FB-23358 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=23358 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Lampriformes Lophotidae Lophotus Lophotus capellei Temminck & Schlegel, 1845 Piekniczka Barrigatintim Barrigudinho Bobó Gargaru Gargaú Guaru Guaru guaru Lebiste Øjeplettandkarpe Øjeplet-tandkarpe Augenfleckkärpfling Hochrücken-Kärpfling Eye spot toothcarp Guppy Spotsided livebearer Rengasmolli Molly Poecilie Ordenstandkarp Sardinita Golomine Grosboudin Loanguma Sapelko 胎花鮰 Molinesia fasciata Müller & Troschel, 1844 Neopoecilia holacanthus Hubbs, 1924 Poecilia holacanthus (Hubbs, 1924) Poecilia schneideri Valenciennes, 1821 Poecilia surinamensis Valenciennes, 1821 Poecilia unimaculata Valenciennes, 1821 1996-05-23 2007-07-09 Ringuelet, R.A., R.H. Aramburu and A. Alonso de Arumburu0 Los peces argentinos de agua dulce. Comision de Investigacion Científica, La Plata. 602 p. (Ref. 1977) Baensch, H.A. and R. Riehl0 Aquarien atlas. Band 2. 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Oliveira-Cunha and R. Mazzoni0 Length-weight relationships of 24 stream-dwelling fish species from the Atlantic Forest in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Biota Neotropica 23(3):e20231523. (Ref. 131243) FB-GeneralDescr-23359 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1996-05-23 00:00:00 2025-12-16 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=23359 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Widespread in mildly brackish water in canals and drainage ditches at the edges of swamps, but rarely found in freshwater. Adults feed on mosquito larvae and has at times been used for control in ponds and reservoirs (Ref. 35237). Kenny, J.S. 1995 Views from the bridge: a memoir on the freshwater fishes of Trinidad. Julian S. Kenny, Maracas, St. Joseph, Trinidad and Tobago. 98 p. (Ref. 11225) FB-Morphology-23359 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1999-04-12 00:00:00 2003-09-10 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=23359 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6 - 8; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 7 - 9 Paepke, H.-J. and M.K. Meyer 1995 On the identity of <i>Molinesia fasciata</i> Muller & Troschei, 1844 and <i>M. surinamensis</i> Muller & Troschei, 1844 (Teleostei: Poeciliidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 6(3):283-282. (Ref. 26728) FB-Distribution-23359 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1996-05-23 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=23359 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat America: between Suriname and Brazil (not the Atlantic area South of the Laguna dosPatos basin in Brazil); introduced to the Caribbean. Koerber, S. and T. Litz 2014 On the erroneous records of <i>Poecilia vivipara</i> from Argentina. Ichthyological Contributions of PecesCriollos 33:1-4. (Ref. 109234) FB-Uses-23359 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1996-05-23 00:00:00 2025-12-16 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=23359 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution fisheries: of no interest FB-LifeCycle-23359 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1996-05-23 00:00:00 2025-12-16 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=23359&StockCode=18554 Males are very active and also approach the females of other Poecilinae. [Females produce 6 - 10 offspring which follow their mother for a few hours after birth, referring to Ref. 35237.] After 28 days gestation, female gives birth to 100 young or more. Sexual maturity is reached after 3-4 months (Ref. 2060). Keith, P., P.-Y. Le Bail and P. Planquette 2000 Atlas des poissons d'eau douce de Guyane. Tome 2, Fascicule I: Batrachoidiformes, Mugiliformes, Beloniformes, Cyprinodontiformes, Synbranchiformes, Perciformes, Pleuronectiformes, Tetraodontiformes. Collection Patrimoines Naturels 43(I): 286p. Paris: Publications scientifiques du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. (Ref. 35237) FB-TrophicStrategy-23359 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Drina Sta. Iglesia 2001-02-09 00:00:00 2001-02-09 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public vivipara http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Widespread in mildly brackish water in canals and drainage ditches at the edges of swamps, but rarely found in freshwater. Feeds on mosquiito larvae and has at times been used for control in ponds and reservoirs. Kenny, J.S. 1995 Views from the bridge: a memoir on the freshwater fishes of Trinidad. Julian S. Kenny, Maracas, St. Joseph, Trinidad and Tobago. 98 p. (Ref. 11225) FB-Size-23359 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1996-05-23 00:00:00 2025-12-16 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=23359 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats 7.8 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 111953)); max. published weight: 6.5 g (Ref. 111953) da Costa, M.R., H.H. Pereira, L.M. Neves and F.G. Araújo 2014 Length-weight relationships of 23 fish species from Southeastern Brazil. J. Appl. Ichthyol. 30(1):230-232. (Ref. 111953) da Costa, M.R., H.H. Pereira, L.M. Neves and F.G. Araújo 2014 Length-weight relationships of 23 fish species from Southeastern Brazil. J. Appl. Ichthyol. 30(1):230-232. (Ref. 111953) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-23359 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1996-05-23 00:00:00 2025-12-16 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=23359 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution benthopelagic; non-migratory (Ref. 126106); freshwater; brackish; pH range: 7.0 - 8.2; dH range: 10 - 40 Dean, E.M., A.R. Cooper, L. Wang, W. Daniel, S. David, C. Ernzen, K.B. Gido, E Hale, T.J. Haxton, W. Kelso, N. Leonard, C. Lido, J. Margraf, M. Porter, C. Pennock, D. Propst, J. Ross, M.D. Staudinger, G. Whelan and D.M. Infante 2022 The North American Freshwater Migratory Fish Database (NAFMFD): Characterizing the migratory life histories of freshwater fishes of Canada, the United States of Mexico. J. Biogeography 49:1193-1203. (Ref. 126106)