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What color are sailfin?

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Sailfins are olive-green with black markings and brightly colored fins. The saillike dorsal fins of the male make it an especially popular aquarium fish. Solid black mollies are artificially bred from any of several mollie species, although mottled black sailfin mollies sometimes occur in nature.

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