### animal | vertebrate | fish:

Guppy
* Guppies appreciate plants, especially floating ones.
* Guppies are a common aquarium pet
  - about the easiest fish to breed in the aquarium
  - another type of tropical fish
  - bred for color, body size, and fin shape
  - easy to care for and come in a wide range of brilliant colors
  - fast swimmers and they like to chase each other at times
  - fun, lively little fish that give birth to live babies about once a month
  - generally peaceful fish
  - known as hardy, easy to care for fish
  - live bearers
  - live-bearers, meaning they give birth to tiny live guppy fry
  - omnivores and prefer a diet consisting of both meat and vegetable matter
* Guppies are one of the easiest of all tropical fish to care for
  - most colorful tropical freshwater fish in the world
  - ovoviviparous and fertilize internally
  - small fish
* Guppies are the major predators in Trinidad
  - most popular aquarium fishes
  - usually able to first breed by the age of three months
  - very small fish but pack a tremendous appearance
* Guppies can snack on microworms all day
  - swim as soon as they leave their mother's body
  - cohabit with many different kinds of fish because of their docile nature
* Guppies come in a wide range of colors and fin shapes
  - all colors and combinations of colors
  - many different colors, including green, red and blue
* Guppies develop fatty livers
* Guppies do best and live longest when they have good water quality
  - chase each other and other fish but generally do no harm
  - engage in internal fertilization
  - give off small bio-load and waste levels so they make for a tremendous pet fish
* Guppies have anal fins
  - gills
  - spots
  - stripes along their bodies
* Guppies includes brains
  - breasts
  - ears
  - fish scales
  - heads
  - nuclei
  - plasma membranes
  - skulls
  - vacuoles
  - vertebrate feet
* Guppies live for years
  - in streams
* Guppies need food
  - high quality food
  - rank with the common goldfish as one of the most well known and widely kept aquarium fish
  - still remain one of the least expensive and most plentiful of all tropical fishes
  - survive in water
  - tend to stick to the upper region of an aquarium
  - thrive when their habitats are adjusted to suit their specific needs
  - typically produce a batch of fry every one to two months
* Most guppies develop fatty livers
* Most guppies have anal fins
* Most guppies live for years
* Some guppies adapt to conditions
  - eat insects
* Some guppies have babies
  - healthy babies

Guppy fish
* can breed anytime, with no specific season.
* is called million fish in the international trading world.

### animal | vertebrate | fish | guppy:

Female guppy
* All female guppies have a dark triangular area on the back of the female's belly.
* Female guppies have spots
  - prefer to mate with males having a high percentage of orange coloration
* Most female guppies have spots.
* Some female guppies have babies

Male guppy
* Male guppies are always in competition when there is another male present in the same tank
  - brighter colored than females and slightly shorter and slimmer than females
  - very aggressive breeders
  - exhibit several patterns of courtship behaviour
* Male guppies have anal fins
  - longer, wider flowing tails and dorsal fins
* Most male guppies have anal fins
* Some male guppies have types.

Healthy fish
* are almost always willing to eat.
* can control the numbers of parasites
  - easily go a week without food
* have amazing healing and regenerative capabilities
  - no sores, blotches, or frayed fins
* hold their fins up high and away from their bodies.
* spend little or no time at the surface.