A beautiful wild platy species

[emeraldking]

Xiphophorus variatus La laguna...
A wild platy species...
You won't find them at an lfs...

 

[Aiken Drum]

Very pretty.

 

[Jacky12]

Gorgeous! They kinda resemble my endlers.

 

[Ed Pursell]

Nice Stan! Great looking Platy!
-Ed-

 

[Andy Sager]

One of my favorite fish growing up in the 60s was the Red Tailed Blue Variatus. They just never really took off, sales wise, in the shops so they disappeared from the market. People just wanted the different red varieties of Platies These are some great Variatus pics

 

[emeraldking]

Nice Stan! Great looking Platy!
-Ed-

We meet up everywhere, Ed...

 

[emeraldking]

One of my favorite fish growing up in the 60s was the Red Tailed Blue Variatus. They just never really took off, sales wise, in the shops so they disappeared from the market. People just wanted the different red varieties of Platies These are some great Variatus pics

Thanks, Andy.
Well, I do understand that everybody's got their own preferences when it comes to coloration, pattern and bodyshape when buying platies. But it's still such a shame that wild forms are lacking popularity. In the network I'm in, the majority prefer wild forms instead of breeding forms.

 

[Andy Sager]

Thanks, Andy.
Well, I do understand that everybody's got their own preferences when it comes to coloration, pattern and bodyshape when buying platies. But it's still such a shame that wild forms are lacking popularity. In the network I'm in, the majority prefer wild forms instead of breeding forms.

It's a shame indeed. I've tried multiple times in shops I worked in to bring wild forms in to sell but in the end, I took a lot of fish home.
Fish have these colors and patterns for a reason. Only hardcore hobbyists seem to appreciate that.