Live Bearing Tropical Fish
Several varieties are available including guppies and mollies and they all have similar needs.
Live bearing tropical fish. Goodeid fish loury cédric cc by sa 4 0 the goodeid fish is among the attractive and interesting commercial tropical fish species that you can add to your aquarium. Livebearing fish have been the backbone of the tropical fish hobby since its beginnings at the turn of the 20th century. Reich is a phd ichthyologist and is one of the world s most experienced experts in the field of.
Livebearer fish guppy molly platy swordtail. Click on a picture below to shop and learn more about that fish. You ll need to prepare a special birthing tank and keep newborn fry safe from adult fish.
On the splitfins or mexican topminnows goodeidae and the live bearing halfbeaks goodeidae only part of the fin is modified. Sims tropical fish thank customers for continued support throughout lockdown 02 november 2020 fishkeeping news post. Among aquarium fish livebearers are nearly all members of the family poeciliidae and include guppies mollies platies and swordtails.
They are very different from the other livebearing fish species and you can recognize them due to their body shape. Here we present the livebearing fishes that are so common in the freshwater aquarium hobby. 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.
Livebearers include some of the most common as well as uncommon fish found in the trade today. This is a survival strategy as being small fish livebearers are low down in the food chain and heavily predated in the wild. Anableps goodeides guppies halfbeaks mollies mosquito fish platies and swordtails are some of the richly varied livebearing species available to fish keepers.
On live bearing toothcarps poeciliidae the gonopodium has a hook or claw on the end and on the four eyed fish anablepidae it is pipe shaped greatly elongated and fused into a tube. She then gives birth to live young which fend for themselves as soon as they are born. 1 selling fish coming out of florida fish farms but most hobbyists are familiar only with the cultivated domestic fancy forms of the big four livebearers.
They are the no. Livebearers are aquarium fish that retain the eggs inside the body and give birth to live free swimming young. Whether you are starting your first fish tank or need detailed information on the breading habits of specific species this is your library and teacher.
Livebearing tropical fish give birth to young that are fully formed and ready to swim. Aquarists commonly keep guppies platys swordtails and mollies but there are also endlers picta parae and many other rare livebearers which are often colorful hardy energetic eat regular flake food and do very well in aquariums. Mike fishlore admin social media.
Guppies platies mollies and swordtails. There are many rare species of livebearing fish.
