Redtail Blue Tuxedo Variatus
$24.00
Description
The Redtail Blue Tuxedo 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. helleri, X. maculatus and X. variatus. This fish is largely descended from X. variatus. We developed this strain beginning in 2006 from a few individuals of our Redtail Blue Variatus that sported a tuxedo pattern. Males often reach 4cm (1.5 in.). Females are somewhat larger and much heavier. This fish has no natural range, but of its ancestors hail from Mexican and Central America.






