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Sailfin Molly

Poecilia latipinna

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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 429, February 410, March 466, April 884, May 542, June 263, July 237, August 244, September 290, October 309, November 402, December 390.
United States12,024
Texas4,866
Mississippi534
Alabama320
Louisiana310
California243
Arizona234
Nevada132
Canada130
Georgia92

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderRivulines, Killifishes, and Livebearers · Cyprinodontiformes
FamilyGuppies, Mollies, Platys, and Swordtails · Poeciliidae
GenusMollies · Poecilia

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