Poeciliid

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  • noun. Any member of the Poeciliidae.
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  • noun. small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito control
  • Word Usage
    "‘Natural and sexual selection on color patterns in poeciliid fishes’, Environmental Biology of Fishes, 9, 173–90."
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