Environment: milieu / Zona climática / intervalo de profundidade / distribution range
Ecologia
; Água doce; estuarina bentopelágico; pH range: 7.5 - 8.2; dH range: 11 - 30; não migratória. Tropical; 18°C - 28°C (Ref. 13371); 24°N - 1°S, 101°W - 69°W
Central and South America: Mexico to Colombia. Often confused with Poecilia mexicana (Ref. 1739).
Comprimento de primeira maturação / Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturidade: Lm 3.5 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.5 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 102977); common length : 4.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 12193)
Feeds on worms, crustaceans, insects, plant matter. The black variety (Black molly) is a very popular aquarium fish and is marketed throughout the world (Ref. 1739). In the aquarium it feeds on green algae and also readily accepts dried food (Ref. 1672). Minimum aquarium size 60 cm (Ref. 51539).
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Produces 20 to 150 young after 28 days gestation.
Wischnath, L., 1993. Atlas of livebearers of the world. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., United States of America. 336 p. (Ref. 26130)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Ameaça para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
Pescarias: sem interesse; Aquário: Altamente comercial
Ferramentas
Relatórios especiais
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Estimates based on models
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01514 (0.00869 - 0.02637), b=3.12 (2.97 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.0 ±0.34 se; based on food items.
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (tm<1; multiple spawning per year; Fec=20-150).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 299 [141, 613] mg/100g; Iron = 1.23 [0.70, 2.19] mg/100g; Protein = 16.9 [15.7, 18.1] %; Omega3 = 0.276 [0.125, 0.582] g/100g; Selenium = 22.7 [10.9, 46.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 85.1 [29.6, 226.7] μg/100g; Zinc = 2.88 [1.99, 4.14] mg/100g (wet weight);
