 Hybridisation with fancy guppy strains (selectively bred "P. reticulata") often produces bright and colourful offspring.This has led to some hybrids being selectively bred themselves and have become so common that they may be sold under any number of names such as peacock, snake, tiger, paradise, fancy, or sword Endler and sometimes as flame tail.The specific name of "Poecilia wingei" honours the Danish biologist Øjvind Winge (1886-1964) who worked extensively on the genetics of "Poecilia" including this species.