guppy

Beginner's aquarium fish

A guppy is a small, brightly colored freshwater fish popular in home aquariums, native to South America and the Caribbean.

Guppies are hardy, breed prolifically, and are often a beginner's first pet fish.

The word sometimes describes someone perceived as small, weak, or insignificant: He's just a guppy in a tank full of sharks.

breeding

fry

Cook in hot fat

spawning · selective · genetics · strains · lineage · drop · culling · trait · fancy · mutation

pets

goldfish

Small orange pet carp

  • bettaOrnamental freshwater fish
  • mollySmall ornamental aquarium fish
  • platyFlat or layered

tetra · angelfish · snail · shrimp · swordtail · danio · loach

anatomy

fins

Swimming appendages

dorsal · pectoral · swim bladder · mouth · eye · body shape · vertebrate · small

aquarium

tank

Large storage vessel

aquascaping · substrate · gravel · plants · bubbles · pump · airstone · decoration · glass · lighting

habitat

freshwater

Non-saline aquatic environment

Caribbean · South America · stream · pond · warm water · community tank · brackish · invasive · mosquito control · introduced species

coloration

tail

Rear animal appendage

tuxedo · delta · fantail · veiltail · halfmoon · wild-type · albino · metallic · iridescent · spotted

care

feeding

Giving food to

pH · hardness · disease · fin rot · quarantine · acclimation · tank mates · peaceful · hardy · beginner

Categories
Opposites
fish size

guppygreat white shark

Largest predatory fish

whale shark · giant grouper · marlin · sturgeon · tuna

aquarium status/prestige

guppydiscus

Heavy disc for throwing

koi · clownfish · angelfish · goldfish · betta

metaphorical significance (small/insignificant entity)

guppyshark

Cartilaginous marine predator

whale · big fish · apex predator · leviathan · barracuda

Phrases
Family

guppies

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G