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    Poeciliidae are a family of freshwater ray-finned fishes of the order Cyprinodontiformes, the tooth-carps, and include well-known live-bearing aquarium...
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    punctata) is a species of freshwater fish. It is a member of the family Poeciliidae of order Cyprinodontiformes, and is the type species of its genus. It...
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    (Xiphophorus hellerii) is a species of freshwater/brackish fish in family Poeciliidae of order Cyprinodontiformes. A live-bearer, it is closely related to...
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    Poecilia is a genus of fishes in the family Poeciliidae of the order Cyprinodontiformes. These livebearers are native to fresh, brackish and salt water...
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    Among aquarium fish, livebearers are nearly all members of the family Poeciliidae and include: guppies, mollies, platies and swordtails. The advantages...
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    resistance responses of Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes, 1846 (Pisces: Poeciliidae) to thermal fluctuations". Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research...
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    popular freshwater aquarium fish species. It is a member of the family Poeciliidae and, like almost all American members of the family, is live-bearing...
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    "Description of Poecilia (Acanthophacelus) obscura n. sp., (Teleostei: Poeciliidae), a new guppy species from western Trinidad, with remarks on P. wingei...
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  • widemouth gambusia (Gambusia eurystoma) is a species of fish in the family Poeciliidae of the order Cyprinodontiformes. It is endemic to Mexico, specifically...
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    The Potomac River (/pəˈtoʊmək/ ) is a major river in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States that flows from the Potomac Highlands in West Virginia...
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    misidentified as mosquitofish. The mosquitofish is a member of the family Poeciliidae of order Cyprinodontiformes. The genus name Gambusia is derived from...
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    Kenneth J. Lazara (26 October 2019). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish...
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    also known as the melanzona guppy, is a species of fish from the family Poeciliidae which is found in northern South America from Guyana to the mouth of...
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    Gambusia (category Poeciliidae)
    Gambusia is a large genus of viviparous fish in the family Poeciliidae (order Cyprinodontiformes). Gambusia contains over 40 species, most of which are...
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  • The following list of known freshwater fish species, subspecies, and hybrids occurring in Washington state is taken from Wydoski and Whitney(2003). Some...
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    moonfish (Xiphophorus maculatus) is a species of freshwater fish in family Poeciliidae of order Cyprinodontiformes. A live-bearer, it is closely related to...
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    "Hybridization, unisexuality, and polyploidy in the teleost Poeciliopsis (Poeciliidae) and other vertebrates". The American Naturalist. 103 (934): 605–619...
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    Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Cyprinodontiformes Family: Poeciliidae Genus: Xiphophorus Species: X. variatus Binomial name Xiphophorus variatus...
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  • The following list of freshwater fish species and subspecies known to occur in the U.S. state of Oregon is primarily taken from "Inland Fishes of Washington"...
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  • known as the sheephead swordtail, is a live bearing fish in the family Poeciliidae. It is endemic to the Pánuco River basin in central-eastern Mexico. The...
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    nezahualcoyotl, the mountain swordtail, is a live bearing fish in the family Poeciliidae. It is endemic to the northwestern Pánuco River basin in Mexico. The...
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  • Limia melanonotata, the blackbanded limia, is a toothcarp in the family Poeciliidae. It is endemic to the island of Hispaniola (in both Haiti and the Dominican...
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  • Alfaro huberi is a species of livebearer in the family Poeciliidae, in the New World subfamily Poeciliinae. It is found in clear, fast flowing streams...
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  • designation of a lectotype for Poecilia petenensis Günther, 1866 (Teleostei: Poeciliidae)". Contributions to Zoology. 70 (4): 243–246. doi:10.1163/18759866-07004005...
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    be larger and more plainly colored, a different characteristic to the Poeciliidae. (See: Sexual selection) It is a smaller fish than the Yucatan molly...
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  • This is a list of freshwater fish living wild in the US state of Maryland. Bowfin (Amia calva) White catfish (Ameiurus catus) Yellow bullhead (Ameiurus...
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  • List of freshwater fish of Russia includes species of freshwater fish found in Russian Federation, and includes those introduced. Acipenser Acipenser baerii...
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    Schlupp, I. (2005) Parasites in sexual and asexual mollies (Poecilia, Poeciliidae, Teleostei): a case for the Red Queen? Biol. Lett. 1 (2): 166–168. Zimmer...
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    tails. Both species are livebearers, similar to other fish of the family Poeciliidae, such as the guppy and molly. Platies are native to the east coast of...
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    the Isthmian priapella, is a species of freshwater fish in the family Poeciliidae. It is endemic to Mexico. Priapella intermedia reaches a total length...
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