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A fish called Guppy named after a Trinidadian

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Newsday (Trinidad and Tabago)

Publication Date
2021-07-26

Did you know that the guppy (Poecilia reticulata) was named after a Trinidadian? You may be wondering, how did this happen? Well, in 1866, Trinidadian Robert John Lechmere Guppy sent specimens of the fish from TT to the Natural History Museum in London.

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https://newsday.co.tt/2021/07/25/a-fish-called-guppy-named-after-a-trinidadian/