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poeciliid

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Noun1.poeciliid - small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waterspoeciliid - small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito control
live-bearer, poeciliid fish, topminnow
cypriniform fish - a soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformes
family Poeciliidae, Poeciliidae - topminnows
Gambusia affinis, mosquitofish - silvery topminnow with rows of black spots of tropical North America and West Indies; important in mosquito control
platy, Platypoecilus maculatus - small stocky Mexican fish; popular aquarium fish
mollie, molly - popular aquarium fish
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ornatus, as possibly belonging to another species, is in fact a member of the poeciliid genus Fluviphylax Whitley (Costa 1996, Costa & Le Bail 1999).
Relationships and taxonomy of the killifish genus Rivulus ... by Costa, Wilson J.E.M. / Aqua: journal of ichthyology & aquatic biology
The suitability of calcein to mark poeciliid fish and a new method of detection.
A simple technique for physical marking of larvae of marine bivalves by Marko, Peter B. / Journal of Shellfish Research
Previous laboratory studies have demonstrated that estrogenic and antiandrogenic chemicals can alter several sexual characteristics in male poeciliid fishes.
Disturbed sexual characteristics in male mosquitofish (Gambusia ... by Guillette, Louis J. Jr. / Environmental Health Perspectives
 
 
 
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