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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The origin, evolution, dispersal, and geographical distribution of the Cuban Poeciliid Fishes of the Tribe Girardinini.
Assessment of Water Quality Parameters and their Impact on Distribution of Fish Fauna in River Neelum, Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan
Constantz, "Reproductive biology of poeciliid fishes," in Ecology and biology of livebearing fishes, G.
A Unique Conjunction: Evidence for Gynogenesis Accompanying Haplodiploid Sex Determination in the Australian Ant Myrmecia impaternata Taylor
In situ examination of boldness-shyness traits in the tropical poeciliid, Brachyraphis episcopi.
Dominance and Influence of Social Context on Foraging by Eurasian Siskin (Carduelis spinus)
Standardized classification of Poeciliid development for life history studies.
Embryonic development stages description in Gambusia puncticulata (Pisces: Poeciliidae) from Almendares River, Cuba
Male poeciliid fishes, including male Brachyraphis, prefer mating with multiple partners to increase their reproductive chances (Simcox, Colegrave, Heenan, Howard, & Braithwaite, 2005).
Divergent predation environment between two sister species of livebearing fishes (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae) predicts boldness, activity, and exploration behavior
Male body size and male-male competition: interspecific variation in poeciliid fishes.
Population structure of fishes from an urban stream/Estrutura populacional de peixes em riacho urbano
Most of his previous works were on poeciliid fishes and domestic cats, Felis carus, and he cannot be said to have been a shark specialist.
The Origins and Rise of Shark Biology in the 20th Century
Interactions between to poeciliid fishes (Gambusia holbrooki and Heterandria formosa) and their prey in a Florida marsh.
Fish assemblage structure and single species occurrence: valuable insight into interspecific interactions of an unfamiliar species
HENN, A.W., 1916.--On Various South American Poeciliid Fishes.
Ensamble ictico en corrientes de agua dulce de Isla Palma, (Bahia Malaga, Pacifico Colombiano)
The metacercaria of the Argentinian species was found naturally in the poeciliid fish species Cnesterodon decemmaculatus, Gambusia affinis and Phalloceros caudimaculatus.
Ciclo vital parcial de Pygidiopsis australis Ostrowski de Nunez, 1996 (Digenea: Heterophyidae) en Venezuela
Interactions between two poeciliid fishes (Gambusia holbrooki and Heterandia formosa) and their prey in a Florida marsh.
Temporal and size-related trends in food habits of introduced western mosquitofish and native topminnows

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