Where did guppies originate?
The tough little guppies are native of the new world, though nowadays we may find them at home in the streams of Borneo, Ceylon and many other faraway p1aces. On the island of Mauritius, the tiny emigrants proved unpopular. But everywhere else they soon became welcome allies in the warfare against the pesky mosquito. Originally, the guppy fishes were found only in certain warm regions of south America and the west Indies. They enjoyed life in the fresh waters of streams and ditches and in the brackish coastal ponds of the northern part of south America, in Trinidad and the Barbados, Antigua. And some of the windward islands. The first guppies to leave their native homes were taken to Germany in 1908 and named in honor of doctor guppy, a scientist of Trinidad. In 50 years, the tough little fish have made homes for thomse1ves in the island waters of Hawaii and Mauritius, Singapore and Ceylon, Borneo and Tahiti. In these and other widely separated places, the tiny travelers live in the wi
