Ornamental fish > Introduction to guppies > Taxonomic hierarchy of guppies
Ornamental guppies are also known as million fish show sexual dimorphism. The males of ornamental guppies (million) are colourful and smaller in size when compared to females which are larger in size with dull colouration.
The males grow up to 3-4 cm in length whereas the females grow up to 4-6 cm. These Poecilia reticulata are livebearers and females after a gestation of 3-4 weeks give birth to young babies.
Synonyms of ornamental million fish are given below.
Poecilia reticulatus,
Poecilioides reticulatus,
Acanthophacelus guppii,
Lebistes poecilioides,
Poecilia reticulate,
Lebistes poeciloides,
Acanthophacelus reticulatus,
Girardinus guppii,
Lebistes reticulatus,
Girardinus reticulatus,
Haridichthys reticulatus
and Heterandria guppyi.
Taxonomic Hierarchy of Ornamental Guppies (million fish)
| Kingdom | Animalia — Animals |
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| Phylum | Chordata — chordates |
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| Subphylum | Vertebrata — vertebrates |
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| Superclass | Osteichthyes — bony fishes |
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| Class | Actinopterygii — ray-finned fishes |
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| Subclass | Neopterygii — neopterygians |
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| Infraclass | Teleostei |
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| Superorder | Acanthopterygii |
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| Order | Cyprinodontiformes — cyprinodontes, cyprinodontiforms, cyprinodonts, killifishes |
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| Suborder | Cyprinodontoidei — cyprinodontoids |
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| Family | Poeciliidae — livebearers, livebearing toothcarps |
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| Subfamily | Poeciliinae — livebearers |
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| Genus | Poecilia — ornamental livebearers, mollies, guppies |
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| Species | Poecilia reticulata –ornamental guppies, million fish, rainbowfish |