Re: NANFA-L-- Amazon Mollies

Moontanman-in-aol.com
Mon, 7 Feb 2005 15:32:43 EST

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In a message dated 2/7/05 3:25:01 PM Eastern Standard Time,
dlmcneely-in-lunet.edu writes:

> Moon, No one really knows the parentage of all the aquarium mollies,
> especially blacks. Black morphs of several molly species occur in the wild, but
> the most common are from Poecilia sphenops. Some are also from P. latipinna.
> The sail fin on the fish you bought suggests latipinna, velifera (or other
> tropical) heritage, but the red margin on the fin suggests some other parentage
> also, even including sphenops. The short of it is, mollies in the aquarium
> trade are derived from lineages long ago established from a variety of
> parents. Unless you bought fish from a breeder who could document his fish, I
> would just call them "black mollies." That is sort of like saying that your pet
> dog is a dog.
>
> Dave
>
>

That is really too bad, I know you don't see those huge mollies in the trade
anymore much less the huge black ones. I remember I paid $1.50 for it 42 years
ago. I had saved for a whole summer to get that fish. I loved it like a dog!

Moon

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In a message dated 2/7/05 3:25:01 P= M Eastern Standard Time, dlmcneely-in-lunet.edu writes:


Moon, No one really knows the p= arentage of all the aquarium mollies, especially blacks.  Black morphs=20= of several molly species occur in the wild, but the most common are from Poe= cilia sphenops.  Some are also from P. latipinna.  The sail fin on= the fish you bought suggests latipinna, velifera (or other tropical) herita= ge, but the red margin on the fin suggests some other parentage also, even i= ncluding sphenops.  The short of it is, mollies in the aquarium trade a= re derived from lineages long ago established from a variety of parents.&nbs= p; Unless you bought fish from a breeder who could document his fish, I woul= d just call them "black mollies."  That is sort of like saying that you= r pet dog is a dog.

Dave



That is really too bad, I know you don't see those huge mollies in the trade= anymore much less the huge black ones. I remember I paid $1.50 for it 42 ye= ars ago. I had saved for a whole summer to get that fish. I loved it like a=20= dog!

Moon
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