Guppy heist hits Singapore

Guppy heist hits Singapore

SINGAPORE (DPA): Thieves made off with 500 guppies from a tropical fish farm in this city-state which produces more than one third of the world's ornamental fish, a news report said on Thursday.

The fish-nappers also grabbed 30 toman, or "snakehead fish", from the farm, which has had similar thefts three times in the past three weeks, the Straits Times newspaper said.

The guppies were worth S$500 (US$303), and the toman worth S$250.

Singapore has about 127 ornamental fish farms, raising species from the lowly guppy to the majestic arowana ("dragon fish"), which can grow to a meter in length. A single young arowana only 10 centimeters long can fetch a fish farmer over US$2,000.