Guppy naming conventions are new to me, but I think "orange lace" more or less describes Karl, or at least what I'd like to get from him. His tail has a kind of mosaic pattern, but a little more finely detailed, and his dorsal fin is a paler orange. The orange goes almost halfway up his body, and he has traces of snakeskin on his peduncle. He also has some Endler-like spots on his upper body that I'd like to breed out in coming generations. I'll probably try to breed in a half-orange or snakeskin eventually to accentuate one or both of those features.
Karl is currently my oldest fish, as far as I know. He was part of the first spawn in my tank on October 1 last year, so he's now 5 months old. And it seems like that tail just keeps growing and growing!
Jenny I bought from the fish store earlier this month. She's probably best described as an orange mosaic, and her dorsal matches her tail. About a third of her body is black and the rest colorless. I believe that if the black went up further she might be called a dragon head. The black isn't ideal for the line I'm trying to start here, but I'm hoping she makes a good partner for my boy anyway and gives us some beautiful lacy babies next month.
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