Guppy Color Strains Guppy Color Strains Philip Shaddock Third Edition June 2012 v | Table of Contents Guppy Color STrains | v Guppy Color Strains © 2000 - 2012 Philip Shaddock This book is copyrighted and may not be reproduced in whole or in part. If you wish to quote more than a few lines from the book or use any of its fig- ures, graphics or images, please contact Philip Shaddock through the Guppy Designer website: www.guppydesigner.com. If you find inaccuracies or mistakes in the book, please contact Philip Shaddock through the Guppy Designer site. Your help would be very much appreciated. Contact Philip Shaddock at: www.guppydesigner.com 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ISBN 978-0-9865700-0-1 v | Table of Contents Guppy Color STrains | v Contents Preface 13 1 Moscows 17 The Moscow in the Rest of the World . 18 Moscow Color and Genetics . 19 Breeding the Moscow . 21 Blue Moscow . 23 Albino Blue Moscow . 24 Blond Blue Moscow . 24 Asian Blau Blue Moscow . 25 Golden Blue Moscow . 26 Green Moscow . 27 Purple Moscow . 27 Full Red Moscow . 28 Half-Black Red Moscow . 29 Albino Full Red Moscow . 30 Golden Red Moscow . 31 Midnight Black Moscow . 31 Albino Midnight Black . 33 Golden Midnight Black . 34 Half Black Moscow . 34 Stoerzbach Moscow . 36 Pink White Moscow . 37 vivii | Table of Contents Guppy Color STrains | viivi Full Gold Moscow . 38 Blue Grass Moscow . 39 Leopard (Grass) Moscow . 40 Carnation Moscow . 41 Moscow Fire Tail . 43 WREA Full Pearl Moscow . 43 2 Metal Heads 45 Cobra Metal Heads . 47 Yellow Cobra Metal Head . 47 Red Cobra Metal Head Roundtail . 47 Black Cobra Metal Head . 48 Red Metal Head Mosaic . 49 Lace Metal Heads . 50 Red Lace Metal Head . 50 Orange Metal Head Fantail . 50 Yellow Lace Metal Head Fantail . 51 Yellow Metal Head Doublesword . 51 Yellow Lace Metal Head Speartail . 52 3 Snakeskins 53 Common Names . 54 Snakeskin Guppy History . 54 The Pattern . 58 Snakeskin Variations . 59 The Lace Snakeskin Genetics . 64 Zebrinus or Bar Genetics . 64 Yellow Cobra Snakeskin Roundtail . 67 Albino Yellow Cobra Snakeskin . 68 vivii | Table of Contents Guppy Color STrains | viivi Blond Snakeskin Speartail . 69 Black Snakeskin . 69 Speartail Snakeskin Saddleback . 70 Yellow Cobra Snakeskin . 70 Cobra Snakeskin Doublesword . 71 Lace Snakeskin Upper Sword . 72 Green Lace Snakeskin . 73 Yellow Mosaic Snakeskin . 74 Purple Snakeskin . 74 Blue Half-Moon Snakeskin . 75 Red Lace Snakeskin . 75 Glass Belly Red Lace Snakeskin Swallow . 77 Ribbon Red Roundtail . 77 Red Snakeskin Roundtail . 78 Full Gold Snakeskin . 78 4 Magentas 81 Long Fin Silverado . 83 Short Fin Silverado . 83 Blue Silverado . 84 Full Gold Magenta Moscow . 85 Blond Magenta Moscow . 86 Albino Full Red Magenta (Pink) . 87 Albino Metallic Magenta Ribbon . 87 Flamenco Dancer . 88 Peacock . 89 Magenta Metal Lace Cobra . 90 5 Medusas and Galaxies 91 Medusa . 93 viiiix | Table of Contents Guppy Color STrains | viiiix Medusa Roundtail . 94 Platinum Medusa . 95 European Spadetail Medusa . 96 Blue Galaxy . 97 Red Galaxy Fantail . 98 White Galaxy . 98 European Magenta Galaxy . 99 Yellow Grass Galaxy . 100 Blue Grass Galaxy . 100 Santa Maria . 101 Albino Red Santa Maria . 103 6 Grass 105 Blue Grass . 107 Red Grass . 109 Albino Red Grass . 109 Albino Full Red Grass . 110 Yellow Grass . 110 Purple Grass . 111 Silver Grass . 111 7 Full Golds and Full Platinums 113 The White Saddle Gene . 115 Platinum Versus Gold Metal . 115 White Full Gold Leucophore . 118 Gray Full Platinum . 118 Full Platinum Redtail . 119 Albino Blue Platinum . 120 Albino Full Gold Blau . 121 viiiix | Table of Contents Guppy Color STrains | viiiix 8 Schimmelpfennig Platinums 123 Schimmelpfennig Platinum Sword . 125 Double Yellow . 128 El Dorado . 129 Albino El Dorado . 130 Red Fin Metal Speartail . 132 Blond Platinum Speartail . 132 Platinum Red Mosaic . 134 9 Pink Whites 137 Snow White . 138 Green Platinum Pink White . 139 Albino Japanese Pink White Swallow . 140 10 Pinks and Pingus 141 Pingu . 141 Pingu Panda . 143 Platinum Pingu . 144 Panda Moscow (Pink Moscow) . 145 Glass Belly Panda . 146 Blond Glass Belly Panda . 147 11 Blue Metal Guppies 149 Blue Diamond (Luster) . 149 Full Metal Ivory Blue Mosaic Full Moon . 150 Lazuli . 150 Lace Snake Lazuli . 153 Turquoise . 153 Japan Blue (Aquamarine).