Sailfin Molly (Poecilia latipinna)
These small, oblong fish are generally gray with rows of spots that almost blend to look like stripes. Males have an enlarged dorsal fin, but otherwise they have small fins in general, including a...
Category: Live bearers
Sword Tail
Live-bearing aquarium fish, often simply called livebearers, are fish that retain the eggs inside the body and give birth to live, free-swimming young. These are one of the easiest types of tropical fish to breed and it is so satisfying and amazing to watch this happen. As part of these livebearer tropical fish profiles you can not only read about the best environment required in order to help these fish breed but also which fish they are compatible with and typical tank set up as well as optimum water parameters.
The main types of livebearer tropical fish are the Platy, Molly and Guppy. All of which are available in an array of different colours to suite different tastes although it is quite common for the females to exhibit less colour than the males, this is also explained in more detail in each individual fish profile.
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Cauca molly (Poecilia caucana)
The Cauca molly (Poecilia caucana) is a freshwater fish in the family Poeciliidae, also called the South American molly.This fish is found in Panama, Venezuela, and Colombia, where it lives in shallow waters in the basins of the Lebrija, Magdalena, Cauca and other...
Molly: Poecilia gillii
Poecilia is a genus of fishes in the family Poeciliidae of the order Cyprinodontiformes. These livebearers are native to fresh, brackish and salt water in the Americas, and some species in the genus are euryhaline. A few have adapted to living in waters that contain high levels of toxic hydrogen...
10 Livebearers for Your Wish List
Livebearing fish have been the backbone of the tropical fish hobby since its beginnings at the turn of the 20th century. They are the No. 1 selling fish coming out of Florida fish farms,...
10 Livebearers for your fish tank
Author: Ted Coletti Livebearing fish have been the backbone of the tropical fish hobby since its beginnings at the turn of the 20th century. They are the No. 1 selling fish coming out of Florida...
10 Livebearers for Your Wish List
10 Livebearers for your tank Author: Ted Coletti With the 2015 American Livebearer Association (ALA) Convention upon us on May 1, I am looking forward to embracing old friends, meeting new ones, and of course,...
African moon tetra- (Bathyaethiops caudomaculatus)
The African moon tetra (Bathyaethiops caudomaculatus) is a species of African tetra, found in slow flowing rivers of the middle and lower course of the Congo River. The fish is often kept in aquaria but little is known about is...
African long-finned Tetra- Brycinus longipinnis
Primarily known as long-fin tetra, Brycinus longipinnis is also described as African long-finned tetra among other terms. Distribution Brycinus longipinnis is native to the western coastal regions of Africa from The Gambia to Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is found in...
Adonis tetra (Lepidarchus adonis)
The Adonis tetra (Lepidarchus adonis) also known as the jellybean tetra, is a very small African fish of the family Alestidae.[ It is the only member of its genus. Range Lepidarchus adonis is native to freshwater habitats near the Atlantic coast in Ghana, Sierra...
