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Poecilidae)
Alfaro
Belonesox
Brachyrhapis
Cnesterodon
Gambusia (mosquitofishes)
Girardichthys
Girardinus
Heterandria
Heterophallus
Jenynsia
Limia
Micropoecilia
Phallichthys
Phalloceros
Phalloptychus
Platypoecilus
Poecilia (mollies)
Poeciliopsis
Priapella
Pseudoxiphophorus
Quitana
Xiphophorus (swordtails, platys)
Poeciliidae is a family of fresh-water fishes, which are ovo-viviparous (they give birth to live young; see also live-bearing aquarium fish). They belong to the order Cyprinodontiformes and include well-known aquarium fish like the guppy, molly, platy and swordtail.
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