guppy
Poecilia reticulata
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cyprinodontiformes
- Family
- Poeciliidae
- Genus
- Poecilia
Where to Find
Found in 39 diving areas across 27 countries and 9 regions.
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 1 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 3 records
- Barbuda, Antigua & Barbuda - 1 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 7 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 7 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 1 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 1 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 4 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 2 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 7 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 2 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 1 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 5 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 8 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 6 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 20 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 4 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica - 13 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 2 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 16 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 22 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 4 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 6 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 14 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 53 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 7 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 2 records
- Québec, Canada - 3 records
- Huatulco, Mexico - 1 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 1 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 1 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 12 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 1 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 2 records
- Hoi An & Cu Lao Cham, Vietnam - 1 records