NOUN | animal | live-bearer, topminnow, poeciliid fish, poeciliid | small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters |
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Meaning | small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito control. | |
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Synonyms | topminnow, poeciliid fish, poeciliid | |
Member of | Poeciliidae, family Poeciliidae | topminnows |
Narrower | mollie, molly | Popular aquarium fish |
mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis | silvery topminnow with rows of black spots of tropical North America and West Indies | |
platy, Platypoecilus maculatus | small stocky Mexican fish | |
Broader | cypriniform fish | A soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformes |
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