The coloration of Pacific Mexican Mollies in the wild is variable, ranging from shades of blue to yellowish and silvery tones. Darker coloration is seen in some individuals, notably in the race known as Limantour’s Molly (P. m. limantouri).
Now to one of the more spectacular members of this family, the sailfin molly. There are three species of sailfin molly of which two are common in the hobby, Poecilia latipinna and Poecilia veli-fera. As with the cultivated platies and sword tails, they have been hybridized over the years to develop more colour varieties.
Some of you may be tempted to keep Cyprinus carpio (Koi Carp) in an aquarium and we would like to advise against this. Koi are potentially large fishes best housed in large purpose-built ponds with powerful filtration systems.
