Livebearers
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livebearers-170-9029241
title:
Livebearers
text:
Livebearers are fish that retain their eggs inside the body and give birth to live, free-swimming young. They are especially prized by aquarium owners. Among aquarium fish, livebearers are nearly all members of the family Poeciliidae and include: guppies, mollies, platies and swordtails. The advantages of livebearing to the aquarist are that the newborn juvenile fish are larger than newly-hatched fry, have a lower chance of mortality and are easier to care for. Unusual livebearers include seahor
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Fish that give birth to free swimming offspring
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livebearers
date created:
2002-01-14T21:53:17Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T23:09:18Z
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