Fins

1. The judging of the fins is of the most importance with the High Breed Guppy. 

2. The shape of the fins is relevant in each case for the classification in the individual standards and groups. 

3. There are three Guppy High Breeds, whose classification lies in the tail fin form.  These are the Broad Tails, Sword Tails and Short Tails groups.

Broad Tail strains: 

·Fan tail

·Triangle tail

·Veil tail

·Flag tail

Sword Tail strains: 

·Double sword

·Top Sword

·Bottom Sword

·Lyre Tail

Short Tail strains: 

·Spade Tail

·Spear Tail

·Round Tail

·Needle or Pin Tail

Colours

1. Colour on bodies and fins are assigned up to 36 points. 

2. Grey, gold, blond, blue, pink, albino, white, cream, silver and Lutino differentiates as opaque colour.  Snakeskin,  and Viennese emerald green are all regarded as well-known background colours . 

3. Colour is differentiated and judged on the following two main criteria:

·Surface covering - the portion of the colour on the surface.

·Colour quality of the fish is more important than quantity

·Harmonious interaction of all colours

·Strong colours with sufficient saturation and clear separation of the colours are desired.

· Pastel colours will also be considered strong, provided that they can be recognised as pastel and not washed out or weak colours  

Examples of point deductions

Judging of the colour of the body:

·100 % surface covering ……………..no point deductions.

·75 % surface covering ………………deduct 4 points.

·50 % surface covering ………………deduct 7 points.

·25 % surface covering ………………deduct 10 points.

·0 % surface covering ………………..deduct 12 points.

·Poor colour pattern or quality ……… deduct up to 5 points 

The total number of points deducted may not exceed 12. 

Evaluation of the dorsal fin colour

·100 % surface covering ……………...no point deduction. 

·75 % surface covering ……………….deduct 4 points.

·50 % surface covering ……………… deduct 6 points.

·25 % surface covering ……………….deduct 8 points.

·0 % surface covering ………………...deduct 10 points.

·Poor colour quality …………………..deduct up to 4 points

The total number of points deducted may not exceed 10. 

Judging of the tail fin colour

·100 % surface covering ……………..no point deduction.

·75 % surface covering ………………deduct 6 points.

·50 % surface covering ……………... deduct 9 points.

·25 % surface covering ……...……….deduct 12 points.

·0 % surface covering ………………..deduct 14 points.

·Poor colour quality ………………… deduct up to 6 points 

The total number of points deducted may not exceed 14. 

Colours
 

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If the basic colour of the exhibition entries cannot be clearly recognized the basic colour Grey will be assigned.