All Fishes ⇒ Poeciliidae ⇒ Poeciliinae ⇒ The genus Poecilia

Hop to next section Summary of poecilia
Breeding Livebearers with internal fertilisation and mother carrying the babies until they are ready to be released as little copies of the parents.
Size Smallest 15mm, largest 150mm, average 47mm, most commonly 30mm. All SL.
Species There are 67 "species" in the database
Keepers 5 species ( 7%) are being kept by registered keepers
New spp. / time
1750 1770 1790 1810 1830 1850 1870 1890 1910 1930 1950 1970 1990 2010 
Distribution

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Hop to next section Most Kept Species
1.
Poecilia sphenopsPoecilia sphenops
(33.33%)
2.
Poecilia wingeiPoecilia wingei
(25%)
3. Poecilia latipinna (25%)
4. Poecilia obscura (8.33%)
5. Poecilia nigrofasciata (8.33%)
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