Fancy Mollies
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Fancy mollies. Molly assorted color fancy mollies live bearer. Pet shop or fancy mollies have been extensively hybridized over the past 80 years with species from a variety of habitats. The molly fish is easy to breed and care for.
These fish are native to the americas but their habitat can vary significantly. There are currently 40 species in this genus so 39 of them are mollies. Names comments.
Mollies are very adaptable to changing environments and have been seen in caves freshwater areas and in mangroves living in seawater. Referred to as mollies most commonly. Adaptable and easy to care for.
The latipinna sailfin complexof mollies which get most of the grief from hobbyists and pet shop owners are euryhaline species which means they can adapt to a wide range of salinities. The high mineral content of cave water attracts the molly. The molly seems to thrive in salty briny water which is why they have been found in caves.
No picture yet premium black molly. Fancy mollies for sale click here for information and advice about how to keep and care for fancy mollies. Dalmatian mollies likely inherited their spotted colouration from a spotted form of the sailfin molly poecilia latipinna while the black molly is a hybrid based on poecilia sphenops.
Box 1154 riverview florida 33568 call us now. You can click on some of the pictures on this page to see bigger pictures. All the species in this genus are mollies except for the endler s livebearer.
This easily happens with mollies and hybrid mollies are probably very common in the trade particularly among the popular fancy varieties.