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| Scientific Name | Poecilia formosa (Girard, 1859) |
| Common Name | Amazon Molly |
| Type Locality | Site of Palo Alto battlefield, 19.3 kilometers northeast of Brownsville, Cameron County Texas, U.S.A. |
| Synonym(s) | Limia formosa, Mollienesia formosa |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 96mm or 3.8" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | North America: lower Nueces River (where possibly introduced) and lower Rio Grande, extreme southern Texas, to Veracruz in Mexico. Introduced populations at San Antonio and San Marcos, Texas. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding | Livebearers with internal fertilisation and mother carrying the babies until they are ready to be released as little copies of the parents. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 11, pp 115 |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
| Wishlists | Love this species? Click the heart to add it to your wish list. There is no wish to keep this species. |
| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:7.32.541.3295 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 13:02 (species record created: 2011 Apr 14 05:42) |