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Image:guppy-male.jpg|thumb|right|Poecilia reticulata

Pronunciation
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Noun
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1. A tiny freshwater fish, Poecilia reticulata, popular in home aquariums, that usually has a plain body and black or dark blue tail for the females and a more colorful tail for the males.

#:Fred kept a tank of guppies by the windowsill.

1. By extension, any tiny fish.

#:Throw that one back; it�s just a guppy!

Scientific names

Acanthocephalus guppii
Acanthocephalus reticulatus
Girardinus guppii
Girardinus petersi
Girardinus poeciloides
Girardinus reticulatus
Haridichthys reticulatus
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Heterandria guppyi
Lebistes poecilioides
Lebistes reticulatus
Poecilia poeciloides
Poecilia reticulata
Poecilioides reticulatus

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