of water, can reproduce once a month, the number of fry each time depending on the size of the fish body varies, as few as 5 more than one hundred, more than one hundred, some fish will be produced