The Name Guppy

I have been ask these these questions on numerous ocassions ;

• Is Guppy really your name?
• is Guppy your stage name ?
• How did you come by such a name?
• Why were you named after the fish?

Here is a bit of information about Guppy (No not me!! ) the tropical fish
and how it derived by its name.

Guppy info - Brief Guppy history              
      
        Guppies  - These fishes were originally found in the
South American and Caribbean countries such as,Brazil,
Guyana, Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago.
       In the 19th century, the tropical fish we now know as 
guppy was named in honor of R.J.L. Guppy, a biologist
from the Caribbean island Trinidad  who first presented
specimens of the fish to the British Museum in London. 
        Since then these freshwater tropical fishes has been
stuck with the name guppy. 
  
Although these fishes are known to the world as simply
guppy, their scientific name is "Poecilia reticulatus".

         Other Common Names : Million fish - because of 
its very high capacity of reproduction (breeding guppy ).
                            : Rainbow fish  - due to the
massive variety of spectacular colour patterns on
these fishes. (They are also call fancy guppy)