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Journey Into the World of the Endler’s Livebearer (Poecilia wingei)

At first glance, the Endler’s livebearer looks like a familiar aquarium fish — small, colorful, and lively. But behind those neon colors lies a remarkable story of evolution, sexual selection, isolation, and environmental loss.

In this documentary, we take a deep dive into the world of Poecilia wingei, exploring how this tiny livebearer evolved in the murky lagoons of Venezuela, how female choice shaped its glowing orange and green colors, and why Endler’s remain genetically distinct from common guppies despite being able to interbreed.

You’ll also learn how to keep and breed Endler’s livebearers, what makes their behavior so unique, and why their natural habitats may already be disappearing from the wild.
This is not just a fish profile — it’s a story about unfinished evolution, fragile ecosystems, and the hidden complexity behind one of the aquarium hobby’s most iconic species.

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:30 Keeping and Breeding
2:24 Discovery
3:52 Natural Habitat
6:07 Mating Behaviour
8:36 Endangerment in the Wild

Topics covered in this video:
• Endler’s livebearer care, tank size, water parameters, and diet
• Keeping and breeding Endler’s livebearers
• Fry survival and plant cover
• Natural distribution in Venezuela
• Laguna de Patos and isolated habitats
• Sexual selection and female mate choice
• Orange coloration and carotenoid signaling
• Courtship behavior in murky water
• Hybridization with guppies and species boundaries
• Sperm storage and livebearing reproduction
• Conservation concerns and habitat loss

Why Endler’s Livebearers Matter
Endler’s livebearers represent something rare in the aquarium world: a living snapshot of evolution still in progress. Their colors, behavior, and reproductive strategies reveal how environment and preference can shape a species — and how quickly that story can be erased.
If you keep Endler’s, you’re not just keeping fish.
You’re preserving a fragment of a very small, very fragile world.

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Sources and further reading:
Franklin Bond Wikipedia
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankly...

Dr. John Endler
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_En...

Endler, J. A. (1980). Natural selection on color patterns in Poecilia reticulata. Evolution.

Lopez-Sepulcre, A., et al. (2013). Direct and indirect effects of sex-biased sperm storage on the rate of adaptation. Ecology and Evolution.

Rodd, F. H., et al. (2002). A possible non-mating origin of female preference: influence of orange model objects on guppy (Poecilia reticulata) behavior. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.

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