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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) > Poeciliidae (Poeciliids) > Poeciliinae
Etymology: Poecilia: Greek, poikilos = with a lot of colours (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Meek.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic; non-migratory. Tropical; 24°C - 30°C (Ref. 26130)

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North and Central America: Rio Panuco basin in Tamaulipas, Mexico.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 50894); 6.0 cm TL (female); common length : 4.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12193)

Inhabits warm, calm and vegetated waters.

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Produces 10 to 30 young after a gestation period of 28 days.

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Lucinda, P.H.F., 2003. Poeciliidae (Livebearers). p. 555-581. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brazil. (Ref. 50894)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 19 November 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Aquarium: commercial

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Poecilia latipunctata Meek, 1904