All Fishes ⇒ Families ⇒ Poeciliidae

Common member of the family Poeciliidae
 
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Size Smallest 20mm, largest 150mm, average 59mm, most commonly 20mm. All SL.
Species There are 14 "species" in 11 genera in the database
Keepers 14 species (100%) are being kept by registered keepers
Breeders 5 "species" (35%) are being bred.
Distribution

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Hop to next section Top Five Genera (by keepers)
1.Poeciliopsis24 species(5 keepers)
2.Neoheterandria3 species(3 keepers)
3.Poecilia67 species(2 keepers)
4.Phallichthys4 species(2 keepers)
5.Xiphophorus26 species(1 keepers)
Hop to next section Most Kept Species
1.
Xiphophorus helleriiXiphophorus hellerii
(16.13%)
2.Poeciliopsis prolifica(16.13%)
3.
Poecilia sphenopsPoecilia sphenops
(12.9%)
4.
Poecilia wingeiPoecilia wingei
(9.68%)
5.Poecilia latipinna(9.68%)
6.
Neoheterandria elegansNeoheterandria elegans
(9.68%)
7.Xiphophorus variatus(3.23%)
8.Poecilia obscura(3.23%)
9.Poecilia nigrofasciata(3.23%)
10.Phallichthys tico(3.23%)
11.
Phallichthys amatesPhallichthys amates
(3.23%)
12.
Heterandria formosaHeterandria formosa
(3.23%)
13.
Gambusia affinisGambusia affinis
(3.23%)
14.Brachyrhaphis olomina(3.23%)
Hop to next section Most Kept Species List
(Alphabetic | Chronological | Most Bred)
1.Poeciliopsis prolifica(i:0, k:5, b:1)
2.
Xiphophorus helleriiXiphophorus hellerii
(i:1, k:5, b:1)
3.
Poecilia sphenopsPoecilia sphenops
(i:2, k:4, b:1)
4.
Neoheterandria elegansNeoheterandria elegans
(i:1, k:3, b:1)
5.Poecilia latipinna(i:0, k:3, b:0)
6.
Poecilia wingeiPoecilia wingei
(i:3, k:3, b:0)
7.Brachyrhaphis olomina(i:0, k:1, b:0)
8.
Gambusia affinisGambusia affinis
(i:3, k:1, b:0)
9.
Heterandria formosaHeterandria formosa
(i:1, k:1, b:1)
10.
Phallichthys amatesPhallichthys amates
(i:1, k:1, b:0)
11.Phallichthys tico(i:0, k:1, b:0)
12.Poecilia nigrofasciata(i:0, k:1, b:0)
13.Poecilia obscura(i:0, k:1, b:0)
14.Xiphophorus variatus(i:0, k:1, b:0)