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All Fishes Data Sheet | |
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Scientific Name | Poecilia vivipara Bloch & Schneider, 1801 |
Common Name | Spotsided Livebearer |
Type Locality | Suriname. |
Species Information | |
Size | 40mm or 1.6" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
Habitat Information | |
Distribution | South America: Venezuela all along the coast to Rio de la Plata in Argentina. Introduced in Puerto Rico and Martinique. |
IUCN Red List Category | Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020. |
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 | M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae, pp 452, Pl. 86 (lower fig.) |
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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Last Update | 2013 Nov 12 20:19 (species record created: 2011 Apr 14 05:51) |