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Will my Dalmatian molly and sailfin molly successfully breed?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Fish | Unknown - Fish | Female

I have one dalmation male molly and one white snailfin female molly can they breed successfully

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Answered By Andrea M. Brodie, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on March 8th, 2018

Yes Mollies can interbreed. All the variations came from a "basic " wild Molly, so it is basically the same species. Since you would be crossbreeding there will be an unpredictable phenotype, ie they could all look very different from their parents. So you could end up with babies that have the spots of a Dalmatian Molly but also a sailfin.

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