Otapa Wild Type Green Swordtail (Xiphophorus hellerii ‘Otapa’)

Among the most impressive of the wild-type Swordtail species, the Green Swordtail was once popular in the hobby but hybridization and line breeding have made finding pure specimens with wild genetics relatively rare. Growing to an impressive 5″ body size with a sword that can approach a little more than their total length, male hellerii swords make for a spectacular display fish with their pattern of green, reddish striping and intermittent black spots throughout the body. Our fish are locally bred from wild parents collected in Otapa, Mexico and are typically sold in a 1 to 1 or 1 to 2 ratio of males to females.