Flame Variatus
$30.00
Description
The Flame Variatus is a North American livebearer related to and in the same genus, Xiphophorus, as the swordtails. Most commercial strains of platies have mixed heritage, including ancestors from X. hellerii, X. maculatus, and X. variatus. This fish is largely descended from X. variatus. Males often reach 4cm (1.5 in.). Females are somewhat larger and much heavier. Males have blue heads and red bodies with yellow dorsals and red tails. Females have grey-green bodies and red caudals. This fish has no natural range, but of its ancestors hail from Mexico and Central America. We started developing this fish in April 2012 from our Redtail Blue Variatus beginning with two males that showed a bleeding of red from the tail into the body. We continue to select the reddest males as breeders and are beginning to get and select females with a red blush in the body.
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